Impact Programme Handbook

Recognition of Service (MYP Only) The greatest reward a student can experience through participation in the service of others is the realisation that they are making a genuine and valuable contribution to others. Equally rewarding for the student is the evolution of their worldview, personal values and skill sets. While these rewards are invaluable and the primary focus of the Impact programme, Somerset College endeavours to formally acknowledge those students in the Middle Years Programme who make contributions to the community through service. Service Badges For those students who make exceptional contributions to the community through service-related endeavours there are four levels of recognition. Each level corresponds with the number of hours of meaningful service the student has provided to the community within a school year, as well as throughout the Middle Years Programme. This recognition occurs through the awarding of a coloured badge for service in a single year or a coloured certificate for service completed throughout the Middle Years Programme. This recognition includes: 1. Green Service Badge: for 25 hours completed in a single school year 2. Silver Service Certificate: for 75 hours accumulated throughout the programme 3. Gold Service Certificate: for 100 hours accumulated throughout the programme 4. Platinum Service Certificate: for 175 hours accumulate throughout the programme To be eligible to receive the service badges, students must meet the following criteria, and have evidence of such in the Service Planning (see Appendix D) pages of their Student Diaries: • The service activities undertaken must be approved by the classroom teacher or House Tutor and deemed appropriate by the Dean of Middle Years and Heads of House. • The service activities must be recorded in the Student Diaries accurately and be submitted to and signed off by their classroom teacher or House Tutor at the completion of each individual service activity. • Meet the prescribed number of hours (with recorded evidence of such in their Student Diaries) for the corresponding service award (badge or certificate).

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