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Learn and Serve

At Sorensen Magnet School, we value every opportunity to connect what we learn in the classroom to our local community.  We participate in many community service activities through-out the year, as a whole school and as individual grade levels, that include food drives, performances for local organizations,  and beautifying our local neighborhood.   We are currently teaching these values in our school every week during our Arts and Humanity block, as well as developing a student leadership team. 

During the weekly Arts and Humanities block, Mrs. Medved and Mrs. Woitas lead students in setting service goals, journaling, and completing projects that benefit our community.  Some examples of service include beautifying the front of our school with flowerbeds, or using composition skills to write letters to the soldiers.  The opportunities to connect our learning to community service are endless!

Thanks to a grant, in November, Ms. Hilary chaperoned a team of 11 students, grades 3rd-5th,  to specialized training in Moscow, Idaho.  Students participated in many group activities that fostered individual and team leadership skills.   It has been exciting to watch this team of students bring that knowledge back to share with everyone, staff and students alike.  We look forward to seeing this Leadership Team develop in this year.

If you would like to be a part of this wonderful program, please contact our Learn and Serve Coordinator- Amanda Weed by calling the school office, or emailing her at aweed@cdaschools.org. 
 

INTRODUCTION TO LEARN AND SERVE

 

Learn and Serve Grant Recipient

  

Learn and Serve Idaho provides young people with opportunities to serve Idaho by connecting community service with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility.  Grantees create new service learning programs, replicate existing models, and train staff, faculty, adult volunteers, and students in service learning.  Participants are K-12, school-age youth.

Eligible applicants are Idaho K-12 schools of any grade span.  Grantee schools must be committed to service learning as a teaching/learning strategy and as an integral component of education.

The vision of Learn and Serve Idahois to assist schools in implementing site-based programs of service learning through policy, practice, and capacity building.  Learn and Serve Idaho provides financial and technical assistance to schools as they develop and implement policies and supportive structures at all levels, while reducing barriers to the institutionalization of service learning. 

The overarching goals of this project are to:

  • Increase the integration of quality service-learning practices in Idaho’s K-12 schools;
  • Develop appropriate models of service-learning for schools that are also aligned with state-mandated educational standards and benchmarks;
  • Increase youth choice and leadership in school and community problem solving.
  • Develop collaborative partnerships with the local community agencies to support high quality meaningful service experiences.

Learn and Serve Idaho engages students in structured, hands-on service projects that meet community needs and at the same time, helps participants develop personal, civic, and academic skills.  Programs provide high quality service-learning opportunities for elementary and secondary school students.  School-based service learning seeks to integrate a community service philosophy and activities into academic curricula.  In school-based service learning, classroom studies complement community experiences and enable students to reflect upon and take action in addressing community needs

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