Community Service
Students who attend Franklin Academy must complete a total of 100 hours of community service as a graduation requirement. Students must complete a minimum of 25 hours per school year with the option of completing all of their community service hours at any time. Students who enter the Franklin Academy in the middle of their high school career must complete a minimum of 25 hours per school year until their senior year.
All students may fulfill the community service requirement in a variety of ways; however, Franklin Academy encourages students to gain pre-approval of activities prior to completing them. (See Guidelines below.) Students will need to provide documentation of service hours by filling out a community service form linked below.
Franklin Academy hopes to promote a feeling of community, citizenship, and growth in character through this requirement. In addition, community service is the most popular requirement of many scholarships, closely following a student’s grade point average.
Community Service Guidelines:
- Students must submit all hours to the office within 6 months of completion and must complete all required hours by the end of May of their senior year.
- Students should pursue activities that involve direct service to the community through independently arranged activities or through established agencies.
- Activities through church youth groups, cultural organizations, and established non-profit agencies are good choices, but activities should not be performance-oriented activities.
- Students should get pre-approval for any community service activity in question before completing the activity to ensure it satisfies the community service requirements of the school.
Download the Community Service Hours Log
