Seniors! Time to get your SSL hours in is running out. Kate speaks to the faces behind SSL at Blair to discover opportunities to get SSL hours before the June 2nd due date.
How senior Wilbert Mora found his love for volunteering and what kept him going
Senior Wilbert Mora, with over 2000 SSL hours earned throughout middle and high school
Even though the holidays are over, it's important to carry on with those feelings of family, of love and of giving back. It's time to help someone else, whether it be through monetary donations or hard work, by planting a new tree or handing someone a bowl of hot food.
Volunteer work implies a service that is done through the goodness of one's heart in order to give back to the community but mandatory turns it into something that must be done--or else.
The counseling office is mailing letters, making phone calls and sending emails to teachers, students and parents to make sure seniors who are missing Student Service Learning (SSL) hours get them. As of Feb. 10, roughly 30 percent of the class of 2012 did not meet the minimum number of hours needed to graduate, and about 20 to 30 students need 10 hours or less to do so.
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