Community service is a graduation requirement for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Center for International Education (CIE) requires students to complete a minimum of 100 hours by the end of the 1st quarter of the student’s senior year.
Once you have completed the required 100 hours, complete this form and submit online for review. Any additional hours should be submitted as they are completed through a separate form. Community service projects are well-planned, organized, and voluntary efforts designed to address a specific need in the community. Well-conceived projects provide students with the opportunity to plan and implement a project to which they feel personally committed.
Please submit your community service hours as you complete them. You may submit multiple hours together and answer the questions based on 1 project only.
Community service hours must be performed solely by the student and may be performed at any of the following: (1) a non-profit organization, (2) a government agency, (2) a school, (3) a hospital, (4) a retirement organization or home, or (5) for a disabled or elderly individual in need of assistance. Students may not receive community service hours for work on an individual’s political campaign or for volunteering in a relative’s business and may not receive any compensation such as money, gifts or other benefits for their service. The school must approve and verify that the student’s community service complies with these requirements.
1. Complete at minimum of 100 hours with a community agency.
2. Submit your hours, answer the questions on the form and KEEP A COPY FOR YOUR RECORDS.
3. Obtain an agency or organization letter(s) from the place(s) you did the community service. The letter must be written on the organization(s) letterhead stating dates worked, total number of hours completed, the name of the supervisor and a contact telephone number.
4. Required Questions: Answer the following questions about your community service project.
A. Describe your Community Service Project and the main activities of your project.
B. Outline the steps you took to plan, implement, and complete the project.
C. Describe the impact you believe your project had on the community.
D. Describe what you learned about yourself and the importance of giving back to others.
Once you have 100 hours of community service – Submit the information, hours, and essay by clicking HERE.
Once you are ready and have submitted your required 100 hours and would like to submit hours beyond the requirement, please upload the letters from the organization/organizations HERE
***Community Service Projects must be done at a NON-PROFIT 501-C ORGANIZATION. Ask Ms. Garcia before doing any hours.
Here are some phone numbers/websites you may find helpful: Breakthrough Miami
https://breakthroughmiami.org
| Miami Children’s Hospital www.mch.com | Special Olympics 305-995-7576 | Hospice Care 305-423-1880 |
| Camillus House www.camillus.org | Lighthouse of Broward County 954-463-4217 | Children’s Trust 305-571-5700 |
| Jackson Memorial 305-585-6541 | His House Children Home 305-430-0085 | Miami Rescue Mission 305-571-2227 |
| Fair Havens Nursing Home 305-887-1565 | Coconut Grove Arts Festival 305-447-0401 | Ronald McDonald House 305-585-2801 |
| Habitat for Humanity Habitat.org | Juvenile Diabetes Week 305-477-3437 | Good Will 305-325-9114 |
| Informed Families 305-856-4886 | AIDS Walkathon 305-757-4444 | UM Hospital 305-325-5529 |
| Red Cross Redcross.org | Easter Seal South Florida 305-325-0470 | HIRE GOOD www.hiregood.org |
| United Way Easter Seal Society 305-358-1640 | United Way 3 05-860-3000 | Miami Children’s Museum 305-373-5437 |
| Feeding South Fl 954-518-1863 | Tropical Audubon 305-633-9861 | Dolphin Foundation 305-305-8212 |
| Miami Lighthouse for the Blind 305-856-2288 | Salvation Army volunteermatch.org | Miami Dade Animal Services www.miamidade.gov |
| Vietnam Veterans of America 815-227-5100 | Miami Jewish Hospitals 305-751-8626 | www.volunteermatch.org (matching website) |
| St. Vincent de Paul 954-242-8733 |