Almost every private high school requires service. Students are serving on campus and in their community more now than ever before. They enter college and the workforce expecting to serve in some capacity.
Do you have student volunteers who are active in the community 100 or more hours? We think so, and that is why we encourage them to seek recognition and apply for The Presidential Award! Below, we have outlined everything you need to know about the award to share with your student volunteers!
What is the President's Volunteer Service Award?
Striving to encourage volunteerism among your students for National Volunteer Week?
Student volunteers across America will get involved in the community by joining the National Volunteer Week movement. Here’s what you need to know:
What is National Volunteer Week?
So, your student has an x2VOL account. Do not be stressed; it’s a good thing.
At its simplest, x2VOL helps keep track of your student’s volunteer hours. When they need to apply for a job or college, they can refer back to their account where their hours have been diligently noted.
What does a student do on x2VOL exactly?
- Search for local volunteer opportunities
- Record service hours
- Receive approval/denial of service hours by school administrator
- Print service transcript
Topics: volunteering, service tracking
One of the requirements of National Honor Society is recording a certain number of service hours. Tracking this by paper is quite cumbersome - especially for the NHS sponsors who are tasked with reporting these hours on a regular basis. Why not convert to a digital process? With x2VOL, an NHS sponsor can set up goals for the club, post opportunitites for club members, and have easy access to service hour reports!
When looking for a place to volunteer, a student is probably interested in something familiar. While there is value in serving at the same place for a long period of time, it is also important for students to diversify their volunteer experiences.
The scholarship search can be challenging for students. We hope the following sites will help students with a place to start. Each site is structured differently and allows students to search based on a variety of criteria. Please share the sites below with high school students!
Fastweb members are matched to relevant scholarship opportunities completely free of charge. With roughly 1.5 million scholarships worth more than $3.4 billion, there are scholarships for every student’s educational goals, activities and interests. Members also get insider financial aid tips, advice on high school and college life, as well as job and internship matches in their area.
Service Programs vary in many ways. Many public schools and districts recognize students for their service to the community during graduation. Many private schools require service each semester or each year. Although they vary, there are service program challenges that every school faces at one time or another.
Diversity is something we value. At its core, diverse means different than what we know. The familiar becomes mundane. Introducing diversity spices things up, creates a change of pace, and teaches us how to adapt. We want our students to experience diversity because our world is diverse. We want to grow adept individuals who succeed in whatever environment they encounter.
