Community Service/ WBL Form

COMMUNITY SERVICE/ WORK BASED LEARNING FORM / GOOGLE SHEET

Community Service/ WBL Form   click on

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Community Service /Work Based Learning Graduation Requirements

The Pasadena Unified School District has adopted new graduation requirements starting with the class of 2019. A new requirement is that all students will complete Community Service or Work-Based Learning hours.  Students enrolled in a traditional diploma path (220 credits)  or alternative learning option (170 credits) are required to complete 40 Community Service and/or Work-Based learning hours.  

The section below applies only to Community Service hours

  1. Completing ten hours of Community Service per year is recommended. 
  2. Seniors (12th graders) are encouraged to complete all of their hours by the end of first semester to ensure an accurate account of the total hours completed by graduation.  
  3. PUSD guidelines for Community Service require students work only for a Non- Profit Organization (501c3, tax-exempt status). If the service will be completed through an independent or personal entity, please be sure to get approval beforehand. 
  4. Students who are completing the International Baccalaureate Program and/or Pathways Certification requirements may use hours from those specific programs to fulfill the Community Service/Work-Based Learning hours noted above. 

 

Definition of Community Service

The giving of one’s time, efforts, and skills outside of school class time for the purpose of benefiting the community (local or global), without monetary compensation to oneself or one’s groups or organizations.

 

Selection of Community Service Opportunities

  1. Students select a “hands-on” Community Service project of interest and then contact the non-profit organization to sign up.
  2. The non-profit organization must be able to use student volunteers outside of the school day on weekdays or on weekends
  3. Students may receive Community Service hours for volunteering on political campaigns, to benefit an individual, or an issue.  Students may receive hours for working on non-partisan events or working at the polls after school hours. 
  4. Students receive credit for working as “hands-on” support of charitable fundraisers 

 

Options for Community Service include but are not limited to the following:

Humane Society                Museums                    Habitat for Humanity                Parks/Recreation Center           Police Station        Senior Citizen Homes                           Fire Station                               Hospitals                Libraries                              Religious Institutions (Church, Mosque, Synagogue, Temple)                                            Tournament of Roses/Float Decoration

 

These are not acceptable activities for Community Service 

  1. Babysitting or working at home
  2. Working for a family-based business without pay. 
  3. Sports teams and workouts
  4. School and school activity participation

Work-Based Learning can be completed through on-the-job training, apprenticeship, workshops, etc... A maximum of 40 hours can be given per each work-based learning activity

 

Guidelines for Verification Forms

  1. A supervisor from the organization of service must be able to verify the hours completed with a signature and business card.  Parents and students may not sign as a supervisor on the verification form. 
  2. The verification form needs to be completed by the student and turned in to their counselor within one calendar month from the last day of service. If possible, students should make an appointment with the counselor to enter the hours. 
  3. Students can verify that hours have been documented through the Service-learning tab on their Aeries account. 

Please see your school counselor for questions regarding Community Service