“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
| Parish/County | State | School | Service Learning Plan | Description | Subject Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension | LA | Dutchtown Middle School | A Cup of Thanks | Students with disabilities are taught the basics of customer service apply their skills by providing a coffee cart service to teachers, special education staff, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. | Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Social Skills |
| Caddo | LA | Magnolia School of Excellence | Magnolia in Nature | Students organize and implement an online auction with the proceeds going to a free K-12 afterschool program. | Marketing and Business Math |
| Hancock | MS | Our Lady Academy | Earth Day Festival | Students at Our Lady Academy will teach the 3rd and 4th graders at another school about Earth Day after researching environmental concepts such as "reduce, reuse, recycle". | Science |
| Harrison | MS | Our Lady of Fatima Elementary | All for One and One for All - Giving to Others Through Reading | The students will be given the challenge of earning as many Accelerated Reading points as possible each term. Their earned points will garner income to purchase items for the St. Vincent de Paul Charity. | Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art and Math |
| Jefferson | LA | Academy of Our Lady | Freshmen Learn with Elders at Wynhoven | Students learn about religious topics and practices before visiting a nursing home to talk about the life of a saint, execute a prayer service, or do a craft with the residents. | Religion |
| Jefferson | LA | Archbishop Chapelle High School | LSU Coastal Roots Program | The LSU Coastal Roots program teaches students how to actively prevent Louisiana coastal erosion and encourage restoration. | AP Science |
| Jefferson | LA | Archbishop Chapelle High School | Care for all God's Creatures | Students learn about animal shelters and control of the animal population with hands-on experiences at an animal shelter. | Veterinary Science |
| Jefferson | LA | Archbishop Chapelle High School | Chips for Charity - Helping Homeless Families | Students learn about how homelessness affects adults and children in the Greater New Orleans area and provide personal care items. | Theology |
| Jefferson | LA | Metairie Park Country Day | Coastal Roots | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Science |
| Jefferson | LA | Patrick F. Taylor Academy for Advanced Studies | A Garden for Change | A seasonal rooftop vegetable garden provides fresh produce to a shelter that serves the homeless population. | English/Language Arts, Science |
| Jefferson | LA | Patrick F. Taylor Academy for Advanced Studies | Taylor Tackles the Environment | English and science classes collaborate with the EPA to raise student awareness about pollution and environmental issues affecting the local area. | English/Language Arts, Science |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Angela Merici School | 5th Grade Veteran Outreach Program | Students learn about the contributions of U.S. veterans and organize a performance honoring local veterans. | Religion, Math, Social Studies |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Angela Merici School | 6th Grade Literacy Builders | Students provide literacy support and donations to low-income residents. | Religion, Math, Social Studies |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Angela Merici School | 7th Graders CAN Make a Difference | Students collect and distribute donations for the Rebuild Center. | Math, English, Religion |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Clement of Rome School | Second Grade Visits with Sunrise Living Center | Students develop friendships with the elderly community via social activities and interviews. | Math, English/Reading, Religion, and Music |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School | Wetlands | The plants and trees of Louisiana wetlands are studied and students learn about pollution levels in the wetlands and the impact on the environment. | Science, Information Literacy |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School | Lantern Light/Feed Jesus | Hunger, homelessness, and underlying causes are researched by students before touring the Rebuild Center to learn about the services provided, as well as preparing and serving lunch to guests. | Social Studies, Math, Religion and Science |
| Jefferson | LA | St. Louis King of France School | Celebrating One Another Though Reading, Writing and Music Fiesta | Students celebrate diversity and learn to translate literature from English to Spanish. | Reading, Spanish, Music, Computer Science |
| Orleans | LA | Benjamin Franklin High School | From Student to Scientist | To inspire a diverse range of students to pursue science, students meet with lower and middle school students to share the STEM knowledge gained in the classroom. | STEM |
| Orleans | LA | Benjamin Franklin High School | Connecting BFHS to the Local Community With Service Learning | Teaching assistants (sophomores, juniors and seniors) tutor incoming freshmen in Physics remotely. | Physics |
| Orleans | LA | Cabrini High School | Senior (12th) Religion - Women Focus | Students research female missionaries and host a mission day to educate elementary students about how they can also be of service to others. | Religion |
| Orleans | LA | Cabrini High School | Science Squad | Students share STEM activities with children from elementary schools to encourage young women to enter STEM fields. | Science |
| Orleans | LA | Cabrini High School | Junior Religion Class Service Learning Project | After exploring issues of poverty and homelessness, students meet and serve guests at the Rebuild Center. | Religion |
| Orleans | LA | Good Shepherd School, The | Homeless Outreach with Harry Tompson Center | Middle school students will research homelessness in the New Orleans area and assembling hygiene kits for clients at the Tompson Center. | Religion |
| Orleans | LA | Holy Cross High School | Seniors Feed the Hungry | Students learn about food insecurity, food deserts, and food waste, and host a canned good drive to support a local food bank. | Theology |
| Orleans | LA | Holy Cross High School | Juniors Save Our Coast | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Theology, Science |
| Orleans | LA | Isidore Newman School | Maintaining Community Gardens in The Upper & Lower 9th Ward & Planting Native Trees in New Orleans | Having designed and built raised garden beds, students plant and maintain community gardens in a food desert. | Biology |
| Orleans | LA | Louise S. McGehee School | 11th Grade Government Studies Policy & Nonprofits via New Orleans Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) | Students investigate government housing policies and homelessness, as they work with Habitat for Humanity. | U.S. Government/Civics, English |
| Orleans | LA | Louise S. McGehee School | Sophomores Reflect on the American Dream by Serving the Homeless at Grace at the Green Light | 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". | English, American History |
| Orleans | LA | Mount Carmel Academy | Mount Carmel Cubs Against Destructive Decisions on Wheels | High school students offer site visits to middle schools to give presentations about teen challenges and decision-making. | Biology |
| Orleans | LA | Mount Carmel Academy | Whoo Eats Who? | Biology students study energy transfer and explore owl pellets with elementary school students. | Driver's Education |
| Orleans | LA | Mount Carmel Academy | Hands helping Hands | Classes explore poverty and blight in the classroom and then work with homeowners building, painting, and making repairs to their homes -- to help end blight in the city. | Religion |
| Orleans | LA | ReNEW SciTech Academy | Grow On Community Gardening | Students learn about sustainable farming and good nutrition in the classroom and in the Grow On Community Gardens. | Science |
| Orleans | LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Caring for God's Creatures | Students learn about pets, animal shelters, and empathy through a partnership with the SPCA. | English/Language Arts, Science |
| 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, Spelling, English/Language Arts, Math, Science |
| Orleans | LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Health, Nutrition and Homelessness | Prior to conducting a food drive and visiting a homeless shelter, students investigate the impact of homelessness on health and nutrition. | Science, Social Studies |
| Orleans | LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Adopt a Grandfriend | Students develop friendships with the elderly community via social activities and interviews. | English/Language Arts |
| Orleans | LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Children Helping Children | Children explore empathy by learning about the experiences of patients at Children's Hospital and the role of the Ronald McDonald House. | English/Language Arts, Social Studies |
| Orleans | LA | St. Benedict the Moor School | Coastal Wetlands | Students learn about wetland erosion and contribute to restoration projects. | Science, Social Studies, Math |
| Orleans | LA | St. Dominic School | No Place Like Home (feeding/clothing the needy and the homeless) | After studying the Beatitudes, Kits for the needy and homeless are assembled for the St. Jude Community Center. | Religion |
| Orleans | LA | St. Paul's Episcopal School | Coastal Roots | Students learn about wetland erosion and contribute to restoration projects. | Science |
| Orleans | LA | St. Pius X 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 School | Rain Garden and 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 |
| Orleans | LA | Ursuline Academy | Ursuline 10th Grade Teaches St. Michael Special School about Saints | Ursuline students visit the St. Michael Special School to share their knowledge of history of the Saints at an assembly. | Theology |
| Orleans | LA | Ursuline Academy | 8th Grade Religion Making Connections with the Elderly | After learning about the health challenges of the elderly, students create games that can be played by someone with the health conditions studied, using the school's SmartLab. | Theology, Engineering, Writing, Science |
| Orleans | LA | Ursuline Academy | 11th Grade Social Justice Class Helps the Homeless | 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. | Theology |
| Orleans | LA | Ursuline Academy | 9th Grade teaches St. Rita School students about Life & Teachings of Jesus via Children's Literacy | Ursuline students teach St. Rita's students the importance of reading and literacy by using the Gospels and literary aspects of the Bible. | Theology, English |
| Orleans | LA | Ursuline Academy | 12th Graders Plant Trees in the Wetlands | The senior class learns about the wetlands at the Pontchartrain Conservancy and the Woodlands Conservancy; then, students create business plans that create solutions to environmental issues. | Theology, Science, Entrepreneurship |
| Orleans | LA | Ursuline Academy | Aspirational Art | Art students will meet with a Grace House representative to learn about substance abuse and create a "recovery deck of cards" for each resident to use in therapy or during meditation. | Visual Arts |
| Orleans | LA | Warren Easton Charter High | Partnership with Youth Rebuilding New Orleans | Warren Easton students work with Morris Jefferson students on engineering fundamentals before using their skills at YRNO facilities to build a small model home. | Math, English, Engineering |
| Orleans | LA | Warren Easton Charter High | RIFF-Project (Reading is Fundamentally Fun) | High school students encourage literacy by reading and discussing books with elementary school students. | English/Language Arts |
| Orleans | LA | Warren Easton Charter High | STEM / SCIENCE / ENGINEERING BUDDIES | High students facilitate STEM lessons for 5th and 6th graders. | STEM |
| 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. | US History, Sociology |
| St. Bernard | LA | Our Lady of Prompt Succor School | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Serve | Students partner with Ronald McDonald charities to support families with money from recycled, (aluminum can) pull tab collections. | English, Math, Religion, 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 |
| St. Charles | LA | St. Charles Satellite Center | Reading at Elementary Libraries - Fall | Students learn about language and motor skills development and literacy instruction before hands-on teaching experiences with local elementary school students. | Introduction to Education |
| St. Charles | LA | St. Charles Satellite Center | Reading at Elementary Libraries - Spring | Students learn about language and motor skills development and literacy instruction before hands-on teaching experiences with local elementary school students. | Introduction to Education |
| St. Charles | LA | St. Charles Satellite Center | World Class Service Learning | Students learn the basics of HRT, research hospitality service, and apply their skills while serving members of the community. | Hospitality, Restaurants, and Tourism |
| St. James | LA | Cypress Grove Montessori Academy | From Garden to Table | Students will work with community elders to plant gardens and raise chickens. The food products and hands-on experiences will be shared with members of the Council of Aging in St. James Parish. | Science |
| St. James | LA | St James Career & Tech Center | Fast Food Farm | 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 |
| St. John | LA | St. Joan of Arc Catholic School | Thank you Bags for our Community! | Students learn about the role of community workers, such as police officers and medical staff, and show their appreciation through cards and "blessing bags". | Social studies, ELA, Math, Science |
| St. Tammany | LA | Fifth Ward Junior High School | Plants, Eggs, and Chickens (PEC) | Students learn to raise baby chicks and the eggs are donated to low income families in the Bush and Sun communities. | Agricscience |
| St. Tammany | LA | Madisonville Junior High School | Revitalization of Madisonville's Pine Street Park | A master gardener works with students to plant trees in Madisonville's Pine Street Park. | Science |
| St. Tammany | LA | Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic School | Heritage Manor Intergenerational Pen Pal Project | Students learn history through pen pals who are residents at a nursing home. | English, Social Studies |
| St. Tammany | LA | Slidell Junior High School | Empty Bowls Project | Art students learn to create clay bowls, which will be donated to a fundraiser event for the Samaritan Center. | Visual Arts |
| St. Tammany | LA | St. Margaret Mary School | Helping the Homeless: What is Poverty? | Poverty and homeless are explored using an interdisciplinary approach, and students create monthly care packages after researching the needs of the homeless. | Religion, Math, Social Studies, Science, English/Language Arts |
| St. Tammany | LA | St. Paul's School | 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 |
| St. Tammany | LA | St. Paul's School | SPS Agri-Science class partners with North Shore Food Bank | Classroom lessons cover plants, agriculture, and food insecurity. Food produced in a campus garden will be donated to an area food bank. | Science |
| St. Tammany | LA | St. Scholastica Academy | Project Wetlands | Students learn about coastal erosion and contribute to defense and restoration projects. | Environmental Science |
| St. Tammany | LA | St. Scholastica Academy | SSA Community Garden | Environmental Science students explore food insecurity, grow vegetables, and deliver fresh produce to the Covington Food Bank. | Environmental Science |
| St. Tammany | LA | William Pitcher Junior High | Coast 2050 Towards a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana | The LSU Coastal Roots program teaches students how to actively prevent Louisiana coastal erosion and encourage restoration. | Science |
| St. Tammany | LA | William Pitcher Junior High | The Empty Bowl - Fill the Bowl Service Learning Project | Art students learn to create clay bowls, which will be donated to a fundraiser event for the Samaritan Center. | Visual Arts, Social Studies |
| St. Tammany | LA | William Pitcher Junior High | William Pitcher's Campus Beautification | A master gardener teaches students how to plant vegetables and the produce is donated to a food bank. | Science/Agriculture |
| St. Tammany | LA | William Pitcher Junior High | Beautification and Restoration of Covington's Bogue Falaya Park | A master gardener works with students to replace plants and trees lost during Hurricane Ida. | Science/Agriculture |
| Tangipahoa | LA | Ponchatoula High School | Picasso Arrives in Ponchatoula | Students with disabilities study the painter, Pablo Picasso, and then work with the City to design and paint Picasso-inspired art murals on a blighted building. | Visual Arts |
| Tangipahoa | LA | Ponchatoula High School | Quad Vets: Restoring Honor for America's Veterans | Students with disabilities learn about American history, citizenship, and military service before visiting a center providing transitional services to homeless veterans. | Science, Math, English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Music, Art, Vocational Instruction |
| Tangipahoa | LA | Roseland Montessori School | Generational Footprints VI: Sights for Seniors | Students improve the aesthetics at a nursing home via classroom science projects such as bird feeders and pinwheels. | Science |
Annual Art Contest
The Brown Foundation Service Learning Program sponsors an annual art contest for students in grades K-11. The 2021-2022 Theme and Logo Contest winner is Isabella Tran, a student at Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans!