Community Service Coordinator – Rosanne Chavez (ext. 191)
The Community Service Coordinator organizes student participation opportunities for community service in Bakersfield area. Students can sign up for events with Mrs. Chavez in the Counseling Center or at the Service Hours table at lunch outside Monsignor Leddy Hall. Guidelines for the community service program are below.
Students must complete their sixty (60) hours in the following areas:
20 Hours (or one third in the case of transfer students) for Garces Memorial High School
Hours must serve the Garces community not just one person. Events such as diving meets, academic decathlon, Gala, etc are acceptable.
20 Hours (or one third) for a Parish/Church
Students are to be serving in a meaningful way that assists the parish community. Serving as a CCD aid, assisting in a church fundraiser, assisting with a parish service project are all acceptable hours. Service which occurs while fulfilling a student’s Sunday Obligation (Altar Serving, Choir, Eucharistic Minister) will be prorated at a ratio of 2:1 (one hour of service equates to thirty minutes of Parish Community Service). Working with a Parish School (OLPH, OLG, St. Francis, etc.) will count for Parish Hours.
20 Hours (or one third) for a non-profit organization approved by the Service Hour Coordinator
Non-Profit Community service may only be completed through organizations approved by Garces Memorial High School. Please see the Service Hour Coordinator for an updated list of approved organizations.
All service hours must be fulfilled outside of school hours. Service hour forms must be properly submitted to the Service Hours Coordinator by June 15th, of the school year in which they were served or they will be invalidated.
Service projects are made available and approved by the Service Hour Coordinator
Each individual Service project will not be considered complete until all paper work (available from the Service Hour Coordinator) has been submitted. The evaluation form must be submitted to the Service Hour Coordinator and must be signed by the supervisor of the project.
The completed evaluation form must be returned to the Service Hour Coordinator and retained in the student's Community Service folder for the duration of his/her schooling at Garces Memorial.
Students must complete and properly submit a minimum of fifteen (15) service hours by June 15th of each year. Any student who has not completed the required hours will not be allowed to return to Garces for the next academic year. These students will be contacted by the Service Hours Coordinator.
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No more than twenty (20) hours will be credited toward the sixty (60) hours during any one school year; however, all service hours performed during any one year will be recorded.
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No more than twenty (20) hours will be recorded for any organization, thus encouraging the student to explore more than one area of need in the community. . If a student dedicates their service to a particular activity for a long period of time (ie. Candy Striper) He/She may file a petition with the service hour coordinator to exceed the 20 hour limitation.
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The acceptance of any monetary award for performing the service will invalidate the hours earned.
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Hours applied towards the California Scholarship Federation, gold seal requirements will NOT be counted for the Garces Memorial Community Service graduation requirement.
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The student will not be covered by the school's liability insurance when completing service hours in locations other than the Garces Memorial campus.
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Hours may be earned during the summer vacation; however hours submitted to the Service Hour Coordinator after June 15th will be recorded for the Academic Year that begins in August.
Service projects are made available and approved by the Service Hour Coordinator
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Each individual Service project will not be considered complete until all paper work (available from the Service Hour Coordinator) has been submitted. The evaluation form must be submitted to the Service Hour Coordinator and must be signed by the supervisor of the project.
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The completed evaluation form must be returned to the Service Hour Coordinator and retained in the student's Community Service folder for the duration of his/her schooling at Garces Memorial.
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No more than twenty (20) hours will be recorded for any single non-profit organization, thus encouraging the student to explore more than one area of need in the community. If a student dedicates their service to a particular activity for a long period of time (i.e. Candy Striper) He/She may file a petition with the service hour coordinator to exceed the 20-hour limitation.
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The service provided will involve the student interacting with a non-profit organization approved by Garces Memorial High School. Please see the Service Hour Coordinator for an updated list. A maximum of 10 hours of credit will be allowed for service given to the Garces Community.
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The acceptance of any monetary award for performing the service will invalidate the hours earned.
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Hours applied towards the California Scholarship Federation, gold seal requirements will NOT be counted towards the Garces Memorial Community Service graduation requirement.
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The student will not be covered by the school's liability insurance when completing service hours in locations other than the Garces Memorial campus.
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Hours may be earned during the summer vacation; these hours must be submitted to the Service Hour Coordinator at the beginning of the subsequent academic year.