Advisory Ideas--Community and Service
On-going year long projects for all students, collected by Advisories:
Box Tops and Pull Tabs (Ronald McDonald House)
Inside School Community and Service Sample Activities
Clip and count Box Tops
Recycling (expand beyond paper to include alum, glass,
plastic)—one per grade
Decorating Hall Bulletin boards and Display cases (one per grade)
Trash clean-up—inside and outside
School beautification—weeding and watering flower beds
Daily Flag raising
Teacher newspaper distribution
Student Open House guides
Academic peer tutoring
Field day/Science Fair/History Fair/Program set-up and clean-up
Dispute resolution—peer mediation
New Student Buddies
ESL peer mentors
Student committee representatives (Site-based, PTSA)
Canned Food drives
Music/Theater set up and clean up
Help with Parent Resource Center
Adopt an elementary class
Adopt a nursing home—birthday cards holiday cards, etc.
Cards and letters to service men and women
RRISD Clothes Closet—clothes/sock drives
Spotlight a teacher/student (announcements, congratulatory notes,
etc.)
Linus Project (quilts)
Coats for Kids (project in Nov.)
Transition Advice—create power pt, skit, play, illustrated book of
advice for 5th graders from 6th graders
SCHOOL EVENTS BULLETIN BOARD---6th,7th, and 8th grade
Bulletin Board could include:
Sports News, Fine Arts News, Cafeteria Menu to
be updated periodically.
Outside of School Community and Service
Opportunities Examples
Humane Society—animal food collections
Toys for Tots/Blue and Brown Santa Collections
Used/New book & game collection for Austin Children’s Hospital
Elementary school mentors (read stories, tutor, etc.)
Walk for Hunger
Red Cross
Elementary School carnival volunteers
Soldier donations
Sponsor cottage at Tx Baptist Children’s Home
Angel Tree at Christmas
Make A Wish Foundation
Record of Community Service
Each student will keep a log of community service. These logs
will be kept by the Advisory teacher.
Each student is encouraged to have 30 hours each school year of
community service.
Advisory Responsibility:
Each advisory will chose their own community and service projects.
Community Service logs will be kept in Advisory. Each student is
responsible for recording their own hours.
Cathy Medina
Community and Service Chair, Grisham MYP Program
