IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO START ON YOUR HOURS
FOR NEXT YEAR!!!
LOOK
AT THESE UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES!!!
Friday, May 9, 2008
City
Year's SPEED TO READ 5K
City Year's 2nd
Annual Speed to Read 5K will be held in the downtown
area. The event features a 1-mile Fun Run beginning
at 6:00 p.m. and a 5K Run/Walk at 6:30 p.m.
The "Speed
to Read 5K" aims to promote literacy and healthy
lifestyles in the Baton Rouge Community. All donations
raised will go to provide books and literacy materials
for a local school library.
For those 16 and older - $12 + a book
donation or $15.00
For those 13 - 15 - $8.00
12 years and under - $5.00
3 hours of community service for all
of those who participate. If you have a group of 10
or more that you register with Ms. Chatelain before
the end of school on Friday, you receive a bonus hour!
May 9 and 10. 2008
Barnes
and Noble
at
Citiplace
Summer
Book Fair
Parents' Guild ould use some
gift wrappers from 10-5pm.
Barnes and Noble is having an American Girl party at
1pm, making
Mother's Day cards at 2 and a boys event at 3pm.
For volunteer sign up contact Ms. Sides
at afsides@cox.net
May 15, 2008 - May 18, 2008
"A Promise
Made – A
Promise Kept”
(A HUGE reunion for ALL VETERANS –
30,000 – 60,000 attendance expected)
Thursday, May 15 – 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. (Opening
Ceremonies @ 9 a.m.)
Friday, May 16 – 9 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday, May 17 – 9 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, May 18 – 9 a.m. – 12 Noon – Closing
Ceremonies
(Shifts can be scheduled – they would appreciate
any time you could give)
WHERE:
GBR Fair Grounds – Airline Hwy.
TASKS:
Parking, Informational directions, Beverage sales, General
errands, Ice sales
Control @ the Hummer Course Ride – collecting
money & keeping lines straight
Etc.
PLEASE CONTACT ASAP
Connie Steward
225.955.8176 (c#)
E-mail – crheasteward@yahoo.com
THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP!!!!
March 28 - June 22, 2008 - Training March 29!!!
Jim Henson's Fantastic World!!!
Volunteers
needed on Saturdays and Sundays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World offers a rare peek into the creative
genius of the multitalented innovator Jim Henson. Creator
of Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, and other beloved characters,
Henson used his fanciful creatures, stories, songs, and
films to make a difference in people’s lives by promoting humor,
warmth, and considerate behavior. On exhibit are more than
130 works of original art that chronicle Henson’s life and
career, including drawings, cartoons, and illustrated storyboards
that demonstrate his visual thinking process.
Completing the exhibition are puppets, television and
movie props, photographs of Henson and his collaborators at work,
and videos of
early commercials and television shows.
Duties of volunteers:
1. Remind visitors to not touch artwork, to not smoke, eat, drink
or chew gum in museum – basically help enforce museum guidelines
2. Act as host/hostess for visitors entering museum
3. Assist in distribution/returns of ipod audio guides
4. If comfortable, act as a tour guide (docent) through the exhibit
If interested, please contact Shannon Smoke, Curatorial Assistant,
at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum at ssmoke@lasm.org
or at (225) 344-5272 ext. 144
SUMMER VOLUNTEERING!
Survivor: MOA Island Volunteer Teen Tribal Leaders
Needed!
During the summer, area camps such as BREC and YMCA,
converge on the LSU Museum of Art. It is a chance for
children to visit someplace new and get out of the heat.
For the museum, it is also a chance to impress upon the
youth in our community that art museums are a place where
they are welcome, can have fun, and where learning doesn't
always happen behind a desk. HOWEVER! Teen volunteers
are needed to help guide visiting campers through galleries
and complete the challenges.
Teens must be 14 or older
Be able to attend a full day of training. Be able to
volunteer one day per week for most of the summer
Be comfortable speaking to groups
Be able to provide your own transportation and lunch.
If interested, please contact Lara Gautreau at lgaut@lsu.edu
or 225-389-7207
RAISING CANES NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Nearly three years ago, South Plaquemine Parish experienced
the horrific direct impact of Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately for
many of us in Baton Rouge, our lives returned to normal within days
or months. For some Louisiana residents, the scenery on the ride
to school or work still includes many concrete slabs where neighbors & family
once lived, a freezer lodged in a tree, and a washed out library
with mildewed books clinging where ceiling tiles once rested.
Raising
Cane’s needs YOU to help us organize a volunteer effort and
supplies to support South Plaquemines Parish build a
volunteer center (where more volunteers can stay overnight to continue
rebuilding)
and complete a community center for students and children
to have a place to relax, seek counseling and more.
Please, if you know a volunteer group or you, yourself,
would like to help support Raising Cane’s and this incredible
cause, please contact erinnaylor@raisingcanes.com.
June 7, 2008
RELAY FOR JAY
A Fundraising Event benefiting The Jay Carisella Foundation
2 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Music and Crawfish Boil to Follow
June 7, 2008
11:00 a.m.
521 Iona Street, Metairie
Admission $8.00
Jay's sister is Olivia Carisella, a rising Junior here at EHS!!!!
Please email Olivia at carisellao@ehsbr.org if you would like more
information!
In keeping with Episcopal's mission statement of developing
the whole person – spiritually, intellectually,
morally, and physically - our students are required to
complete fifty hours of community service before the completion
of their junior year. Community service at Episcopal is
more than counting the hours served. Our students will
be the future leaders of their communities and, in such;
this experience should be an inspiration and catalyst
for how they will serve others beyond their years in high
school.
Community Service Requirements
Students are required to complete the following hours
each year. Hours are
NOT cumulative.
There are no carry-over hours for credit. Hours earned
above
the minimum will be duly recorded for notation at graduation.
Freshmen: 10 hours (service performed
from June 1 of the summer preceding freshman year to April
15 of freshman year)
Sophomores: 20 hours (service performed
from June 1 of the summer preceding sophomore year to
April 15 of sophomore year)
Juniors: 20 hours (service performed
from June 1 of the summer preceding junior year to April
15 of junior year)
Seniors: Seniors are encouraged to participate
in a voluntary class service project organized by class
officers.
All students will be required to fill out a Reflection
on Service form for each service location
served. This form is to be given to the student’s
advisor. In addition, the hours will need to be documented
and signed off by the service organization using the Community
Service Documentation form and turned in
to the Community Service Coordinator.
Students will receive credit toward graduation requirements
for hours completed from the Approved
Service Organization List or other activities
or agencies approved by the community service coordinator.
Episcopal community service requirements are given priority
over other school service organizations. At the end of
the school year, students with deficient hours will be
notified. The community service deadline for each year
is April 15th. Students will be allowed
to make up deficiencies during the summer, but will have
to serve double the number of hours that have not been
completed.
Students entering the following school year with a deficiency
will be assigned Saturday work sessions or a special project
coordinated by the Community Service Coordinator until
their hours are completed. Failure to attend the work
sessions will result in further disciplinary action. We
strongly encourage all students to complete their service
hours during the academic school year or the previous
summer.
Failure to Complete Community Service Hours
Seniors with deficiencies will receive a letter of notification
and will be allowed to serve their deficient hours through
work sessions during their first semester. At the end
of first semester of their senior year, students with deficiencies
will receive a letter stating that they have not fulfilled
their required service hours.
This letter will also be placed in the student’s
official file and accompany all transcripts and information
requested by colleges for admission purposes. Episcopal
feels strongly that the completion of community service
hours is an important expectation for graduation.
Special Note About Church/Temple Work
Episcopal is looking to give credit beyond what might
be regular volunteering or what should be regular participation
in church activities. In other words, acolyting, volunteering
at Vacation Bible School, and similar activities are considered
regular ministry. If a church group goes beyond the regular
ministry, like going off for mission work, doing a VBS
in another area for disadvantaged children, having a youth
group participate in a service project beyond the doors
of the church, these would be candidates for service hours.
The idea is to get the students out of their regular environment,
and expose them to needs in the greater community
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