Community Service Learning – Deadlines

All students are required to do 40 hours of community service over the course of their high school career in order to graduate. If a student has transferred from another school district, then they must complete 10 hours of community service for every year they have been in the Fremont Unified School District. Students, make sure that the hours you complete are acceptable by review the FUSD Board Policy on Service Learning Hours.

Contact: Mr. David Yick Koppel; dyickkoppel@fusdk12.net

2024-2025 Update:

Hours from summer 2024 will be collected at the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Please keep forms in a safe place and remember to make a copy of completed forms for your records.

Updated Hours Requirements:

SENIORS (Class of 2025): Graduation requirement is 40 hours.

JUNIORS (Class of 2026): Graduation requirement is 40 hours.

SOPHOMORES (Class of 2027): Graduation requirement is 40 hours.

FRESHMAN (Class of 2028): Graduation requirement is 40 hours.

Quick tips for service:

• Must provide service through a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
• You cannot receive payment for completing your hours
• Maintenance or administrative tasks will not be accepted
  • An example a task that would not be accepted is filing paperwork or trimming bushes
• Service learning must take place outside of school hours
• Work for a religious organization that benefits the community at large and does not promote its religion (e.g., clothing drives, food drives, feeding those in need) will be accepted.
• Hours spent training for services to be provided are capped at five (5) hours and must be directly related to a community-service event.
• Students cannot receive more than 8 hours of service in one day.
• Service completed online, such as online tutoring, does not qualify, as supervisor signatures cannot be electronic.

Class of 2028 may not start completing their hours until the 2024-2025 school year begins.

Quick Tips for Filling Out and Submitting Forms:

-Turn in the ORIGINAL forms with ink signatures. Keep photocopies for your own records.

-Make sure that ALL fields are filled out. Commonly missed fields are Total Hours, Dates of Service, and the back sides of the forms.

-Electronic signatures are not accepted. Supervisor signatures must be signed with actual ink pens.

-Don't forget to fill out the student section!

-Turn in your forms in the black box found in room F112 (the student center)

-Forms are processed in the order they are received, and many students turn in lots of forms close to deadlines. If you would like your form processed in a timely manner, be sure to turn it in early!

What does NOT count as volunteer hours?

• Volunteering for a teacher to help with TA tasks: grading, decorating, cleaning classrooms, etc.
• Volunteering for a for-profit entity- example: a dentist's office or a retirement community.
• Anything completed during school hours for a school program/club when school is in session. All volunteering must occur outside of school hours.
• Any hours required for iCare.
• Court mandated service hours
• Opportunities that require an exchange of money, goods, or donations for hours.
• Fundraising for an event where the money goes back to a club, organization, or team that a student is a member of.
• Religious work or work that promotes a religious organization, including maintenance of grounds and meals connected to a service.
• Service completed online

Deadlines for the 2024-2025 School Year:

Date #1, Friday, October 10, 2024 All hours completed during the 2024 school year, and over the summer (June through August 2024) for SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, and SENIORS are due.

Date #2, Thursday, February 6, 2025 - All hours completed between August 14 and December 31, 2024, are due.

Date #3 (SENIORS ONLY) Friday, May 2, 2025 - All hours are due for SENIORS.

Date #4, Friday, May 9, 2025 - All hours completed between January 1st and May 8th, for FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORES, and JUNIORS are due.