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Established in 1992, The Commune of Columbia'due south Community Service Requirement aims to equip students with the necessary skills and abilities for career and educational advancement equally well as motivate students to take an active office as leaders in their communities. DC Municipal Regulations crave at to the lowest degree 100 hours of volunteer community service in social club for students to graduate.

Students must complete community service hours through a 501(c)(3) organization or a federal, state, or local agency. Students must too properly document their community service hours by submitting a signed, complete community service grade to earn customs service hours that count towards the graduation requirement.

Please contact your School Counselor, Schoolhouse-based Customs Service Point of Contact, or [email protected] for boosted information regarding earning community service hours.

DCPS Community Service Hours Tracker

ninth Grade: 25 hours minumum
tenth Grade: fifty hours minimum
11th Form: 75 hours minimum
12th Form: 100 hours minimum

*eighth graders can receive up to 25 hours earlier entering high school.

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DCPS Customs Service Hours Verification Form ^[PDF]
Community Service FAQs for Students and Families ^[PDF]
Community Service FAQs for Schools and Staff ^[PDF]
Student Guide to Community Service ^[PDF]

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Community partners interested in sharing customs service opportunities with DCPS students should email the Schoolhouse Counseling Team at [email protected] or submit a request via this online form. All community service opportunities must come up from or partner with a 501(c)(three) organization, federal, state, or local government agency.

If your organization has additional questions near community service, delight review the FAQ for organizations^[PDF].