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Community Service

What is required? 40 hours of community service or volunteering is required by Mapleton Public Schools as part of the graduation requirements.   

How Can Students Complete Community Service?

  1. Writing letters or notecards to the elderly or socially isolated
  2. Opportunities listed on volunteermatch.org.
  3. Thrift stores, food banks, animal shelters, and other non-profit agencies
  4. Local churches for things like helping a kids activity, cleaning up, etc.

 
Please Note:

If your community service is not listed above, email Monica (JohnsonM4@mapleton.us) to determine if it can “count” for community service BEFORE you start.

 

Examples:

COUNTS for graduation

DOES NOT COUNT for graduation

Volunteering at a non-profit

Ex: Humane society, food bank, thrift store

 

Unpaid work for a company or person

Ex: working for your uncle’s for-profit company

 

Volunteering at a kids’ summer camp

Ex: MPS sports camp, Thornton Rec. Center     

       

Babysitting

Ex: watching your cousins

 

Writing notecards for the elderly

Ex: #1 above and see additional guidelines

 

Activities part of your family obligations

Ex: helping your grandma, shoveling snow for family or friends

 

Volunteering at a church

Ex: helping run a community event

Participating in regular church activities

Ex: attending service

 

When is it due?

Community service hours must be completed before you will be awarded a diploma.  While it is possible to squeeze them all in at the very last minute, that is NOT recommended!  That is a very stressful situation to put yourself in.  Instead, please plan to space out your community service hours between now and your anticipated graduation date.  They will be due (for a grade) in Senior Seminar mid-January of senior year.

 
How do I document hours?

  • Volunteer Hours for Graduation 2024-2025:
    • You’ll need the name & contact information for the person who is verifying your hours. This person cannot be a member of your family/household.
    • Fill out the form once for each type of community service performed.
  • If you are volunteering multiple times for the same activity/location:
    • Please keep track of your hours in whatever way is easiest for you!  Most students like to keep track of them in a note on their phone or in a Google Doc.  Don't forget to write down the name and contact information of the person who supervised you at your volunteer site!
    • When your community service is complete at that location, use the MOS/NV Volunteer Hours for Graduation form to document the overall hours for that organization/opportunity.
    • Fill out the MOS/NV Volunteer Hours for Graduation form separately for each organization or place where you volunteer.

 Questions?

      Please contact Monica (JohnsonM4@mapleton.us).