Service Learning at RHS
Seattle Schools require all students to complete 60 hours of service learning in order to graduate. Students who transfer to Roosevelt from out of district need not complete all 60 hours, but must complete 15 hours for each year they are enrolled in a Seattle public high school. Students are given the freedom and responsibility to complete those 60 hours anytime prior to graduation, including during summers. We encourage students to complete those hours as early as possible in their Roosevelt careers. This requirement cannot be waived. Seniors need to have completed their 60 hours by May 16, 2008. Returning Roosevelt students should review their hours of completed service learning as listed on the graduation requirements checklist mailed home with first semester schedules in August.
To document completed service learning hours, including hours earned this summer, students should complete both pages of the Service Learning Agreement Form, make a copy to keep for their records, and then turn in the completed form to their school counselor. Forms are also available in the Counseling Office.
Students may count as service learning any activity for which they do not earn school credit or get paid. The form does require them to briefly reflect in writing on why they chose a certain activity and what they learned from that activity. If you or your students have any questions about the revised policy, feel free to contact your family's school counselor.