Service as Action and Community Projects

2023-2024 Community Project Information

9/1/23 Community Project Kickoff 

9/29/23 Checkpoint #1 Items Due:

  1. Completed Project Proposal (journal slide 7)

  2. Academic Honesty notes and 1st initials (journal slide 6)

  3. Journal Slides 1-16 complete

12/8/23 Checkpoint #2 Items Due:

  1. Service completed

  2. Journal Slides 1-30 complete

  3. Academic Honesty notes & 2nd initials (journal slide 6)

1/19/24 Community Projects Due

  1. Completed Journal

  2. Completed project and artifacts

  3. Video presentation submitted

 **Student journals and lesson slides can be found in Schoology.         

What is Service as Action?

Making an impact on the community by taking action to address needs. 

Service Learning:

  • Learning by contributing and taking action

  • Applying what you learn in a meaningful way

  • Making a connection between the classroom and the world   

  • Understanding the context of what you learn and why it’s important 

  • All Year 3 students must participate in a Community Project. 

     

    Purpose & Philosophy for a Community Project:

    1. Encourages students to exercise their right and responsibility for acts of service

    2. Brings awareness of local and/or global needs

    3. Promotes:

    * Inquiry

    * Synthesis of Subject Knowledge

    * Practice of Approaches to Learning Skills

    * Learner Profile Traits

     

    IB & SVMS Community Project Requirements:

    1. All Year 3 (8th graders) will complete a Community Project

    2. Work individually or in a group with no more than 3 students

    3. Meet twice a month with a Learning Coach Supervisor

    4. Identify a need connected to a Global Context

    5. Community Project  Showcase Presentation

    6. Submit: Proposal for Action, Project Process Journal, Academic Honesty Commitment

     

    SVMS Community Project Brochure

     

    Community Project Student Guide 

Springwoods Village MYP 3 students presenting their projects in March, 2022. 

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