Community Service

Community Service Requirements

Students are required to earn at least 10 documented service hours. Only five hours of service can be earned/documented from helping at PBS (Service hours during school hours will not be accepted). Hours must involve helping in the community and from the approved community organizations. Purchasing items and giving them to an organization will/may not be considered for approval. Any new community service organizations must be approved in advance by the PBS Service Hour Faculty Coordinator. Students who fail to obtain the required 10 hours for the year will be required to complete the hours and will receive a penalty of five additional hours for the next year.

Each service year begins on the third Thursday of May.

Deadlines (no exceptions):

– Service hours completed in the Summer or Fall Semester are due by the third Wednesday of December.
– Seniors must complete all service requirements by April 1 of their senior year. If the service component is not complete by this date, the senior will not officially graduate until the requirements are met.
– The remainder of service hours for 9th – 11th grade students are due by the third Wednesday of May.

Service Hour Forms should be turned in using the online service form found here.

The list of approved community organizations is available below. There will be email notifications about service opportunities. It is the responsibility of each student to complete their service hours and turn in the forms.

Service obligations for other PBS clubs or groups cannot be used to fulfill the graduation service hour obligations. Students serving on mission trips during the summer and school year may receive all 10 service hours to count towards their community service requirements.

Dress code required when volunteering for service hours is an appropriate PBS t-shirt and appropriate bottoms. Athletes and/or team members cannot receive graduation service hours for working and helping their own sport during their season, except for camps and clinics.