Service Hours
GCYO offers Service Hours during the school year for our GCYO Members
We are so excited to continue our service hours program in accordance with the Broward
County Public Schools. All rehearsals up until and including the service hours concert will be counted toward your service hours requirement. Members arriving late or leaving early for
rehearsal will not receive the full service hours for that day. Members absent from any rehearsal will not receive service hours for that rehearsal. The service hours concert fulfills the service hours requirement. Any member absent from the service hours concert will not receive service hours for that semester. In accordance with the Broward County Public Schools, fund raising, and donations are not allowed at a service hours concert.
The School Board of Broward County, Florida has incorporated Service Learning and volunteer service into the high school graduation requirements. Any student who wishes to earn a standard diploma must meet the graduation requirement of 40 documented hours in the
Student Volunteer Service Program. The Service Learning Graduation Requirement is divided into three tiers:
– Tier I – Service Learning Hours required for graduation.
-Tier II – Service hours required to meet the Bright Futures Initial Eligibility Requirements.
– Tier III – Volunteer Service Hours required earn a silver cord at graduation.
Tier 1 – 40 Hours Guidelines Specific to the 40 Hour Service Learning Requirement
1. All high school students seeking a Standard Diploma are required to participate in the
program.
2. Service performed over the summer or performed as part of an organization that is not a
school sponsored club or organization must meet Service Learning Guidelines to earn Service
Learning hours.
3. All Service Learning Hours must be documented on the Volunteer Service Record Log Sheet.
program.
2. Service performed over the summer or performed as part of an organization that is not a
school sponsored club or organization must meet Service Learning Guidelines to earn Service
Learning hours.
3. All Service Learning Hours must be documented on the Volunteer Service Record Log Sheet.
Tier II – Service Requirement to Qualify for Florida Bright Futures Scholarships
Volunteer Service is one of the qualifications for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. These hours could include a combination of the Service Learning required hours and hours earned for the Student Volunteer Service Program.
1. Hours earned as part of the Student Volunteer Service Program must be documented on the Volunteer Service Record Log Sheet and must comply with rules of that program.
2. The student must give copies of the log sheets required to verify service hours for the Florida Bright Futures Scholars Program Scholarship to his/her guidance counselor.
3. The number of hours required to qualify for each of the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Programs are as follows:
Gold Seal Vocational Scholars – 30 hours (This requirement will be met by Broward County’s 40 hour graduation requirement)
Florida Medallion Scholars – 75 hours
Florida Academic Scholars – 100 hours
1. Hours earned as part of the Student Volunteer Service Program must be documented on the Volunteer Service Record Log Sheet and must comply with rules of that program.
2. The student must give copies of the log sheets required to verify service hours for the Florida Bright Futures Scholars Program Scholarship to his/her guidance counselor.
3. The number of hours required to qualify for each of the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Programs are as follows:
Gold Seal Vocational Scholars – 30 hours (This requirement will be met by Broward County’s 40 hour graduation requirement)
Florida Medallion Scholars – 75 hours
Florida Academic Scholars – 100 hours
Tier III – The Student Volunteer Service Program
All students who have earned a total of 250 Volunteer Service Hours may receive a Silver Cord
to wear at commencement. An adjustment to the 250 total hours required to receive a Silver
Cord should be made for students who enter the Broward County Public Schools after their
freshmen year.