Service+Learning

  //** Students who are involved in meaningful service-learning do better on tests, show a sense of self-esteem and purpose, connect **////** with the community, and want to be more civically engaged. They also are less likely to be involved in negative behavior and more **////** likely to graduate from high school and college (Michigan Learn and Serve Study, Meyer, Hofschire, Billing, 2004). **//
 * __Service Learning__ **

As part of the standard curriculum, each student is required to complete 10 hours of service to the community each quarter, completing 40 hours of service per year. This service has two key benefits: 1) our students learn to understand the benefits of serving others and servant leadership, and 2) our students learn to understand the personal benefit of helping others. This service is the start of a lifetime of serving others: their families, their parish and their communities.
 * __Community Service__**


 * **CC students (9-12) are required to complete 160 hours of service as a graduation requirement.**
 * **Grade 8 students complete service 25 hours of service in preparation for Confirmation.**

[|Student Handbook - Catholic Identity](p. 64-65) [|Grades 7 and 8 Service Hours Form] [|Grades 9 - 12 Service Hours Form]

__**Student Projects**__
 * Donation and collection of new items for expectant mothers or newborn babies for the "Oh Baby" drive in September and October, 2011.
 * Mission Possible - Annual Community Leaf Raking Day (Each November - November 9, 2011)[[image:http://www.ccbluejays.org/images/leave_raking.jpg width="276" height="183" align="right"]]
 * Sunday School
 * Collection for West Point Food Pantry (November)
 * Salvation Army community bell ringers (Each December - December 10 & 11, 2011

__**Peer Ministry**__ Peer Ministry is a committee of students, four from each grade, chosen by their peers, to be leaders within the school who plan and facilitate service-related activities throughout the school year. Students are chosen as freshmen and remain on the committee all four years of high school. This group is responsible for planning weekly school Masses and raising donations for charities and organizations that assist the elderly, sick, poor, and disadvantaged.