Which strategies and activities used in community service activities contribute most to student success?
” Staff Quotes: • “Service Learning Class began this year. We are cleaning an area favored by drug and alcohol users. It has been quite challenging. The students have had to develop a plan and work together weekly at the site. They have developed team building skills and quite a few good ideas. They have also developed a fierce pride about the community and realized they can make a difference and they have also developed empathy for those living on the street facing addictions. Most importantly they have learned that they can make a difference-that money is not the only thing that matters, our time and work can be just as appreciated.” (2007-08 Glendale Union High School District: Career Exploration) • “Students are involved in every aspect of a project from evaluating school and community needs to planning the project, budget, writing grants, making presentations, completing projects, evaluating the projects success and failures – Students get different successes from these opportunit