Community Service
We emphasize responsibility and commitment to the community
We challenge students to become valued contributors to society and to feel the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment that comes with works of service.
Each class generally does at least one major project each year and often teachers organize additional smaller projects for their classes. For instance, the Kindergarten/1st grade class may host a bake sale and donate the money or the 4th/5th grade may collect coats and warm clothing to be donated. Our Middle Schoolers spend a few hours every trimester giving back to the community.
Past projects have benefited:
American Red Cross
residents at the Bickford Senior Living
Champaign County Humane Society
Children’s Miracle Network
Courage Connection
Crisis Nursery
C-U at Home
Cunningham Children's Home
Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club
Eastern Illinois Foodbank
Feeding Our Kids
Francis Nelson Health Center
our local Habitat for Humanity
Heifer International
Hospice Hearts
Johannesburg Child Welfare
Malaria No More
Mayan Families
our troops overseas
Puerto Rico Rises
The Refugee Center
Samaritan's Purse World Medical Mission
St. Jude's Children's Hospital
Swann Center
The culminating project for the 2nd graders' money unit in math was to host a friendship bracelet sale. They chose to donate all proceeds to our local Habitat for Humanity.