Community Involvement - 40 hours
Every student in Ontario must perform 40 hours of Community Involvement in order to graduate from High School. It's hoped that this experience will guide students toward a lifetime of volunteering in the effort to create strong and caring communities.
It is important to understand that students are not earning Volunteer Hours, but are performing Community Service. In other words, not all volunteering is Community Service (e.g. volunteering in a doctor's office, or at a private dance studio). These sorts of activites will not qualify for the the 40 hours as they are businesses, and as such the owner of the business and the person volunteering benefit, but not the community.
Recording of Community Involvement Hours
Please see below for more details.
If you have any questions, please see Mr. Spragge in Student Services.
It is important to understand that students are not earning Volunteer Hours, but are performing Community Service. In other words, not all volunteering is Community Service (e.g. volunteering in a doctor's office, or at a private dance studio). These sorts of activites will not qualify for the the 40 hours as they are businesses, and as such the owner of the business and the person volunteering benefit, but not the community.
Recording of Community Involvement Hours
Please see below for more details.
If you have any questions, please see Mr. Spragge in Student Services.
Read the information below BEFORE beginning any Community Service Activity
In order to have your Community Service recognized, you must do one of 2 things;
REMEMBER – Community Service means you should be giving of yourself for the betterment of our community (Milton, Ontario, Canada and beyond).
Think Globally – Act Locally
In order to have your Community Service recognized, you must do one of 2 things;
- work for an official non-profit organization, and have your hours confirmed in a letter typed on that organization’s official letterhead. Submit this letter to Mrs. Robin in Guidance.
- Work for a needy person in the community, and have your hours confirmed in a hand-written letter by the person you assisted. This letter must include their phone number, their printed name, and their signature. Submit this letter to Mrs. Robin in Guidance.
- Work for a non-profit organization
- Tutoring or mentoring
- Coaching
- Work for clubs, religious groups, arts & cultural associations, or political organizations that seek to make a positive & ethical contribution in the community.
- work completed during your regular class time
- work that is required as part of one of your classes
- work that would normally be performed by someone who is paid (in other words, you cannot volunteer to help a person or business in order to help them earn or save money)
- work that provides direct financial gain to the student, or the student's immediate family
REMEMBER – Community Service means you should be giving of yourself for the betterment of our community (Milton, Ontario, Canada and beyond).
Think Globally – Act Locally