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SERVICE LEARNING
by Roxana Din
Teacher,  Reception B
This year several classes have taken part in
service-learning projects from trash collection to
orphanage visits, toy-drives to reading-buddies.
Service activities are positioned to appeal to
intrinsic motivators. Students are driven by a
desire to be meaningfully stimulated, to develop
self-efficacy and to experience integrity. 
Service connects to any area of curriculum.
Some of our Maths class had to use their
calculating skills at the supermarket as a
Service-Learning project where the groceries
they bought in a challenge to be boxed and sent
to underprivileged families. Through service
learning, students learn educational standards
by tackling real-life problems in their
community.
We wish to give our students many
opportunities to experience hands-on service-
learning projects that will not only have an
impact in our community but they will also have
a meaningful impact on our children’s minds
and hearts as we research, engage and then
reflect upon the challenges of our world. This
helps students and teachers develop a sense of
empathy, compassion, gratitude and civic
responsibility.
Increasingly, as the future generation of the world
will face difficult challenges, it is crucial and more
relevant than ever to cultivate a new generation of
caring, social-driven entrepreneurs and activists.   
Our NGO - Verita Foundation
 www.veritafoundation.ro/en/  offers a unique
platform for our students to access service-learning
opportunities and projects.  We want our young
students to engage, connect and partner within
diverse communities and contribute their time and
find meaningful solutions.
Service-learning at Verita is about
building engagement. We can help our
students reach their learning objectives
while contributing to a better world for
them to live in.
I can’t wait to see what we accomplish as we plan
service-learning opportunities into each of our units of
inquiry!
Article by Mason McCormick
Principal of Primary
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