Community Service Requirements

Community Service Requirement

All students at Milpitas High School must complete a total of 20 hours of Community Service in order to graduate.

Deadline

Deadline for seniors is typically the last Friday in April.

Deadline for underclassmen is the 1st Friday in June.

Procedures

Community Service hours must be documented on MHS community service forms.

(Confirmation of Community Service Placement, Student Time Card) – available in P-9

Letters and separate time cards will not be accepted.

Students must clear their service before they begin, to be certain it meets MHS  Community Service criteria. (Service that does need meet the criteria will not be counted)

Completed  forms must  be turned in to Community Service Coordinator in P-9

(Incomplete forms will not be processed)

Frequently Asked Question

 - Can I work at my church? Yes, if the work is serves the community (ie: helping the homeless) and is not explicitly religious (worship service, religious study, missionary work).

- Can I work at my mom’s work for free? No, because you are donating your time to a for-profit business.

- Can I sign the confirmation form myself if I’m 18? No, because of liability issues.

Opportunities!

A list of current service opportunities is available in P-9.  Questions regarding Community Service should be sent to jribovic@musd.org.

MHS Community Service Criteria

 

- Service must be for the general good

- Service must be voluntary, unpaid and on the student’s own time

- There must be a service agency with a representative who can be contacted to confirm service

- Students cannot act as Service Agency Representatives

- Service Agency Representative cannot be a relative of the student’s

- Working at a for-profit business for free does not count as Community Service

- Helping an individual, without the sanction of an agency does not count as Community Service

-Service cannot be explicitly religious or political.