SERVICE FORM (download)

The community service program at St. Mary School seeks to provide students in grades 6 to 8 the opportunity to serve the greater community through volunteer events and experiences. The school’s Student Learning Expectations challenges each student to be A Person of Faith, An Active Learner, and a Responsible Citizen. A student who performs acts of service is one who meets and exceeds these expectations.

Students are lovingly encouraged to complete 25 hours of community service between grades 6 to 8. Ten of these hours must be served in a program outside of St. Mary School.

As students earn their community service hours, they must keep record of their hours on a St. Mary Service Form. These forms may be downloaded online at the link that appears above and returned to Mrs. Mantecon before each quarterly due date (see below). Each completed form (with at least 25 hours) must be accompanied by a written reflection that addresses the following:

Describe one of your service learning opportunities. What surprised you about this experience? Did this experience lead to a transformation (change in perspective, or call to action) and if so, why?

Those who complete their hours will be presented with a Service Block Award during one of the quarterly awards assemblies and will have the distinction of wearing a red cord over their graduation gown for their Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation Ceremony.

Approved agencies appear as follows. If the agency that the student would like to serve at is not mentioned, please obtain the approval of the moderators in order to get proper credit PRIOR TO SERVICE being performed. This information and upcoming events will be posted on the website: http://stmarygilroy.org by clicking on the link in each of the class pages for grades 6, 7, and 8 and will appear in the Wednesday bulletin.

QUARTERLY DUE DATES 2010-2011 (one week prior to the each Awards Assembly):

Oct. 29, Jan. 19, April 6, May 25 (for 8th graders), June 3

APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS

AGENCY CONTACT INFO/DESC

City of Gilroy’s
Volunteer Service
Creek Clean Up Days (Fall)
Sandra Sammut, Volunteer Coordinator
408-848-0265; http://www.ci.gilroy.ca.us/volunteer/
Some age requirements; City/Creek Clean Up; Graffiti Program; Adopt-a-Wall/Park; Holiday Programs (Santa, Christmas Tree Lighting)

Knights of Columbus
Kumar de Silva
Tootsie Roll fundraising (sales)

Live Oak Adult Day Services
Cheryl Huguenor
408-847-5491
http://www.liveoakadultdaycare.org/location_gilroy.htm

Relay for Life ~ American Cancer Society
Lorenzo Nino (summer)
408-847-4032

St. Joseph Family Center

Vickie Martin
408-846-0525
Food distribution, packaging

St. Mary Parish Festival
September 28
Rebeca Aldaz, St. Mary Parish
408-847-5151
game booth, set-up, clean-up

St. Mary Parish Office of Liturgy
Rose Barry
408-847-5151
light duty work for church environment, clean-up

St. Mary School Book Faire
November / TBA

408-842-2827 (School Office for Information)

St. Mary School Extended Care Program
Lynn Cordia
408-842-3652

occasional help for evening school events

St. Mary School Community Garden
to benefit St. Joseph's Family Center

general care and maintenance of garden

Thursday afternoons

Sasha Talavera

talaveratwins@yahoo.com

St. Mary School Technology Alliance Group (TAG)
technology work in the summer; MacBook cart set-up;

light equipment maintenance and troubleshooting

Cecile Mantecon

408-842-2827

cmantecon@stmarygilroy.org

St. Mary School Yearbook Production Staff
yearbook layout production after school and in the summer
Cecile Mantecon
408-842-2827
cmantecon@stmarygilroy.org

The Lord’s Table

Laticia Jimenez
408-842-6662
14 years and above only in the kitchen
13 and younger can work on the serving line

Village Green

Eileen Yurek
408-842-0113

Wheeler Manor
Tami 843-3338
Serve meals (dinner) to seniors MW 5 P.M