boarding student community service projects

stagemum
Fri, 04 May 2012 20:13:02 +0000

I think it depends on the school. My children attend a boarding school where they have on-campus “co-op” projects as ongoing requirements, along with the 60-hour outside community service requirement. They have a broad range of options, and students are welcome to propose their own. Have you consulted with the coordinator for the service program at your school? There are usually more affordable domestic trips, for those who can’t afford the more exotic ones: my elder son worked on community rebuilding projects in New Orleans, and my younger son will be volunteering in a school on the Navajo Reservation. Those trips were a fraction of the cost of trips to Africa or Asia.