Community service is a requirement for all students who attend three or more classes at Vancouver Christian High School. We feel that to truly disciple our students and train them to respond to the Lord’s call for their lives, we must give them some practical experience in doing works of service. For this purpose, we require all students to complete 25 hours of service each year (required hours will be adjusted for part-time students). Failure to complete these hours results either in dismissal or failure to graduate. These hours may be earned over the summer as well, but at least 12 hours must be completed during the actual school year itself. That means the other 13 hours can be done in advance of the upcoming school year. Forms to record your hours are in the school office or here.

Activities That Qualify as Community Service:

• Volunteer work at hospitals, nursing homes, day cares, homeless shelters, crisis pregnancy centers.
• Volunteer babysitting, house cleaning, or yard work for needy, elderly, or emergency situation (housework, child care, or yard work cannot be counted if performed for a student’s immediate or extended family unless there are some unusual extenuating circumstances. We will approve these hours on a case-by-case basis.)
• Volunteer work in the Sunday School program or child care of a student’s church
• Missions trips (no more than 20 hours per trip)
• Outreach work to migrant camps, etc.

This is not an exhaustive list by any means. When a student performs community service, they need to fill out a community service verification form and have the adult who oversaw the activity sign the form. We will let the student know if the activity does not qualify.

Activities that Do Not Qualify as Community Service:

• Involvement in dramas or programs at school or church
• Helping out family, friends, or families of friends
• Any work for which you receive pay of any kind
• Babysitting siblings
• Attending rallies, marches, etc.

Looking for volunteering ideas? Download our list of resources here (Word document, 94 KB).