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Process for Community Service Site Verification and Logging Hours

Bright Futures Procedures Updates
  • Students must complete the Community Service Proposal Form and submit it for approval to their School Counselor prior to beginning service
  • Beginning January 7, 2020 all Bright Futures service hours must have prior approval. Hours without a signature of approval before the start date of service will not be accepted

​Please follow these steps to ensure a site is approved and hours are accurately logged (yellow text signifies a clickable hyperlink):
  1. Prior to serving at a site, complete the "Proposal" form for site approval and obtain the signature from one of the school counselors 
  2. The Proposal form will be handed back to you
  3. Complete the "Record of Community Service Hours" form for documenting hours served
  4. Make a copy of both forms and keep the copy for your records
  5. Turn in the Proposal and Record of Community Service Hours to one of the school counselors who will sign it and give it to the Data Processor for entering into the system

​NOTES:
  • The service hour log form should be specific as to the day(s) you served (ex: May 5, 2015 - 4 hours - supervisor signature)
  • There should NOT be one signature for the total hours you served (ex: May to July 2015 - 100 hours - supervisor signature) - these hours will NOT be approved until the hours per day served are listed
  • Any hours submitted to a club/organization faculty sponsor will NOT be entered in to the District system for Bright Futures purposes - Only hours submitted to the Office of Student Services will be entered
  • Hours for Bright Futures purposes count from the Summer prior to 9th grade up to the date of graduation
  • Service hours performed at sites that are not recognized for Bright Futures purposes may be self-tracked by the student - there are numerous, free websites that may help
  • Service for the sole benefit of Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School and/or any of its clubs or organizations such as volunteering to set up for school events (banquets, meetings, etc.) would not count as hours for Bright Futures consideration as it is solely benefiting BDCHS or one of its clubs/organizations
  • Students should keep copies of all documentation that is submitted to the school.
  • Students must perform the service during non-school hours
  • Fundraising may count as community service if all funds raised are donated to address a social issue in the community
  • A parent/guardian cannot represent as a service agency
  • Community service hours will be capped at 8 hours per day
  • Hours performed overnight at camps or designated events (exception of Relay for Life) are not acceptable
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