LaGrange High School Service Club

Service is Leadership!

1. Who is eligible for membership?
All students grades 9 – 12 at LHS who have a minimum of 2.5 GPA and have passed 3 of 4 courses the previous semester. (Ninth grade students are exempt from this requirement the 1st semester).

2. What are the requirements for membership?
      a) Students must maintain their academic eligibility status.
      b) Students must attend club meetings as scheduled in the LHS cafeteria.
      c) Students must earn a minimum of 10 service club hours prior to Jan. 1st in order to be included in the LHS Yearbook as an LHS Service Club Member.
      d) Membership fee is $50 and is due at Service Club Registration night. The membership fee can be paid any of three ways:
           1) Sell “Sponsorships” of LHS Service Club worth a total of $50 or more.
           2) Pay $50 membership fee.
           3) Combinations of selling sponsorships totaling less than $50 and paying the difference between the total and $50.
           Note: For the $50 fee, 2 service hours will be earned. If more than $50 in sponsorships are sold, one service hour is earned for each additional $25.

3) Why do I need to fund-raise or pay for the membership fee?
      The membership fee is needed for and allocated as follows:
           • $10 - General Club funds – to be used for specific special projects, under guidance of the LHS principal, PTO advisors, and Service Club officers (example – the McCoy Garden, computers for the Yearbook Staff)
           • $10 - Walter H. Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund
           • $10 - Student fellowship – CTO / Phi Delta Chi – for fellowship activities
           • $10 - LHS Faculty Sponsor supplement.
           • $10 - LHS Service Club Senior Scholarships

4) How are students recognized for their service?
      Students will be recognized for the following service achievements: • 15 hours – Blue Club
           • 30 hours – Silver Club
           • 45 + hours – Gold Club
           • Top Five Service Hour Achievers
           • Top Service Hour Achiever (LHS Service Club Student of the Year)
           • Top Fundraiser
           • A $1000 Scholarship will be awarded to the top senior service hour achiever (cumulative for all 4 years), plus other senior scholarship awards based on service hours.

5) How does a student earn service club hours?
           a) Participation in any projects organized and approved by the Service Club. These projects are posted on the Service Club board in the LHS Cafeteria and on the LHS website.
           b) Campus PRIDE – There are several scheduled Campus Pride Cleanups each year. A Student receives 3 hours for participation in each cleanup. Each student MUST participate in at least one campus cleanup.
           c) Sales of Service Club Sponsorships (1 hour for each $25 in Sponsorships - Sponsorships must be sold by Nov. 14, 2008.)
           d) Blue Club members will be allowed to credit up to 8 hours of approved individual project summer 2011 service hours, and credit for all hours served for Service Club sponsored summer projects.
           e) Donations of items for any community project. Hours vary according to project.
           f) Volunteering for PTO projects.

6) How does a student get credit for service hours?
           For Service Club projects with a parent project leader, the parent project leader will record all student hours. For projects such as ACE, all service record forms must be filled out completely and include the signature and phone number of the contact person authorizing and verifying the service rendered.
           Note: In the event that a student signs up for a service commitment and is unable to fulfill the commitment, he/she is responsible for securing a substitute AND notification of the change to the contact person. Failure to follow through on a service commitment will result in a deduction of accumulated hours equivalent to the hours missed for the first offence. Multiple offences will result in dismissal from LHS Service Club for the remainder of the school year, and probation the following year.

7) Who keeps up with my service hours?
           Records of each student’s service will be gathered and maintained by the LHS PTO Service Club Advisors based on the service forms turned in to the deposit box or from a parent project leader. A copy of the service record is kept on file throughout the student’s high school years, and for one year following graduation.

8) Questions or service opportunity ideas for approval may be addressed to:
           This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , PTO Service Club Advisor: 706-957-4892(c)
           Mr. Marc Mayfield, Faculty Advisor: 706-883-1590