SELECTING YOUR SENIOR SERVICE PROJECT AS A HOMEROOM
1) Gather your homeroom(s) together.
2) Introduce yourself & welcome everyone. Begin with prayer.
3) Introduce the purpose & kuleana of Senior Service Day.
4) Share why you feel it’s important to give back. Speak from the na‘au.
5) Transition to engaging your classmates in a discussion:
- Have each classmate write down 2 community needs.
- Evaluate the needs & identify which ones come up most frequently.
- List & rank the top 5 needs, with #1 being the top need.
- Identify possible service organizations for all 5 community needs.
6) Work together with your homeroom teacher to contact those service organizations.
7) Follow-up with your homeroom(s) about the progress of your top 3 choices.
8) Re-assess if needed.
HELPFUL TIPS FOR HOMEROOM KUMU
- Allow your homeroom representative to take the lead on the discussion.
- Add mana‘o when appropriate.
- Do not let the discussion fade. Instead, provide thoughtful prompts to stimulate critical thinking.
- Ask your homeroom representative what he/she would like you to do to help.
- You may want to take your own notes in case your homeroom representative needs to reflect back on what was discussed.
- Praise your homeroom representative & students for their work.
- Infect enthusiasm in the planning process J
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
What: Senior Service Day
When: Wednesday, Oct. 17
Time of Service: Between the 3-hour window of 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Note: depending on the location of the service site, drop-off & pick-up times may be earlier or later due to travel time. Expect to perform 2.5 hours of service with 30 mins. for lunch.
GUIDELINES
- Service must be off-campus on Wednesday, October 17, 2012.
- Service must last for approximately 2.5 hours (9:30 am-12:00 pm). Make sure that your service agency has enough work for you to do for that entire period.
- Organizations will need to provide any additional items for their service. Character Education will provide gloves, trash bags, & hand sanitizer for all homerooms.
- Character Education will provide lunch & bus transportation for all kumu & haumāna.
- Homerooms may select to do either a traditional community service project (i.e. picking up trash, cleaning the lo‘i) or a service learning project that encompasses these 4 aspects: 1) student-driven; 2) connected to the curriculum; 3) addresses a genuine community need; & 4) includes reflective pieces throughout the service learning experience.
- Helpful link describing Service Learning: http://www.nylc.org/resources
- Helpful listing of service agencies in Hawai‘i: http://web41.its.hawaii.edu/www.hawaii.edu/servicelearning/agency-directory.html
SCRIPT
Feel free to use the following script as a guideline for contacting service agencies.
Aloha, my name is ______________________, and I am a Senior at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama. How are you today?
Great! I am calling because we would like to see if you would be interested in participating in our Senior Service Day Project on Wednesday, Oct. 17. On that day, our entire Senior Class will be out in the community giving back in various ways. My classmates and I met together, and we feel that your organization would be a good match for us. Basically what we would do is provide our services from about 9:30 in the morning until 12:30 in the afternoon. We do have a big group of about ____ students & adults that are interested in helping your organization that day. Do you think this would be possible?
If the reply is “yes”…
Wonderful! We are excited to help you!
[and they have time to talk]
If you don’t mind, could I get some information from you?
(proceed to fill-out the project proposal form)
[and they need to go]
Great! I know you are very busy and want to thank you for your time. May I have your email address so I can send you information about our service project? [write down email address] Perfect. I will email you that information as well as a form that we need to organize our project. If you can complete the form & email it back to me by ___________________, that would be great.
If the reply is “no”…
No problem! I understand and want to thank you for your time, Mr./Mrs. ________________________.
Have a great day.
If the reply is “maybe”…
No problem! I understand and want to thank you for your time, Mr./Mrs. ________________________.
Could I follow-up with you sometime tomorrow at this number? [Wait for response] If you don’t mind, may I also get your email address so I can send you information about our Service Project?
Great! If by chance you were able to decide later today, may I leave you my contact information so you can get a hold of me? [Wait for response, then provide your name, number, & email].
Thank you again, Mr./Mrs._______________________! Have a great day.
HE MAU NĪNAU?
Should you have any questions or need kōkua along the way, I am just an email or phone call away:
842.8498 or on campus, x.28498.
Mahalo!
Kumu Kale Kau‘i