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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both my kids had done over 130 hours by the end of 7th grade.

It is pathetic that this has not been completed by so many high school students.

There are still about 4 or 5 states where this is mandatory. [/quote]

Great for you.  But you also have free time to waste on DCUM so presumably you’ve got time and income to spare.  A lot of MCPS parents don’t have the resources to shuffle their kids around to get SSL hours or to pay to get them done at summer camp.  Check your privilege.[/quote]

+1 not sure exactly how one’s kids get 130 hours so “easily” in middle school.  Do enlighten us but I suspect it involves quite a bit of parental chauffeuring for an activity the kid was already involved in or some major money for SSL approved camps [/quote]

I would also like to know.  —middle school mom debating whether to risk the storm so her kid can get 1 SSL hour volunteering this evening a half hour away from where we live. [/quote]

I wonder if the opportunities or norms are different across the schools?  I haven't read the whole threads but was surprised to see this comment.  I had three kids go through and all three got all SSLs in MS and I wasn't involved in almost any of it.  Two of them asked their 4th and 5th grade teachers if they could help out after school (which they walked to once a week).  I kind of recall them helping with earlier grades in the days before school began (putting up bulletin boards and such.)   They seemed to get a lot AT school (They told me they got them for, like I think Outdoor Ed?  And some things like that?0. I think, like reshelving books in the library or something?  honestly, I don't know).  One did some educational programs online (this was during Covid so not sure if those opportunities are still available-- I think it was like watching videos and taking quizzes about MLK or something like that?)  The one time I was slightly involved, it was just driving one of them to a CIT gig in the summer-- she didn't do it for the reason of getting SSLs but did get them, and it added up to a lot over 2 weeks.

Honestly, even with 3 kids going through, I don't even know how many they needed or how they got them.  They just took care of it, themselves.   That's what makes me think that some schools are kind of more set up for kids to earn them (like, advertise the opportunities and have things available in or near the building) than others are?

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