Seniors

Senior Service Plan

During senior year each student will complete

• At least 20 hours of direct service to one agency (completed by April 11, 2023). 
• Hours will need to be tracked on the hours tracking sheet (see below).
• Complete a service journal related to their 20 hour service placement.
• 6 additional hours of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Liberation* 
• Write a Senior Service Paper during second semester senior year.

At the end of Junior Year/beginning of Senior Year, students will explore agencies that they will want to serve at for 20 hours. There is a list of approved agencies on the Christian Service Canvas page. If you plan to service with an agency that is not on the pre-approved list, you will need to submit an agency request to the Christian Service Office. Please understand that the process to approve an agency may take multiple weeks. This should be a part of a student’s plan for when they will complete their service.

After reaching out to agencies and discerning their service options, students must submit a proposal and a plan of action that will detail their process for engaging in service from the start of summer 2022 until April 11, 2023. 

Over this time period, each Central Catholic student will complete service and reflect on their experience through a guided journal. Students will also need to track hours each time they do service on an hours tracking sheet. A signature by their direct supervisor will be necessary each time they complete service. The service proposal and plan of action, service journal, and hours tracking sheet will be turned in to your Theology teacher for grades in your Theology class.

Service should be direct service** to a vulnerable and/or marginalized population***. Students should go to the Central Catholic Service Canvas page for ideas and options. There is a pre approved list of agencies on the Christian Service Canvas page.

The students will culminate their service at Central Catholic with a Senior Service paper. This paper will provide students with the opportunity to reflect beyond the name of the organizations with which you partnered and the specific things you did when serving and invites students to explore how your service experiences of past and present have shifted who they are and their worldview. This essay is a required component of the second semester Christian Service grade and is worth 20% of students’ theology grade that semester. 

*6 additional hours of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Liberation will be earned through attending Central State of Mind each year. If a student is unable to participate in the Central State of Mind, those hours will have to be earned through other opportunities students will need to find for themselves in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, & liberation.

**What is direct service?
Direct service is working first hand with people. This is an opportunity to engage with the people who benefit directly from the service you offer to the agency. Direct service does not include office tasks, working on a computer, 

***Who are vulnerable and/or marginalized populations?
Vulnerable and/or marginalized populations are groups that experience the highest levels of socioeconomic exclusion. Groups that can fall into these categories include: women, elderly, people experiencing houselessness, people with disabilities, members of BIPOC communities, refugees, and migrants.