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Community Workdays
Citizenship Preamble and Principles
We, of RCHS, intend to cultivate the understanding and practices that sustain individual self-determination and community self-government. We have adopted the following principles in order to ensure that all who pass through our halls can imagine, create, and govern a more perfect world.We believe: That a foundation of knowledge and ethics must precede all intellectual inquiry; That if we
2009-2010 Schedule: Fall Community Workdays:
October 6, 2006 (Tuesday) - 1 hour meetingOctober 13, 2009 (Tuesday) - 1 hour meeting October 23, 2009(Friday) - service half day (dismissal at 1:00) Spring Community Workdays:
April 7, 2010- (Wednesday) - 1 hour meetingApril 16, 2010- (Friday) service half day (dismissal at 1:00) April 20, 2010- (Tuesday) - 1 hour reflection
Citizenship is an important component of Raleigh Charter High School's
instructional philosophy. Our goal is to teach and model the building blocks
of citizenship within the school schedule and curriculum. One way of working
toward this goal is our Community Workday Program. The design includes
teacher and student choice, multiage grouping of students, one year
commitments and experience and education in four service areas during a
student’s high school years.
Each RCHS teacher chooses an area of service to support. In the fall, e
ach student looks at all of the service choices offered by teachers and
selects his/her top 5 areas of interest. Students are assigned based on
their choice and grade level. These multiage groups work together for
the entire academic year learning and serving.
The structure includes four 1-hour gatherings for education and planning and
two 4-hour days of service work. Examples of Community Workday activities
are: working at the NC Food Bank, Stop Hunger Now, Catholic Relief Services,
10,000 Villages, Urban Ministries, Raleigh Rescue Mission or Women’s Center.
Many activities are also focused on conservation/ecology work at local parks,
conservancy sites and forests. Students volunteer their time and energy in many ways, usually astonishing the staff of service agencies with what 15 teenagers accomplish in 3-4 hours. Close relationships have been established with nearby schools, Raleigh Parks and Recreation, several agencies that serve local residents in need, agencies that work with handicapped or sick children, and agencies that work for animal welfare.
The faculty and students are assisted with logistics and transportation by the Community Liaison. Parent volunteers are used to transport and work with the students and teachers on their service days. To register in the driver database, contact: volunteerdrivers@raleighcharterhs.org.
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