Upper school students have two options. They may join one of a dozen or so student-led service learning groups that combine service with curriculum-based learning to meet a community need. Others may initiate an independent study by submitting a proposal and learning goals for approval by a committee. Ninth graders participate in two class service projects during the school year and the senior class completes a service project as a part of their graduation activities Upper school community service projects change from year to year depending on student interest and leadership. Groups in any given school year may include, but are not limited to, the following:

	Junior Civitan  partners with a local adult organizations that serve Bernalillo County. Projects in the past years have involved the Boys & Girls Clubs; Carrie Tingley Hospital, Ronald McDonald House and other organizations serving children.
	The Bosque School MRC/ERT is a State of New Mexico, Department of Health, Emergency Medical Systems Bureau approved and certified emergency medical service (service number 101172). Bosque School’s MRC program is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Medical Reserve Corps and affiliated locally with the University of New Mexico’s Center for Disaster Medicine (Federal MRC Unit #1310). Participation in the program is by application to the Bosque School Service Learning Director and contingent upon faculty approval, completion of medical training, ongoing continuing education, and meeting certain academic and behavioral standards. More information including the member contract, protocols, and guidelines are at the Service Director’s website.
	Key Club  is a high school service organization sponsored by the Corrales Kiwanis.  Key Club assists Kiwanis in carrying out its mission to serve the children of the world. High school students participate in service activities in their communities, such as cleaning up parks, collecting clothing and organizing food drives. They also learn leadership skills by running meetings, planning projects and holding elected leadership positions at the club, district and international levels.
	Open Space/Environment is co-sponsored with Albuquerque Open Space division to maintain trails in the Bosque north of the Montano Bridge. Other projects such as pond planting, tree planting and Dia del Rio are part of the program. Students collaborate with other local high schools on certain projects.
	ProHealth/ProFood is raising awareness about food scarcity and supporting local organizations like the Roadrunner Food Bank and a local shelter that work with populations at risk for experiencing hunger.
	Animal Friends' projects include such activities as working at local pet adoption fairs, working at local animal shelters and partnering with wildlife rehabilitation groups.
	Operation Smile is co-lead by Bosque faculty member, David Bair and a group from Cibola High School. Bosque and Cibola students partner together to raise funds that will provide reconstructive surgery to children with cleft-palates around the world. Operation Smile offers leadership training and opportunities to travel abroad to assist in medical missions. Each year, Bosque students are selected from a nationwide applicant pool to travel and assist in medical missions. Students have travelled to India, China, Peru, and more to support these medical missions and help encourage the young children and their families going through this life-changing operation.
	Bosque Service Corps members engage activities that  vary each year depending on student interest and school need. In previous years students served as greeters for the college counseling department, tutor other Bosque students, lead middle school activity blocks, and assist with campus events and grade level retreats.
	Green Group participants focus campus sustainability and the environment. Interest has focused on composting, gardening, energy conservation, and recycling related to the school dining room.
	Independent Projects allow students to co-partner with the Service Learning Director to establish an idea and outreach on an individual level (such as, volunteering at a library, reading to children, adopting a highway etc). Students must submit a written proposal and participation is subject to committee approval. Proposal Form

 

 

Service Learning is an educational experience that takes students from the classroom into community settings to apply academic and real-world concepts learned while meeting a real community need.  The theory underlying Service Learning (SL) is that we learn most effectively from doing, from being an active participant in the learning process and then critically reflecting on what we have done and learned.