Volunteer Hours
Grade 12 Graduating Students (Volunteer Requirement):
The community involvement graduation requirement is 40 hours of volunteer work.
Please email your completed Community Involvement Hours Record Form to your guidance counsellor. This will be filed in your OSR.
Last name A-H – Ms. Susi – [email protected]
Last name I-P – Mr. Scocchia – [email protected]
Last name Q-Z – Ms. Sandoval – [email protected]
Additional Community Involvement Information
The Ontario Ministry of Education requires that each student complete 40 hours of volunteer activities in the community in order to earn their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Students can begin accumulating these hours as of July 1 after they finish grade 8.
- HWDSB Community Involvement Information: Students and parents must ensure that the “volunteer activity” meets the requirements of Community Involvement as outlined in our Students | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (hwdsb.on.ca)
- As soon as students complete all or part of the required 40 hours, they are encouraged to return the completed form to the Student Services office and have this recorded on their transcript. Students may also attach signed letters verifying their completion of volunteer activities to their Record of Community Involvement form. (The Ontario Student Transcript shows only that the community involvement is complete or not complete, it does not indicate the total number of hours above 40 a student completes.)
All students are encouraged to complete a minimum of 10 Community Involvement Hours each academic year.
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Please note: The community shares volunteer experiences with the school. Families are to vet that the experiences is suitable for their students. Should you have any questions please contact Student Services.
