FAQs
Community Service Guidelines
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50 hours are required to graduate/receive a PHS diploma.
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Hours must be completed at a non-profit 501©(3) organization.
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Hours may NOT be done at an individual's home or a private business.
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Hours may not be completed during the school day unless the student has applied AND been accepted as an office worker or A+ tutor.
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Students may not be excused from school to do service hours.
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Students may NOT help teachers, in offices and/or classrooms for service hours unless it is a pre-approved after school project. (this applies to Academic Lab time as well as before or after school and includes cleaning, grading papers, organizing classroom or offices, etc.)
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All hours must be verified by the volunteer coordinator at the agency where hours are completed.
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Students are responsible for submitting hours by the appropriate deadlines.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many hours of community service are required at PHS?
- Where can community service be completed?
- Where can students find out about opportunities/sites to perform community service?
- How do students keep record of their community service?
- Are students required to complete a minimum number of hours per year?
- When should hours be submitted to the Community Service Office?
- How can my student be eligible to wear an honor cord at graduation?