community service

1. Community Service Project
Advisory-Whole Child
Murchison MS 2017-18

2. Phase 1:
Inquiry & Investigation

3. https://youtu.be/4z7gDsSKUmU

4. Week 1 Do wE have to do community
Service?
Murchison is an IB World School which means ALL of our students are expected to
participate in service projects. This requirement is meant to help our students understand
the value of giving back to their community.
You will be designing and working on a community service project together in advisory
class this year. Your teacher is your mentor and you can work alone or in small groups on
your project. You will keep track of your progress in a google document.
At the end of the year, we will have a showcase for you to share your
projects with your parents, friends and our school community.
Check out a short video: https://youtu.be/L_MWpvMm5tk

6. What is Community Service?..
➔ Unpaid
➔ Volunteer-based
➔ Targeted
➔ Goal-driven
➔ Fun
Use this link to view an infographic about what IS and ISN’T
considered community service:
https://lionsheartservice.org/lh2/Content/img/main/wics1.jpg

7. Week 2 Why should I do Community
Service?
★ Why should I do community service?
★ How does it benefit me?
★ What is the lasting impact of service?
Visit the link. Review 12 reasons WHY service benefits students.
Discuss student’s life and educational goals.
http://www.youtern.com/thesavvyintern/index.php/2012/11/16/12-reasons-community-service-should-be-

8. WAit, community service makes me a better human?
★ It shows that you care about your community
★ Teaches you to care about others instead of just yourself
★ Helps you meet new people, gain confidence and promotes
opportunities for learning new skills
★ Looks good to potential colleges and employers
★ Makes you feel great about yourself

10. Week 3 How do we decide What to do?
Former Murchison student, Reed Evans, gets an exclusive
interview with Anderson High School graduate and Tokyo
2020 Olympic athlete, Maya Medere. She discusses her
passion for rock climbing and how it influenced her in
creating her community service project.
Watch the video here: ttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-
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12. Week 4 Where do we
start?
Follow your interest!!
Find a general topic that you and your
advisory class want to focus on this year
(check out STEP ONE in the guiding document)

13. Check out national volunteer stats using this link:
https://www.nationalservice.gov/vcla/national
Now, see how Texas compares:
https://www.nationalservice.gov/vcla/state/Texas
What is already being done?

14. Week 5
Find partnerships
http://www.unitedway.org/
www.volunteermatch.org
www.austinjuniorforum.org
www.teensgive.org
www.allforgood.org
www.justserve.org
https://www.nationalservice.gov/vcla
Check out pages 11-14 of the guiding document for a
breakdown of organizational websites by topic!

15. http://kut.org/topic/get-involved
https://amplifyatx.ilivehereigivehere.org/nonprofits
http://www.kgsr.com/austin-volunteer-guide-2015
(check out STEP TWO
in the guiding
document)

17. Week 6 How can we serve?
View the graphic here:
https://www.utsa.edu/community/cce/img/Types-of-SL.jpg
Indirect
Service
Advocacy Research
Direct
Service
(check out STEP THREE in the
guiding document)

19. Week 7 targeting a
community
(check out STEP
FOUR in the
guiding
document)

20. A group of people
sharing particular
characteristics,
beliefs and/or
values
A group of people
living in the same
place
A body of nations or
states unified by
common interests
A group of
interdependent
plants or animals
living together in a
specified habitat
Austin’s Asian
heritage
neighborhood
Non-American
citizens living in
the United States
Homeless
community across
central Texas
An online forum for
students with Autism
Vegetarians
and/or Vegans
Students who take
Spanish as a
foreign language
United Nations
Children’s Fund
Austin
Independent
School District
Texas Chapter of
the National
Association for
the Advancement
of Colored People
Central Texas’
native bird
population
Trees and shrubs
of north Texas and
southern
Oklahoma
Texas’ Gulf of
Mexico coastline
(wetland
preserves)

21. Week 8 squad goals
➔ to raise awareness about...
➔ to participate actively in service to...
➔ to create research about...
➔ to inform others about...
➔ to innovate/invent something to...
➔ to change behaviors/attitudes about...
➔ to advocate for...
(check out STEP FIVE in the guiding document)

23. Week 9
Identifying Need
(check out STEP SIX in the guiding
document)
A need can be defined as…
★ a condition/situation in which
something is required or wanted
★ a duty or obligation
★ a lack of something that is
desired or useful to the
community
Please write the need your project is
addressing in to the guiding document in
the form of a question

25. Week 10
Global Contexts
Finding out where we fit in the
greater scheme of things.
(check out STEP SEVEN in the
guiding document)

26. ★ Laughter therapy
in children’s
hospital or elder
care home
★ Tutoring classes
for young kids
★ Researching the
effects of sugary
drinks on
digestion and
developing a
campaign to
promote healthy
eating

27. ➔ Joining a museum or
historical society to
contribute to historical
preservation
➔ Making a plan for
wheelchair
accessibility at your
campus
➔ Writing an article for
the newspaper
seeking to gain
support for exercise
equipment to be
installed at local parks

28. ★ Improving the
environment in a local
hospital by designing and
hanging student created
artworks in the hallways
★ Performing a theater play
to raise awareness on
bullying
★ Promoting intercultural
understanding through a
graffiti contest

29. ★ Helping a local
community make
an efficient, low-
cost device to
capture sunlight
★ Developing a
program to
promote the use
of wind energy
★ Campaigning to
reduce paper use
on your campus
★ Campaigning to
reduce water,
electricity, fuel or
waste

30. ➔ Campaigning to raise
awareness and reduce
plastic utensil use/waste
➔ Passing a plan with local
government to plant trees
in an area that needs
more green things
➔ Creating a school or
community garden
➔ Setting up a farmer’s
market for low-income
families

31. ★ Supporting a non-
profit organization
who works with
human rights
issues
★ Helping new
immigrants or
refugees navigate
the public bus
system
★ Writing an article
for the local
paper about
LGBTQ rights in
schools

32. Week 11
Research
● Facts & Statistics [how many people does it
affect? Who is most affected?]
● Setting of greatest need [location of most
affected population]
● Cause(s) [why does this problem exist?]
● Possible solutions [what has already been
done? Is there something missing?]
● Organization [contact person & details]
● Other information you think is important
(check out STEP EIGHT
in the guiding
document)

34. Week 12
Setting
Expectations
(check out STEP NINE in the
guiding document)
★ What do we hope to achieve
with this project?
★ What issue do we seek to
understand?
★ What impact are we working
to make on our community?

35. Congratulations!
You’ve reached the end of
Phase 1: Investigation!
Next phase: Planning

36. Phase 2:
PLANNING

37. Week 13
Resources
(check out STEP TEN in
the guiding document)
➔ Technology
➔ Funds
➔ Materials
➔ Transportation
➔ Parental support
➔ Community support
➔ Mentor/Teacher support
➔ Other support