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Newport Community Service/Knight Valor Are there issues with your hours totals? Click HERE to download the Knight Valor HOURS Form. Click HERE to download the BSD Community Service Form Hours are due APRIL 13th for the 2010 Knight Valor Award. The Knight Valor will be held the morning of TUESDAY, MAY 18th. What is Knight Valor?  • Knight Valor is Newport PTSA’s recognition award for students working 100 hours of community service.• Knight Valor is earned once during any of the 4 high school years. (It is typically earned by the junior year so the award can be included on college applications.) • Knight Valor hours are earned by volunteering your time without compensation to a non-profit organization (if you need to check the organization's non-profit status, CLICK HERE). Knight Valor Guidelines: • Complete the Bellevue School District 40-hr graduation requirements • Knight Valor Hours must be worked for a non-profit agency. Record of hours must include your direct supervisor's name, email, phone and their signature. Do not count work done for a for-profit business, or for an individual - such as private tutoring, or for a neighbor or grandparent • At least 50 of the 100 Knight Valor hours must be worked outside Newport High School • Definition of valid hours: - All work must be done after you graduate from 8th grade - No money, credits, gifts, reduced fees, or other goods have been exchanged for work performed • Record Month, Day(s), and Year of service • Keep a copy of all records at home How do I Get Started? • Decide in which areas of community service you would like to participate (health care, animals, foodbank, education, etc…) • Contact the organization to make volunteer arrangements. Hours you spend training for a position count toward Knight Valor. • Meet all of the requirements described above. • Turn in your completed Knight Valor form to the Knight Valor box in the Counseling Center. You may accumulate more than 100 hours, and turn in more than one form. These additional hours of community service often help when applying for college and scholarships. • Record your hours on a Knight Valor form, include name of organization, contact information, date of service, description of work, job title, & hours worked. • Verify your work hours by having your supervisor sign the form. • Note: You must fill out a separate form to satisfy your Bellevue School District 40-hour Community Service Graduation Requirement. Both forms are available in the counseling office. What is the Carla B. Vendeland Award? The Carla Vendeland Award was initiated in May 1996 in memory of the Newport High School parent who implemented the Knight Valor program at Newport in 1987. Until her death in 1994, Mrs. Vendeland was dedicated to community service and was active in anti-hunger issues. In memory of Carla Vendeland's dedication to our community, the Knight Valor Committee and Newport PTSA annually present a cash award in recognition of two Newport High School students who have had the most positive impact on our community. |
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