Student Service Learning
Students must complete 75 service learning hours in order to graduate from a Baltimore County Public School. Some courses offer infused service learning hours into its curriculum. For most students following a typical sequence of middle school courses, completing all activities within the course, 60 hours of service learning will be met as follows:
6th Grade - Language Arts, Social Studies, Health, and Technology
7th Grade - Art, and Technology
8th Grade - Science and Health
When students complete middle school, they could have accumulated 60 service learning hours if they have attended school regularly and made-up any missing work related to the service learning curriculum infusion courses.
Students may be able to earn additional service learning hours though student-initiated service in the community, extra-curricular activities, and special projects.
Please refer to BCPS’s Resource Directory for service learning opportunities. Also here are some additional websites to check out:
www.dosomething.org
www.operationgratitude.com
www.specialolympics.org/program_locator.aspx
Please complete the Hours Verification and Reflection Form and return to Ms. Huemmer in School Counseling when hours have been completed.