Community Service
Hours Required
DC Public Schools requires that students complete the following community service hours based on graduation year.
Class of 2024: | 50 hours |
Class of 2025: | 75 hours |
Class of 2026 and beyond: | 100 hours |

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Community Service Opportunities
Title | Organization | Description | Eligible Grades | Departments | Have to Apply? | Due Date |
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Georgetown Day School Policy Institute | Georgetown Day School Policy Institute | Currently in its 11th year, the Georgetown Day School Policy Institute is an incubator for activism. For four weeks each summer, High School students learn about pressing social justice issues of global and/or national importance by … | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | General, Global Studies Academy, Social Studies | Yes | 03/03/2025 |
Community Service: St. Jude Rock N' Roll Running Series March 15, 2025 | Rock N' Roll Running Series | Available volunteer shifts for March 13, 14 and 15 are listed here: https://competitorgroupinc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=84937 Volunteer shifts can include: welcoming runners, checking IDs, finding and handing out bibs and t-shirts, assisting with lines, passing out refreshments and helping … | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | General, Health & PE | Yes | 03/15/2025 |
Stories for Action 10-Week Program | Critical Exposure | Stories for Action is a 10-week program open to youth in grades 9-12, where participants will explore social justice issues through storytelling and photography. The program will be in-person at the Thurgood Marshall building in the … | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | General, Digital Media Academy, Visual Arts | Yes | 03/03/2025 |
Volunteer at Glover Park Community Gardens | Glover Park Community Gardens | Students could participate in one-off opportunities, like participating in the GCPGA's Spring and Fall clean-up days or helping to clear an abandoned plot for a new gardener, or they could participate in a more long-term … | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | General | 06/18/2025 | |
Metro Youth Advisory Council | Metro Transit Police | Earn Community Service Hours Enjoy a free meal Hear from speakers and Metro Transit Police Officers Make friends with other DMV high school students | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | General | 02/20/2025 | |
Girls Who Start Impact Internship | Girls Who Start | The impact internship is an opportunity for middle school, high school, and college students to participate in an internship with Girls Who Start, a nonprofit organization founded to inspire middle school, high school, and college … | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | General | Yes | 02/19/2025 |
Cathedral Scholars Program | Washington National Cathedral | 🌞 Exciting Summer Opportunity for 9th Graders! 🌞 Are you a 9th grader looking to make the most of your summer break? Look no further! Our summer program offers a unique blend of fun, learning, … | Freshmen | General | Yes | 03/01/2025 |
Jackson-Reed Archives | Sumner Museum and Archives/Jackson-Reed Media Center | Looking to help preserve and promote Jackson-Reed history while building transferrable archival skills? Please reach out to Miss Ross (camille.ross@k12.dc.gov) in the library or fill out the above linked form to join the Jackson-Reed Archives … | Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen | Digital Media Academy, Global Studies Academy, Information Technology Academy, English, Social Studies | ||
Title | Organization | Description | Eligible Grades | Departments | Have to Apply? | Due Date |