"Learning to Serve, Serving to Learn"

What is Service Learning?

According to the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, service learning:

• Is a method whereby students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that is conducted and meets the needs of the community.

• Is coordinated with an elementary school, secondary school, institution of higher education, or community service program and the community.

• Helps foster civic responsibility.

• Is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students, or the education components of the community service program in which the participants are enrolled.

• Enhance what is taught in school by extending student learning beyond the classroom.

• Provides structured time for students or participants to reflect on the service experience.

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