Senior Service

• Students will be available to assist research teachers during their free periods or before or after their regularly scheduled school day. Each period of work counts as one point toward your final grade. A period of work may require a full 45 minutes or a fraction thereof.
• Seniors should plan to complete 10 periods of service in each marking period or obtain an equivalent number of points through other means. More periods will result in a higher grade — fewer periods, a lower grade.
• Students may perform additional periods of service to substitute for the St. Joseph's University Poster Session or the Terra NYC STEM Fair in the event of illness or failure to qualify.
• Examples of acceptable service activities include, but are not limited to…
  • Read resumes and cover letters.
  • Assist sophomore teachers with the set up and take down of labs, experiments, demonstrations.
  • Mentor sophomore students as they prepare for the Midwood Science Fair.
  • Speak to the sophomores about how you found your lab and what you did there.
• Seniors will keep service logs. Logs will be checked at monthly meetings and one or two days before the end of each marking period. Totals for each marking period will be recorded by Mr. Elert. Log entries should contain the following information…
  • Date and period of service.
  • Elapsed time.
  • A brief description of what was done.
  • A signature from the supervising teacher (Ms. Cunningham, Ms. Goldstein, or Mr. Elert).