Silver Cord Guidelines and Requirements:
1. 200 hours of volunteer service are needed to earn a silver cord designation at graduation. ● 50 hours/year ● no opportunity to “make up” hours. 2. The first three years we will offer graduated requirements. Students who are sophomores the year the program is initiated will need 150 hours for a silver cord; juniors 100; and seniors 50. After this period of time, only students who transfer into NPHS will be eligible for graduated requirements to earn their Silver Cord. 3. Approved Service Activities: ● Unpaid volunteer or community service (court ordered community service is not allowed) ● Service done as part of an organization may be counted only if that service is OPTIONAL and not required as part of membership. ● Volunteer hours earned for National Honor Society membership MAY be applied to silver cord requirements. ● Volunteer hours cannot be part of a class requirement or done for a grade; class time cannot be missed for the completion of community service ● Service activities may be completed during study hall or senior release time. ● No more than 50% of the required silver cord hours each year may come from one organization or activity (ex. Joe tutored students at the elementary for a total of 100 hours this year. He can only count 25 of his hours toward the 50 needed for his one year Silver Cord requirement). ● Students may begin accumulating hours in the summer prior to their Freshman year. Each year’s Silver Cord log sheet must be turned in no later than September 1 of the following year in order to receive credit for earned service hours. Thus, summer hours may count for either the previous or upcoming Silver Cord year. Exception: Seniors must turn in their Silver Cord logs by April 15 of their Senior Year in order to earn the Silver Cord designation at graduation. ● No more than 50% of the yearly required silver cord hours may be earned during the summer. ● All hours must be documented on the Silver Cord Log Sheet, which must be signed by the supervisor of each activity. Supervisors must be non-school age adults and may not be family members. |
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