Student Leadership Academy

• Students & Parent/Guardians-Attend a Parent Council meeting

• Students & Parent/Guardians-Any time that you give participating, organizing, setting-up, breaking-down, running or cleaning-up for a SLA-organized activity.

• Volunteering service to any non-profit organization, church, community or organization. Providing service/assistance to any non-family member within your community is subject to administration's approval.

• ALL parent hours should be for SLA or an SLA organized activity.

A minimum of 5 hours per quarter, with a total of 20 hours for the year.

• Students may earn volunteer service hours by providing meaningful service or assistance to a nonprofit organization, church, community organization, neighbor, or other member of the community. Service must benefit someone outside of the student's immediate family and must be completed without compensation.

  Examples may include helping a neighbor with yard work, assisting at a church or nonprofit event, volunteering at a community organization, or providing other approved assistance to someone in need. (FOR-PROFIT businesses are not acceptable)

• Hours must be signed by the person in charge of the activity and include a phone number. Parents may not verify or sign off on their child's service hours.
• Service hours must be documented on the official Volunteer/Service Hours Form and submitted in person.
• For each quarter, 20% of a student's first period grade is based off the completion of 5 hours.
• For grading purposes, all hours must be turned in NO LATER than the following for each quarter:

  1st Quarter - Friday, October 2nd
  2nd Quarter - Friday, December 11th
  3rd Quarter - Friday, March 5th
  4th Quarter - Friday, May 21st

    Late hours cannot be accepted because of grading deadlines.

• 10 hours per household is recommended.  ALL hours should be for SLA or an SLA organized activity.  Parents are not allowed to share or gift hours to their kids.