Social Voluntary Service

A. Objectives

1. To promote a caring society with a spirit of participation and dedication.

2. To promote self-fulfillment.

3. To promote sense of belonging.

B. School Requirement

Form	Requirement
F.1 to F.3	complete at least 8 service hours in each academic year.
F.4	complete at least 12 service hours (including 4 hours of community service out of the 12 service hours) in each academic year.
F.5 & F.6	no requirement

C. Record

Each student is going to get an Individual Volunteer Service Record Book when he / she enters our school. In each academic year, school will collect the Record Books twice (in January and May).

D. Criteria for calculating the service hours

January – Any form of volunteer service provided from 1st of January to 31st of December of each year, confirmed by a registered group / organization / teacher, is acceptable.

In May – For F.2 to F.6

Any form of volunteer service provided from 1st of May to 30th of April of the following year, confirmed by a registered group / organization / teacher is acceptable.

For F.1

Any form of volunteer service provided from 1st of Sept to 30th of April of each school year, confirmed by a registered group / organization / teacher, is acceptable.

Recordable service hours refer to time spent on liaison, planning, organizing, administering and reviewing, excluding time for attending training course on voluntary service.

E. Content

1. Students can take part in voluntary service that organized by the school or various organizations according to students’ interests or needs.

2. 83 Elder Academy (83耆青長者學苑)

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F. Recognition System

Ø According to the record collected in January, student who fulfills certain service hours in a year will get award from different NGOs.

Ø According to the record collected in May, student who fulfills certain service hours in each academic year will complete school requirement. The result will print in school report card.