Community Service Learning & Community Outreach
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates community service projects with academic study to connect classroom learning with the real world. To strengthen our community and teach civic responsibility, we guide our students out of the classroom and into the community to participate in experiences that offer a better understanding of the issues and challenges all communities face. We ask students to identify problems and design solutions. At the core of CSL is the intent that both providers of the service and the recipients find the experience beneficial and even transforming.
Our CSL program is designed to relate to each grade's curriculum and provide age appropriate community service experiences to enrich learning, promote an awareness of the needs of others, and teach civic responsibility.
Throughout the year, we seek opportunities to reach out to our neighbors to walk the walk with our students and demonstrate in a meaningful way the importance of getting involved. We partner with and support our local businesses.
The word “community” is an intentional and integral part of our name.
PATH Toiletry Drive
Students collect toiletries for people experiencing homeless through PATH, a local charity devoted to ending homelessness.
Belize Service Learning Trip
Middle school students visited three different schools, explored the Mayan ruins of Xunantunich, learned how to make tortillas and clay pots from a Mayan Women’s Cooperative, and canoed through a rainforest down the Macal River.
Holiday Toy Drive
A school-wide holiday toy drive in partnership with communities in schools of Los Angeles.
Puerto Rico Service Learning Trip
Middle school students engaged in diverse projects such as organizing basic need kits, connecting with boys at a foster home, and participating in a beach cleanup.
Book Drive
K-5th grade students collect, sort, and personally deliver gently-used books through the Book Foundation to preschool children.
Costa Rica Service Learning Trip
Middle school students learned from biologists, conservationists, and local community members to help support projects aimed at preserving the country’s rich biodiversity and natural beauty.