Service Learning Requirement

The Class of 2022 and Class of 2023 are required to complete 20 hours to meet the graduation requirement. The Class of 2024 is required to complete 30 hours. With the Class of 2025, FUSD graduates will again be expected to meet the 40 hour requirement.

Requirements and Policies

Use the criteria below to fulfill your service to the community:

• After a student has completed 40 hours of service, they are encouraged to continue volunteer work; however, additional hours will not be documented by the school’s service learning coordinator.
• All service learning hours must be earned outside of the school day. 
• Every hour earned must be accompanied by the district-approved form and must adhere to the most current guidelines.
• Hours cannot be earned until a student has attended the first day of freshman year or first year in the district.
• All forty (40) service hours must be completed by May 15 of a student’s graduation year in order to give staff enough time to verify and record. Principals may extend the deadline beyond May 15 on a case by case basis.
• Exceptions only apply to students who have not been part of the Fremont Unified School District for all four (4) of their high school years. These students must have ten (10) hours for each high school year in the district. 
• Transfer students must bring their transcript with prior service learning hours to the school’s service coordinator in order for those hours to be entered into the student records. All hours must meets FUSD guidelines.
• Hours must be turned in during the same academic year in which they were earned. Hours earned over the summer (9th-11th grade only) must be turned in by the end of the first quarter of the next academic year.
• Students are required to keep a copy of all forms and hours submitted over their four (4) years and are responsible to prove all hours in question.
• An adult supervisor in attendance must sign off on all forms.
• Only non-profit organizations, registered as 501(c) qualify as service providers.
• Any student-created non-profit must have a state issued non-profit number and be able to show the programming through supported documentation. An adult supervisor that works for the non-profit must sign off on hours issued by the organization.
• Science camp is awarded 40 hours when school is in session. Camps run during breaks from school (e.g., spring break, winter break) will receive full hours.
• Hours a student earns for supporting a school activity in which they are not a participant and are verified by a school staff member (e.g., taking stats for the wrestling team when a student is not on the team).
• Senior citizen home outreach that has direct interaction with seniors.
• International service will only be accepted through an American-based organization that can be validated.
• In order to be eligible, any student-tour agency or summer program that has a service component must have a non-profit qualified agency (located in the U.S.) document hours.
• Service hours for a religious organization that benefits the community at large and does not promote its religion is eligible. (e.g., clothing drives, food drives, feeding those in need).
• Hours earned in training that allows a student to participate in a service opportunity are capped at five (5) hours and must be directly related to a community-service event.

The following DO NOT count for service hours.

• Tasks that assume the responsibilities of a teaching assistant (TA) at any grade level (e.g., grading papers, cleaning classrooms).
• Religious work or work that promotes a religious organization, including maintenance of grounds and meals connected to a service. 
• Fundraising for an event where the money goes back to a club, organization, or team that a student is a member of.
• Court-mandated service hours.
• Any hours required for iCare (Adult School elective).
• Incomplete Forms. Forms must be completely filled out to be accepted. 

In addition to this website, you can find information and options for your service project in the following places:

• In the hallway display case next to N-7.

Required Forms

Complete this form in detail. Please write a full and detailed explanation of where and what you are doing for your service hours. When you are ready to turn in your completed service project, turn in both pages. You may print these forms, or you may save them, and then open and complete using Adobe Acrobat. If you complete the forms using Acrobat, save and print a copy to turn in.

***Make a copy of your forms before you turn them in. Keep these copies for your records.

If you have any questions, see Mr. Breazeale (service coordinator) in the Activities Office, N-7

Form

Service_Learning_Form.pdf (PDF)