Community Service Plan

 

Summary:  This plan provides instructions and procedures for promoting, coordinating, and tracking community service events for South-Doyle High School.

 

Applicability.  The plan is applicable to all South-Doyle High School activities, groups, teams, and clubs that conduct community service events.

 

Suggested Improvements.  The proponent agency for this plan is the Community Service Council.  This is a student-led council, comprised of members of various groups that conduct community service events.

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Responsibilities

I.  Community Service Council (CSC)

South-Doyle’s Agent for Community Service & Volunteerism!

 

Mission:  To provide a venue for clubs, teams, organizations, and individuals at South-Doyle High School to enrich community involvement through community service and service learning projects.

 

 

❖ The South-Doyle Community Service Council (CSC) serves as a unique resource for collaborative community-based planning and action to coordinate the volunteer spirit of South-Doyle High School organizations and students.   The CSC is a trusted neutral convener, bringing South-Doyle clubs, organizations, teams and individuals together to focus on community service and volunteer opportunities.

 

❖ Functions include community research and planning, supporting community partnerships, developing and coordinating services, and linking people with needed services.  Activities include maintaining a centralized database of community service and service learning accomplishments and keep a school-wide calendar of planned events. 

 

❖ Council membership is voluntary and includes a representative from any group or organization that conducts community service events. Members are appointed for the entire school year.

 

❖ The council will meet monthly on the first Tuesday of each month during Advisory Time in the College and Career Center on Young Campus

 

❖ The council will select from their members a President, Vice-President, and Secretary. 

 

❖ The Council will report directly to the Principal.

 

❖ Faculty oversight will be shared by group advisors with members on the council.

 

 

II.  Faculty advisors of organizations, clubs, activities, teams, that supervise community service events

❖ Plan, coordinate, and conduct community service events.

 

❖ Submit planned events to council for inclusion in school-wide calendar. 

 

❖ Keep a record of community service hours

 

❖ Monitor school-wide calendar for possible cooperative events

 

 

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Council Reports

 

❖ A monthly calendar of scheduled events will be provided to the Principal on the first Wednesday of each month.  The calendar will indicate the event and groups sponsoring the event. 

 

❖ At the end of each semester, the council will provide the principal with a summary of community service events. Included in the report will be a summary of total man hours.  (all groups combined)

 

❖ Coordinate with faculty advisors of the various groups and submit a report to the Principal when a student accumulates 100 hours of community service.

 

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Requests for Volunteer Support

 

 

❖ General requests for support from outside organizations can be submitted to the CSC.  The council will inform South-Doyle groups of the request and see if any group is interested in accepting responsibility for the event. 

 

❖ Faculty advisors are encouraged to consider cooperative service (combining multiple groups) when a request requires more support than any one group can provide).

 

❖ A copy of a request form will be available on the South-Doyle High School web site.

 

❖ Students interested in serving on the Community Service Council should contact a faculty advisor or attend a monthly meeting. Faculty advisors include Mrs. Aimee Perry (Aimee.Perry@knoxschools.org),  Mrs. Leah Fisher (Leah.Fisher@knoxschools.org), Ms. Hannah Wood (Hannah.Wood@knoxschools.org), or LTC Bill Woodcock (William.woodcock@knoxschools.org).

 

 

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