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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gosh Sidwell parents are SO welcoming[/quote]

How is not welcoming to point to the person who will help them?  The rules are so specific and change a lot.

As per original question - I don't know what you mean by a project. So it will be one organization.  But what qualifies is not broad. Has to be person related (not animals) - has to be direct contact with people - not a camp counselor (unless serving free underprivileged population).

It's a mess (and fyi - often a hassle). Contact the person above. They will want your kid to deal with most everything but even your kid will might frustrated with it all.[/quote]

Here is the language about projects:

[quote=Sidwell 2023-24 Course Bulletin]

[b]Graduation Requirement (10th and 11th)[/b]

As a graduation requirement, students must make a long-term commitment of at least 60 hours to one organization, though some students work beyond this. Between the end of 9th grade and the start of 12th grade,[b] students develop individual community projects[/b] that may tie into the academic topics covered in sophomore and junior classes. Students can consult a list of organizations or issue areas to explore. Projects must involve direct and active engagement with people in the community so that Sidwell Friends students get to know and build relationships with those in the wider community who they otherwise might not meet.
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I'm just not sure if they spend 60 hours developing their project, or if they work 60 hours and then do a project.

I'd love to hear examples of what other kids have done.  [/quote]

As noted above - I think it's less project based than you are interpreting.  Most people find an organization, make sure it is approved, and then volunteer for that organization. During COVID it was a little tricky...so it's been squishy in recent years.  My examples would not likely help because it was volunteering for Sidwell sponsored online camp, helping kids study online, and then their (more normal) experience was to work at an organization that collected food and provided it for local communities.  Part of the organization was providing food in a suburb - but their job was more to move crates into trucks to be taken elsewhere.

THere were some kids that created COVID related projects to help (mask making etc) - but most kids did not create their own "project" - so unless your child is inclined to do such a thing (and get it past the gatekeeping of Sidwell community service) - I'd focus more on finding an organization to work for.....again....it has to get past gatekeeping.  <<< and this is why you need to contact McCoy.[/quote]

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