Upper School
在高中,学生有越来越多的机会指导自己的行动, 超过92%的学生参加社区服务项目, accumulating over 36,000 hours of service each year. 项目可以是个人的,小的或大的团体,整个班级或整个学校. They include local and international projects, 有的项目每年开一两次会,有的项目每月开一次会, weekly, or even daily. Typical large group projects include cleaning-up Galveston beach, volunteering at Houston’s annual Race for the Cure©, painting and landscaping an “Extreme Home Makeover,” joining Middle Schoolers with the Special Olympics track meet, serving dinners at the Ronald McDonald House, hosting birthday parties at the Star of Hope, Senior Citizen’s Prom, and an annual trip to teach English in rural Costa Rica.
One or two annual whole class projects, 由家长共同主持的活动总是很受欢迎,其中包括为贫困房主和日托中心提供的绘画和景观美化项目, planting projects, bike building, working at a clearinghouse for the homeless, and many others.
在春季,非营利组织的代表来学校参加志愿者招聘会,鼓励暑期服务. 大约有一半的高年级学生在暑假期间在为弱势群体服务的营地做志愿者, the zoo, museums, hospitals, and other not-for-profit organizations. 暑期学校周是由高中学生担任教师和行政人员,为贫困的小学生举办的.
而任何高中社区服务都是由学生委员会领导的, any Upper Schooler can lead a project, 每个人都得到了重要的领导力培训和支持. If funds are needed to carryout the project, 学生可向资助基金申请社区服务补助金,而资助基金是由学生参加活动所得的利润提供, on-campus concessions.