Breck Middle School students visit a Minneapolis community center.
Community Service
Service takes a different form in each division of the school but, as part of our mission and values, occupies a high position at Breck.
Just as students learn about art through field trips to museums, they learn to develop a social conscience through their interaction with the larger world. The Twin Cities are a wonderful laboratory, and we are fortunate that we can utilize it through the service program in all three divisions.
Service Curriculum Philosophy
Goals
The purpose of service learning is to:
- Reduce self-centeredness
- Develop the ability to see the world from someone else's viewpoint
- Experience spiritual and ethical values in action
- Encourage students to recognize the interdependence of all people
- Develop a social conscience that inspires action
Criteria
An effective service learning program should:
- Include face-to-face meetings with people in need at off-campus sites
- Be linked to the classroom, putting need in context before the project and reflecting on what was learned afterward
- Build ongoing, personal relationships
