Service Learning

Please read these opportunities in Connections & remind students to represent the Hornets in a positive way.

August 31, 2018

EHHS Blood Drive: Attention Hornet community! Any student who wishes to VOLUNTEER (NOT donate) for the annual Fall Blood Drive should attend the recruiter meeting after school in room 204 on Thursday Sept. 6th. A representative from the Red Cross will be there to discuss recruitment responsibilities. Any questions please see Mrs. Dumas in room 204.
VOTER REGISTRATION HELP: Interested in politics and youth issues? Youth Services works with the registrar’s office every year to organize students to help with voter registration on election day. The spots are limited to 8-12 juniors and seniors. See Ms. Cote in guidance if interested.

COMMUNITY AWARENESS DAY 2017-2018

Senior Opportunities:

Students will be facilitating team-building activities with young children at the following elementary and middle schools:

Goodwin

Mayberry

Langford

Pitkin

Norris

O’Brien

O’Connell

Silver Lane

Sunset Ridge

EHMS

Junior Opportunities:

Students will be taking trips to the following locations to provide services:

Larson Center	Playing games and reading to young children
Community Cultural Center	Decorating for Santa’s visit event and organizing closets
Martin Park	Cleaning up the park grounds and waterfront
Foodshare	Helping prepare for Thanksgiving
Audobon Society	Yard and Garden Work/outdoor projects
Hockanum	Playing games and reading to young children
Women’s League	Distributing literacy kits to children and reading aloud
Kit-Assembly	Assembling literacy or toiletry kits for people in need

8TH ANNUAL Community awareness day

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On Wednesday, November 23, 2016, East Hartford High School will be holding its eighth annual Community Awareness Day, a day in which all EHHS students have the opportunity to learn about community involvement and service learning opportunities. To develop a deeper understanding of what they can do to give back, freshmen and sophomore students will visit service oriented organizations (such as Habitat for Humanity, the Alzheimer's Association, Girl Scouts of America, and the Rotary Club) at the Service Learning Fair. Students will then attend a presentation by Devaughn Ward, an East Hartford High School graduate and politician who started up a welcoming initiative at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Hartford. During this special day, EHHS students and faculty members will also engage in energizing teambuilding activities in the gym to strengthen our school relationships.

This year, Community Awareness Day has many added service components. Every elementary school in the East Hartford district is going to participate in this monumental day. Groups of twenty seniors will venture into each of our elementary schools and run team-building activities with the future Hornets. These activities were created to foster role-modeling for the children and give the upperclassmen an opportunity to discover and hone their leadership potential.

For the first time, EHHS’s juniors will also have the opportunity to volunteer in the community. The high school has partnered with the United Way, East Hartford Parks and Recreation, and the YMCA to offer our juniors an unprecedented opportunity. Students will be able to volunteer at Foodshare in Bloomfield, Martin Park, The Community Cultural Center, The Larson Center, The Women’s League in Hartford, and The Audubon Society in Glastonbury. They will be contributing their time and energy to many great causes at these locations. Some juniors will remain at the high school to assemble toiletry and literacy kits for distribution to people in need.

The East Hartford High School community is excited to engage students in community awareness and orchestrate tangible acts of kindness. We’re enthusiastic about fostering thankfulness at such an appropriate time of year and look forward to continuing this initiative for many years to come.

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Service Learning is a teaching and learning method that connects classroom curriculum with identified community issues and needs. Service Learning engages students in projects that serve the community and build their social and academic capacities.

Service Learning will strengthen the classroom instruction of high school students in all subject areas to improve their overall academic success, and will fulfill real needs in the East Hartford community. Through their participation in curriculum-driven projects, students will be exposed to new concepts in learning and will develop a stronger sense of social responsibility and civic awareness.

Service Learning as an educational strategy is designed to enhance social and academic learning while developing character and citizenship skills.

In order to qualify for Service Learning hours, the service experience must include the following components:

Preparation: Students prepare for their service by learning about the issue of concern and developing an action plan for service.

Service: Students engage in meaningful service by working on a project that will make a difference in their community and is tied to their course of studies.

Reflection: Teachers enable students to analyze and make sense of their experience through discussion, journaling, and presentation opportunities.

Service Learning Credit Achievement:

Students must complete a minimum of 10 hours of service in the 2010-2011 academic year in order to receive credit for participating in Connections.

[*] Portions of this description and requirements have been taken from http://www.servicelearning.cps.k12.il.us/