Hingham High School - Class of 2020
Senior Service Week
For the final week of your HHS academic career (May 18-22), you will culminate your HHS academic career with a service-oriented experience that you will complete while maintaining social distance. Explore the links below and choose an option that appeals to your interests. These options have been designed with multiple learning styles in mind, and they are all achievable while practicing proper social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope you find one (or more!) of these experiences enriching. The Class of 2020 has so much to offer our world; this week represents just one way you can positively impact your world, even during a pandemic!
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
-Edward Everett Hale
Instructions
1. Choose one of the five options below.
2. Engage in the activity fully while following social distancing guidelines.
3. Complete this online form to report on your service and earn your participation credit for this week.
4. Make a record of your activity--a a photo, a video, journal entry--and share in the online form. (Optional)
2. Engage in the activity fully while following social distancing guidelines.
3. Complete this online form to report on your service and earn your participation credit for this week.
4. Make a record of your activity--a a photo, a video, journal entry--and share in the online form. (Optional)
Expectations
The expectations for your participation in this week include:
- Follow the directions provided
- Put forth your best effort
- Report your participation in this online form by the end of the day Friday, May 22.
- Maintain social distancing while completing your service
- Represent Hingham High School with maturity & respect when interacting virtually with the public
Hingham Historical Society:
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The Postcard Challenge:
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Join the Hingham Historical Society in collecting and preserving Hingham's history during the Covid-19 pandemic. Click below for a variety of ways to submit personal reflections, stories, photos and/or videos that chronicle your experience and express your response to this historic moment.
Citizen Science Project:
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Participate in the Postcard Challenge through TimeSlips, a global movement that promotes bringing meaning to every stage of life, no matter where we live or our abilities. TimeSlips brings young people into contact with elders; the Postcard Challenge invites anyone to send meaningful, positive, and supportive messages to senior citizens in care facilities all over the US and the world. TimeSlips offers resources for creatively composing messages. Click below for more details about the requirements and for links for this activity.
Global Hunger Challenge:
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StoryCorps Connect:
Connecting in a time of Quarantine
Everyone's story matters. StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more compassionate world. By interviewing friends, loved ones, or community members about the Covid-19 pandemic, you will strengthen connections between people and teach the value of listening. At the same time, you will contribute to a valuable archive for future generations. Follow the prompts to record an interview with someone who feel is deserving of the honor.
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Contact Ms. Andrews at [email protected]
or Ms. Roberts at [email protected] if you have any questions.
or Ms. Roberts at [email protected] if you have any questions.