Community Service
Defined as volunteer activities that support the well-being of others or community organizations who serve others.
Community Service for 9th–12th Graders
Service to the school and community continues to be vital to a student’s personal growth and development during their high school career. The Counseling Office will collect and tally community service hours as students hand them in throughout the year. Hours accumulated during grades 9–12 count toward a unique honor that is placed on students who earn enough community service hours throughout high school.
Students who accumulate 60 community service hours during grades 9–12 (must average 10 per year) will be able to earn a Diploma with Distinction. This is a separate seal placed on their diploma, denoting good citizenship. This honor is unique to Stockbridge Valley.
Examples of community service opportunities include, but are not limited to: blood drives, peer tutoring (under the supervision of a teacher), Ruritan Community Fair, PTO, Scouts, Rescue Mission, community youth athletic programs, food pantries, or serving the elderly.
In order for the Stockbridge Valley High School Office to keep track of individual student community service projects, it is the student’s responsibility to turn in a Community Service Form completely filled out. Students can pick them up in the High School Office or click here for the Community Service Form.
Below is a list of local community members and contact information for volunteer/community service projects:
American Legion Post 54
Contact: 315-495-6593
Opportunities include but are not limited to: yard work, Fish Fry Friday, Sunday breakfast, painting, and cemetery flags
Salvation Army
Contact: Administrative Offices @ 315-475-1688
Opportunities include but are not limited to: bell ringing
Stockbridge Valley Educational Foundation
Contact: Pam Dymes — 315-495-4400
Opportunities include but are not limited to: Spaghetti Dinner (September Open House), Community Fair (July), Talent Show (March)
Town of Stockbridge
Contact: Peter Kiehn @ 315-495-3333
Opportunities include but are not limited to: cleaning town park and picking up litter, town park cleanup, cemetery cleanup, highway garage tasks
Stockbridge Valley Central School District
Contact: Jarrett Burke — 315-495-1934
or Erin Smith — 315-495-1935
Opportunities include but are not limited to: nature trail maintenance, flower/plant sales, pancake breakfast, and maple syrup production
Contact: Mark Kiser @ mkiser@stockbridgevalley.org
Opportunities include but are not limited to: ball people for soccer and modified winter sports scorekeepers
Contact: Michelle Hillenbrand @ mhillenbrand@stockbridgevalley.org
Opportunities include but are not limited to: assisting youth sports