Community Service & Work Credit
College & Career Readiness
Community Service & Work Credit
Earn elective credit for serving your community or holding a job — up to 2.0 credits on your transcript.
Community Service Credit
A great way to become career & college ready is to participate in community service. Requirements:
- Student must be enrolled full-time with 3 or more class periods, and complete 62 hours of community service while enrolled
- Student must pass ALL classes with a “C” average or better — credit is not issued until grades are verified
- Qualifying hours are only when school is in session: the earliest period must be after the first day of the block and before the last day of the block(s); hours may continue into consecutive blocks, with credit applied to the block of the last period
- Student must attach a log of what service they provided that day
- Student must attach a 1-page formal letter addressed to PAHS administrative staff identifying how their community service was beneficial, including skills learned or that they would have liked to learn — every block
- The student’s supervisor must rate the student on a 4.0 scale for performance and character (form at the bottom of the sheet); the student must score higher than a 2.5 average
- No more than 0.5 credit per block, for a total of 2.0 credits of Community Service and/or Work Credit on the transcript
Work Experience Credit
Maintain employment while successfully earning credit toward your diploma. Requirements:
- Student must be enrolled full-time with 3 or more class periods, and work 130 hours while enrolled
- Student must pass ALL classes with a “C” average or better — credit is not issued until grades are verified
- Qualifying work hours are only when school is in session: the earliest pay period must be after the first day of the block and before the last day of the block(s); work hours may continue into consecutive blocks, with credit applied to the block of the last pay period
- Student must complete the listing of work hours and attach copies of ALL paycheck stubs (any stub not included cannot be counted; year-to-date cannot be counted)
- Student must attach a 1-page formal letter addressed to PAHS administrative staff identifying a workplace skill they are proficient in and why, plus two workplace skills to improve and why — every block
- The student’s direct manager or supervisor must rate the student on a 4.0 scale for performance and character; the student must score higher than a 2.5 average
- No more than 0.5 credit per block, for a total of 2.0 credits of Work Experience and/or Community Service on the transcript