WRozycki

     Students are encouraged from their parents/guardians to bring home good grades and schools encourage their students to excel in more areas than just academics for example athletics, school plays, and other extracurricular activities.  However what is expected of today’s youth from their community? The answer is simple; society wants good standing members of the community.  Luckily for the community, schools are now encouraging their students to take part in volunteer efforts within the community such as food drives, “Breakfast with Santa” fundraisers, cleaning the playground across the street and etc.  Through the implementation of service learning projects in schools, our students are now excelling in and out of the classroom.  Schools are planning class trips to Nursing Homes while teachers are offering extra credit to those helping out with weekend events that serve the community like food drives.  Without being paid for it, more kids are putting the extra time in to help out someone else who needs it.  These service learning projects are becoming more and more prevalent in our schools today and the positive message of helping others is important.