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Community Service
Dear Parents and Friends School Community,
An important aspect of our students’ education at
Friends School is their participation in service learning.
We strongly value teaching our children to extend themselves
to others, to care for the environment, to show compassion
and empathy for those in need, to be a “helper”
and a “giver”, and to make a difference in their
community and world. During the course of the school year
each grade will be involved in important service projects.
Below you will find a listing of the many projects that our
students will be involved in this year. Thank you for your
support, your encouragement, and your conversations with your
son/daughter about the projects. They will be learning valuable
life lessons.
Teacher Peter
Service Coordinator
Pre-Kindergarten
-Making lemonade for Heifer International
-Collecting cans/non-perishable food for 100th Day
-Collecting mittens and hats for children and homeless
Kindergarten
A friend of Teacher Corri’s recently visited the class
to show off his bicycle and to explain his 100 mile “City
to Shore” ride for Multiple Sclerosis. They made shore-themed
bracelets.
First Grade
Participating in a reading program that will donate books
to charity.
Second Grade
-Collecting and making blankets for sick children in a local
hospital.
-Collecting blankets for American Friends Service Committee
(AFSC) projects in Afghanistan.
Third Grade
-Participating in a year long reading program with Scholastic
to help schools in need.
-In the Spring, students will participate in a creative poetry/pajama
project. Pajamas will be donated to the Eleanor Corbett House
which is a shelter for women and children operated by the
Volunteers of America.
Fourth Grade
-Participating in a year long project to support local and
regional wildlife protection resources.
-Raising funds with other schools in 4th Grade Symposium for
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford.
-Registering the Friends Campus as a natural backyard habitat.
-Initiating and maintaining the daily composting program.
Fifth Grade
-Visiting throughout the year the elderly at the Friends Retirement
Home in Woodstown.
-Lunch box program in conjunction with the Food Pantry operated
by the Greater Woodbury Cooperative Ministries.
Sixth Grade
-Visiting throughout the year the Mannington Regional Day
School (RDS – Woodstown), aregional school for children
who are mentally and physically challenged.
-Collecting nonperishable food for the Food Pantry in Woodstown
Pantry.
-Buying malaria nets for families in malaria invested areas
around the world.
Seventh Grade
Year long program visiting three local ARC centers (Chestnut
Ridge/ARC Bakery, Woodbury ARC, and Paulsboro Copy and Thrift
Shop). Students meet and help adults who are physically and
mentally challenged.
Eighth Grade
Students are being required to complete two independent service
learning projects prior to graduation. At the completion of
these projects students will share their service experiences
with our school community.
Eighth grader Joe K. has recently finished a summer service
project where he read and taped his reading of three books
– Ferdinand, Five Chinese Brothers, and Hatchet –
for several visually impaired children at the Mannington Regional
Day School.
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