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What is Service-Learning?

Service-learning is not just about "going out and doing good." It involves learning and intellectual skills, performing needed service and producing real results that command respect. Service-learning provides young people with the skills and virtues that enable you to participate fully in society and contribute to the sustainability of our democracy. 

In service-learning, you learn and develop through active participation in organized service experiences that: 

• Take you out of the classroom to learn and have fun
• Give you the opportunity to use skills and knowledge in real-life situations in your own communities 
• Allow you to meet new people
• Answer the perpetual question "Why should I learn this?"

Ways you could do service-learning

• Write in-class journals throughout the service-learning experience with assigned questions or topics. 
• Verbally express one thing that you did to improve your community. 
• Write a story, speech or poem; draw a picture; or create a play. 
• Design a public service announcement about the need for increased volunteerism and community involvement using the service as an example. 
• Take photographs and create a collage for the school. 
• Role play related situations and develop possible situations. 
• Create a school display so others can recognize your work and dedication. 

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