--- title: 2020 E-Guide to HS Service Hour Tracking description: Download the 2020 E-Guide to High School Service Tracking for insight on how to make your school's community service program manageable and successful. image: https://trackservicehours.x2vol.com/hubfs/2020%20E-Guide.png --- [![x2VOL](https://trackservicehours.x2vol.com/hubfs/IntelliVOL_April2019/Images/x2VOL_logo.png) ](https://www.x2vol.com/index.html) # 2020 E-Guide to HS Service Hour Tracking Posted by [x2VOL](https://trackservicehours.x2vol.com/blog/author/x2vol) on Feb 24, 2020 1:15:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![2020 E-Guide](https://trackservicehours.x2vol.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2020%20E-Guide.png?width=700&name=2020%20E-Guide.png)](https://trackservicehours.x2vol.com/cs/c/?cta_guid=797a33d9-2402-4e0b-b4b1-c52985e8205d&placement_guid=693a2f87-94f6-450c-a2ae-660bacb4abfa&portal_id=546913&canon=http%3A%2F%2Ftrackservicehours.x2vol.com%2Fblog%2F2019-e-guide-to-high-school-service-hour-tracking&redirect_url=APefjpFwK-Bzs7Gxx1qtUP3A9ESU786ru9hhU8OP_KbOvv_269yB2XqABq-pyUMnZczyiyOO087eBU4QdrVmlNG7KtC7WKBJJuZo47-bY2YN7zD_Eof5PqQ0SU_IYECf0QJ-pVpI0fPFnCkdVDP-TJM4gBGFKT21g51q0_fuMVv6CXwpw7BGgylZa1-vV6fic6998r9QIQKadFnkHdMEB6CoblAJM_Gj4Jne4BkZB6Wx1TO-lyoTJ77jq3eatqVgY64Un3tT7myb9qFlQGb5nNaHEoN0-r3_asiaqdgQ74FIUyfi2Eyi9HYrUz9cKfbJDsfT4bt8igUT&click=20da509f-e37f-4251-a8ae-6d436f1acba0&hsutk=c2dcfaff3d8b77d7091ba4b327d3f26d&__hstc=34339646.c2dcfaff3d8b77d7091ba4b327d3f26d.1515439006075.1552928561756.1552936756890.798&__hssc=34339646.3.1552936756890) Whether your school, district, or club has a service requirement, or encourages students to serve, the process to track, manage, report on, and engage students in service can be complicated and time consuming.  Community service is an important element in education. Reports have shown that participating in community service during high school positively impacts a student and even increases a student's likelihood of being accepted into college. While service is great, there are complications that come along with students completing regular service. From tracking hours to approving hours and ensuring students are completing their service before graduation, it takes a lot of time and effort from the administrators and service leaders to ensure success. However, with the right process in place and the correct technology to help you, this process can be streamlined to create a healthy and engaging service program that will ease the burden of administrative tasks and benefit your students for the rest of their lives. In our 2020 E-Guide to High School Service Tracking we break down best practices for: - Organizing your service program  - How to encourage and facilitate student service  - The best ways to establish goals and expectations  - How to encourage student reflection on service and example reflection prompts  - How to leverage service experience on college applications - And more Download our 2020 E-Guide to High School Service Tracking for insight on how to make your school's service learning program both manageable and successful.  [![ Download 2020 E-Guide ](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/546913/66f92436-4736-4918-86e3-f2bbda3dece7.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/546913/66f92436-4736-4918-86e3-f2bbda3dece7) Interested in bringing x2VOL to your school? 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