Community Service
GUIDELINES FOR
THE ANNUAL AASCA COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Purpose: This award was started in 2004-05 by the Association
of American Schools of Central America to honor two community service
projects in the region, one that is a school-wide initiative (this can
mean whole school, elementary, middle, secondary or high school) and
one that is designed and executed by students on a smaller level (a
class project, a club project, etc.).
Qualifiers:
- The project must have been in place for at least 2 years
at the time of application.
- The project must show sustainability, creativity and
have a strong relationship-building component.
- The project must reach out into the greater community.
Application Process:
Any group wishing to submit
a project for this award needs to put together a presentation that includes:
- Project description including why it was started, when
it was started, who started it, what its purpose is, and reasons this
project should be considered for the award.
- Testimonials from various participants affirming in
their own ways what the project has meant to them.
- Ways the project has made a difference and can continue
to.
This presentation needs to
be sent to the Principals’ meeting in the spring and the principals
will select the top three projects they receive in each category.
These will then be sent to the Directors meeting when the award-winning
project will be chosen.
Showcasing and Sharing
the Project:
- The Director of the winning school will take home a
plaque to engrave the school’s name and the project’s name on. This plaque can be displayed in the school
unit the next spring when the Director will take it to the conference
to be passed on to the next award winning school.
- At the Leadership Conference in the fall, the winning
school will present their project and at this conference they will
receive a $500 project donation plus a traveling plaque to take home
to share with their school and have their project’s name engraved
on it to return to the conference the following year and be sent home
with the new exemplary project leaders.