Process for Community Service Site Verification and Logging Hours
Bright Futures Procedures Updates
Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School has partnered with “Profferfish” for this new and convenient Community Service initiative!
Any student wanting to earn Community Service hours for Bright Futures Scholarship credit must first create their Profferfish student/parent account! This is an exciting and interactive way for students to initiate Community Service opportunities, document their Community Service hours, and track their community service eligibility for the Bright Futures Scholarship program.
Students and Parents can now view approved nonprofit's, approved service opportunities, submit new service opportunities for approval and capture signatures electronically from any mobile device. Students and Parents can also view up to the minute Community Service history from now moving forward, on Profferfish. If you have any questions or need additional information regarding Community Service please contact your School Counselor.
If the student has previously submitted community service hours, they have already been logged in Profferfish for you. If you have recently completed pre-approved hours on a paper form, no need to worry! We can manually enter these hours into Profferfish for you too! Students must submit a digital copy of the pre-approved hours on a paper form to their counselor via email.
Start fishing today!
Click here for the Profferfish Quick Start Guide
NOTES:
Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School has partnered with “Profferfish” for this new and convenient Community Service initiative!
Any student wanting to earn Community Service hours for Bright Futures Scholarship credit must first create their Profferfish student/parent account! This is an exciting and interactive way for students to initiate Community Service opportunities, document their Community Service hours, and track their community service eligibility for the Bright Futures Scholarship program.
Students and Parents can now view approved nonprofit's, approved service opportunities, submit new service opportunities for approval and capture signatures electronically from any mobile device. Students and Parents can also view up to the minute Community Service history from now moving forward, on Profferfish. If you have any questions or need additional information regarding Community Service please contact your School Counselor.
If the student has previously submitted community service hours, they have already been logged in Profferfish for you. If you have recently completed pre-approved hours on a paper form, no need to worry! We can manually enter these hours into Profferfish for you too! Students must submit a digital copy of the pre-approved hours on a paper form to their counselor via email.
Start fishing today!
Click here for the Profferfish Quick Start Guide
NOTES:
- The service hour log 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 through Profferfish 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
