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Everybody can be
great because anybody can serve. You
don’t have to have a college degree to
serve. You don’t have to make your
subject and your verb agree to serve.
You don’t have to know about Plato and
Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to
know Einstein’s theory of relativity to
serve. You don’t have to know the second
theory of thermodynamics in physics to
serve. You only need a heart full of
grace, a soul generated by love.
—Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Community service
provides HISP students with
opportunities to learn and grow through
helping others. Serving one’s community
fosters a sense of civic responsibility
while expanding a student’s perspective
about people and place. Through
community service, students:
- Learn new skills.
- Build confidence.
- Develop
compassion for others.
- Relate what they learn in school to the real world.
- Make the world a better place.
HISP students are required to perform
five hours of service each academic
quarter. See
Community Service
Opportunities for a listing of
HISP-approved activities or check the
HISP bulletin board for postings. If you
are unsure if a particular event or
activity qualifies as community service,
check with your HISP social science
teacher. Document your community service
using the
Community Service Report Form;
Community Service Report Forms
must be submitted to your social science
teacher by the end of each quarter.
During the summer, students may earn up
to 10 service hours and apply those
hours to the fall semester (first two
quarters of the school year).
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