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Integrated Day Charter School

Educating confident, socially responsible citizens and lifelong learners

Service Learning

Service Learning

All students at IDCS will participate in at least one and sometimes multiple service learning projects every school year. Some previous Services Learning Projects have been:

  • Sewing glasses case for children in Nepal    Glasses Cases for Nepal
  • Hoops for Haiti, where students made and sold hula hoops and hoop earrings to raise money for Haitian Hurricane victims
  • Collecting new pajamas to help kids facing uncertainty have a cozy night
  • Empty Bowls, where students created pottery bowls that were sold along with soup to raise money for the local soup kitchen
  • Creating IDCS' own food pantry to directly serve IDCS families and provide snacks for students
  • Installing a Buddy Bench on the IDCS playground

Three smiling young women hold up stacks of colorful woven fabric.

Four children pose behind a purple bench painted with "Buddy Bench" in yellow letters.