Service Learning

Service Learning is an approach to education that connects curriculum to the natural desires our children have to take care of our world. Service learning allows students in kindergarten through college to use the lessons they have learned along with problem solving skills to help those in need in their communities and around the world. Students who have taken part in service learning activities have been found to be better prepared for college, the workplace and are also motivated to become active members of society.

JCS Service Learning Projects

August: Gratefulness
September: Respect
October: Trustworthiness
November: Honesty
December: Responsibility
January: Fairness
February: Caring
March: Citizenship
April: Courage
May: Diligence

Upcoming Service Learning Events 2009-2010

National Learn & Serve Challenge: October 11- 15, 2009

This is a week long series of local, state, and national events designed to raise awareness and public support for service-learning. To learn more about it, click here: Learn and Serve Challenge.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service: January 18, 2010

This day was set aside to honor a man who recognized the power service to strengthen our neighborhoods and communities. In 1994 Congress initiated the Day of Service to give people the day off so they could be available to spend the day bridging social barriers to serve others: Martin Luther King Day of Service.

Servapalooza: April 25, 2010

This is an awesome service learning opportunity that will take place in Balboa Park in San Diego. More information to follow as it becomes available.