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Community Service

‘The SacreddCeart Way

: “Hurry we are going to be late!" vice during her high school years agency and interactingjwith the-
“I can't wait to go to service — I alone. Most girls volunteer in ser­ kids. I not only help them but they
lov e th e kids there!" These are vice agencies such as Pan Ameri­ give m e a great d eal of enjoy'
some of the expressions one can can Hospital, the Learning Expert, m ent in return." This attitude it
hear on Tuesdays w hen seniors ence and the Barnyard Commu^. echoed by m any students anc.
are released early for‘service. As nity Center. Service opportunities ca n b e seen in how m any per
senior Katie Branchini says, “My are not only apparent in the HS form m ore th a n th e requirec
favohte part of going to commu­ but throughout Carrollton. In the houfS.
nity, service is when I ' first arrive Primary an d Interm ediate, girls, The excitem ent an d enthusi;
and the children's faces light up. participate in food and toy drives asm- to do' service c a n also be
That look is w h a t.I a n ticip a te and m any sixth graders attend seen in the am ount of student:
when I go to voltinteer." weekly services at the Barnyard. that •participate in various ager;
Although service is required in In the Junior High some go to a pies. As1. Sister .C oljesdno says
the High School, students from all school designed for the children of ( ^Carrollton is com mitted to edu
'jhe schools participate in volun­ migrants. Service is a critical part i ’•eating our students to a socic
teer activities. From the Primary of C arrollton, e d u ca tio n lan-Av ■ ctwdreness that leads to action. Ir
and Interm ediate, to the Eighth opportunities to do such work gM> ftTpss w ay Carrollton's students nc
G rade Service D ay to Tuesday available to every student. Most ‘; only ledm about social issues, by
afternoons for senior service, Car­ of Carrollton's volunteers peliette ; i;gi^ei'bf; their time, energy, ana
rollton provides opportunities for service is not really som ething . h eltoig m ake social justice a reai
its students to b e more active in they are forced to do, but tather community.- It is cleg
society and aw are of social jus­ som ething they w ant to dp, As . that stildents have m ade servia
tice. Before a student graduates Carmen Tudela, senior, says'IVok a part of theii lives' and a cflurr;
from Carrollton, she must perform unteering is fun, excitingj arid ful­ ' nab m any contihue to keep sqcifj
over 130 hours of community ser­ filling. I love going to m y service' ‘.justice a priority."' •

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"I slept and I dreamed that hie was
all joy. I woke, and saw that life
was but service. I served and dis­
covered that service was joy."
-Rabindranath Jagore

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