EBHS community service: hours, approval and the packet

At least 15 hours in a school year for your community service to show on your transcript. The packet describes the program as voluntary, and asks students to give a minimum of 15 hours each school year. It does not call community service a graduation requirement.

The 2026-27 packet says completed packets are due May 15th, or the next school day if that falls on a weekend. Your service has to be finished and all of your paperwork, the packet and your essay, turned in by then.

May 15, 2027 is a Saturday, so by the packet's own rule the deadline moves to the next school day, Monday, May 17, 2027, unless school is closed that day. If the school announces a different date, the school's date wins.

Yes, and this is the step people miss. Fill out the Request for Approval of Service / Parental Permission Form in the packet and give it to your Grade Level Administrator. Don't start until they approve it: service you do before approval does not count.

The form asks for a description of the project, the agency and a contact person there, your days and hours of service, and how you'll get there. A parent or guardian signs it.

The exception: service through Youth Council or the East Brunswick Public Library doesn't need prior approval.

Three things, all turned in together:

• Time Sheet. A log of each date, time, activity and hours, with a total. Your sponsor at the agency signs it when you finish.
• Evaluation Form. Your sponsor fills it out and signs it at the end.
• Essay or article. A newspaper-style article about your placement, an essay about what you accomplished, or an essay recommending yourself for a job or for college admission.

Your Grade Level Administrator. The packet is linked from the EBHS community service page.

Yes, but it has to be approved before it starts, the same as during the year, and it counts toward the following school year, not the one that just ended.

The packet suggests places like food banks, soup kitchens, hospitals, nursing homes and senior homes, the public library, the fire department or Ambulance Corps, Habitat for Humanity, the Humane Society, Special Olympics, Scouts, blood drives, coaching in parks and recreation programs, tutoring, and being a teacher's aide. Whatever you pick, get it approved first.