Community Service

Living Catherine McAuley's mission is central to the philosophy of McAuley High School. Every student is required to do service each year they attend McAuley High School. Senior service hours must be completed and turned in by the last day of the third quarter. Freshman, sophomores, an juniors must complete and turn in their hours by the first Friday in May of the current school year.

Our service program is designed to be as student-led as possible, to offer school and community service opportunities, to require students to perform a certain minimum number of service hours, and to educate students about the needs of our community and world. The Service and Justice Program is led by a Service Coordinator with the help of a Service and Justice Team, made up of the M.E.R.F Council, the Key Club Board, the CSTAT Board, and the MERFettes.

M.E.R.F Council and the MERFettes promote charity collections throughout the year providing opportunities for all to give. Key Club provides many school-sponsored service projects to help students fulfill their service requirement and to offer group service work opportunities. CSTAT offers awareness raising events and activities about different social justice issues.

The required service hours for students are as follows:

BROWN PROJECTS: are done for your school, parish, and communities. They are some sort of organized and planned project.  These must be completed outside of school hours. Students should refer to Blackboard for examples of brown hour projects.

GOLD PROJECTS: are done by volunteering directly with personnel or clients of a social service agency. A social service agency is a non-profit organization that works for and with the disadvantaged of our society.  These agencies must be on the approved list of social service agencies or must be pre-approved by the Service Coordinator. A GOLD HOUR PROJECT SHOULD BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE AGENCY ITSELF. Students should refer to Blackboard for examples of gold hour projects.