Service Learning Program Current Projects
“I truly believe these service-learning experiences have made me a more effective teacher and have provided students a voice and a chance to show how much of a difference they can make as a citizen, even at a young age.”
-Barry J. Guillot, NBCT | 8th Grade Earth Science, Harry Hurst Middle School
| County/Parish, State | School | Service Learning Plan | Description | Subject Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson, LA | Academy of Our Lady | Birthday Parties for Homeless Children | Students learn about homelessness and its impact on children before organizing birthday parties for children living in a shelter. | Religious Studies |
| Jefferson, LA | Archbishop Chapelle High School | Drug Awareness Education | Psychology students study the effects of drugs and alcohol before leading other students in activities that demonstrate the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. | Psychology |
| Jefferson, LA | Archbishop Chapelle High School | Wild in the Wetlands | Outdoor recreation meets scientific data collection. Students research local environmental problems and work with LOOP NOLA to collect data and find solutions. | Science |
| Jefferson, LA | Archbishop Chapelle High School | Coastal Roots | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Science, Social Studies |
| Plaquemines, LA | Belle Chasse High School | Our Heroes, Our Veterans | Students investigate the U.S. military and organize a day of events to honor local veterans. | Social Studies, English, Visual Arts |
| Jefferson, LA | Chateau Estates Elementary School | Coastal Roots | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Science, Social Studies |
| Ascension, LA | Dutchtown Middle School | A Cup of Thanks | Students with disabilities are taught the basics of customer service and apply their skills by providing a coffee cart service to teachers, special education staff, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. | Math, ELA, Social Studies |
| St John the Baptist, LA | East St John High School | Aerial Systems Outreach | High schoolers evaluate the lack of diversity in STEM fields before teaching low-income and minority students how to use drones. | STEM |
| Orleans, LA | Edna Karr High School | Wetland Restoration through Coastal Roots | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Science |
| St Tammany, LA | Fifth Ward Junior High School | Poultry, Plants and Companion Animals | Students learn to raise baby chicks and the eggs are donated to low-income families in the Bush and Sun communities. | STEM |
| St Charles, LA | Hahnville High School | Adults Reached Through Students (ARTS) | Students with disabilities practice life and career skills with the elderly residents at Ashton Manor. | ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science, Independent Living Skills, Vocational Training |
| Jefferson, LA | Haynes Academy | Classroom Garden | Students will study food insecurity, create a garden, and donate the produce to a local homeless shelter. | ELA, Science, Social Studies |
| Jefferson, LA | Haynes Academy | Continuing Coastal Roots | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Science |
| St Charles, LA | Harry Hurst Middle School | Wetland Watchers | Students present information about wetlands to younger students on wetland field trips. The class also performs service activities such as collecting litter at Wetland Watchers Park. | Science |
| Orleans, LA | International High School | Housing and Homelessness | Students learn about affordable housing and homelessness and provide donations to the homeless. | Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | KIPP Believe Primary | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | KIPP Believe Primary | Housing and Homelessness | Students learn about affordable housing and homelessness and provide donations to the homeless. | Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Living School | Solar Power Generator | Students will build a solar powered generator that will be used as part of disaster relief efforts. | STEM |
| Orleans, LA | Louise S. McGehee School | Sophomores Reflect on the American Dream | Sophomores explore the concept of the "American Dream" throughout history, as they visit agencies assisting the homeless, and consider the factors preventing one from achieving the "American Dream". | ELA |
| Orleans, LA | Louise S. McGehee School | Juniors Study Government Policy & Nonprofits | Students investigate government housing policies and homelessness, as they work with Habitat for Humanity. | Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Mount Carmel Academy | Hands Helping Hands | Students learn about blight and assist low-income homeowners with repairs to their homes. | Religious Studies; Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | The NET: Gentilly | Walk 'Dat | Students learn about dog anatomy and dog training skills before aiding staff at a dog rescue center. | ELA, Math, Science, Physical Education |
| Orleans, LA | New Harmony High School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | New Harmony High School | Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail Restoration | Students will study wetland ecology and completed restoration projects at the Sankofa wetland park. | Science, Social Studies, Agriculture |
| Orleans, LA | Isidore Newman School | Growing Fruits and Vegetables at a Community Garden | Having designed and built raised garden beds, students plant and maintain community gardens in a food desert. | Science |
| Hancock, MS | Our Lady Academy | Earth Day Festival | Students at Our Lady Academy will celebrate Earth Day teaching 3rd and 4th graders about environmental issues. | Science |
| Orleans, LA | Pierre Capdau Charter School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Tangipahoa, LA | Ponchatoula High School | Southeast Louisiana Veterans | Students with disabilities learn about American history, citizenship, and military service before practicing their social skills with vets at a center providing transitional services to veterans. | Math, English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Vocational Instruction |
| Orleans, LA | Renew Laurel Elementary School | Science that reflects me! | After reviewing science curriculum videos featuring few people of color, this school of mostly students of color will recreate the science videos, starring themselves. | Theater, Science, ELA |
| Orleans, LA | Rooted School | Housing and Homelessness | Students learn about affordable housing and homelessness and provide donations to the homeless. | Social Studies, English |
| Jefferson, LA | St. Angela Merici School | 7th Graders CAN make a Difference | Students learn about hunger before preparing and serving lunches at the Rebuild Center. | Math, Social Studies |
| Jefferson, LA | St. Angela Merici School | 6th Literacy Builders | Students provide literacy support and donations to struggling readers. | English, Math, Technology |
| Jefferson, LA | St. Angela Merici School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Caring for First Responders | Kindergartners learn about community helpers such as police officers and firefighters and show their appreciation with homemade cards. | Social Studies, English |
| Orleans, LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Environmental Stewards | After studying environmental issues, students practice, reducing, reusing, rethinking and recycling at school and in the community. | Science, Math, English |
| Orleans, LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Housing and Homelessness | Students learn about affordable housing and homelessness and provide donations to the homeless. | Social Studies |
| Jefferson, LA | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School | Our Wetlands, Our Responsibility | Louisiana wetlands are studied and students help with reforestation efforts. | English, Science |
| Jefferson, LA | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School | Sixth Graders Teach about Butterflies | Sixth graders study the monarch butterfly and host a butterfly fair for first graders at another school. | Science, Technology, Art, English |
| Jefferson, LA | St Francis Xavier School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Jefferson, LA | St Francis Xavier School | Housing and Homelessness | Students learn about affordable housing and homelessness and provide donations to the homeless. | Social Studies |
| St James, LA | St. James Parish Career and Technology Center** | St James Parish Ag Days | Students help plant and maintain crops and learn food processing techniques at the Fast Food Farm, which educates elementary school students about where food comes from. | Agriculture |
| Jefferson, LA | St. Matthew the Apostle School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| St Tammany, LA | St Paul's School - Covington | SPS Food Bank Garden | Classroom lessons cover plants, agriculture, and food insecurity. Food produced in a campus garden will be donated to an area food bank. | Science |
| Orleans, LA | St Pius X Catholic School | Little Free Library | Students research children's literature, write children's stories, and place the finished books in a Little Free Library, that they assemble. | English/Reading |
| Orleans, LA | St Pius X Catholic School | Rain Gardens & Ecosystems | Lessons on ecosystems and weather are taught before a visit to the Pontchartrain Conservancy. Students participate in the "Green Infrastructure: Solving Urban Problems with Natural Solutions", and then design a rain garden to help with flooding waters. | Science |
| St Tammany, LA | St. Scholastica Academy | SSA Community Garden | Science students explore food insecurity, grow vegetables, and deliver fresh produce to a food bank. | Science, Social Studies, Math |
| Orleans, LA | Stuart Hall School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Harriet Tubman Charter School | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy | Service to the homeless and the hungry | Ursuline Juniors partner with a food bank to learn about food insecurity and homelessness in New Orleans before hosting a school food drive and serving lunch at area shelters. | Religious Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy | Coastal Restoration | Seniors and seventh graders learn about Louisiana ecosystems before assisting with reforestation and shoring up the coast. | Science, Religious Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy | Aspirational Art | Art students will meet with a Grace House representative to learn about substance abuse and create 12-step journals for each resident to use in therapy or during meditation. | Visual Arts, Psychology |
| Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy (Lower School) | M.E.S.S. Lab | Students study the concept of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and participate in a paint recycling project. | Math, English, Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy | Journey with the Saints | Ursuline students create a small festival for students at special needs parochial school to share their knowledge of history of the Saints. | Religious Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy | Blessing Bags | Students learn about health challenges faced by the elderly and create lightweight bags to hold frequently misplaced items. | Visual Arts, Religious Studies |
| Orleans, LA | Warren Easton High School | RIFF (Reading is Fundamentally Fun) | High school English and Educator Pathways students will provide tutoring to struggling readers. | ELA, Career Training |
| Orleans, LA | Warren Easton High School | Engineering at Work | After studying engineering fundamentals in the classroom, students will receiving hands-on building experience while rehabbing blighted properties. | STEM |