Upper School Community Service

Upper School students become more aware of others' needs and differences through community service projects integrated into the academic week. Each grade participates in a year-long, age-appropriate experience that features face-to-face contact with those being served. The Upper School's Wednesday program has all Upper Schoolers going off-campus on Wednesdays to do service at over 30 different sites in the Twin Cities community, including Head Start, La Creche, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Sumner Library.

Objectives of the Upper School Service Program 

 The main objectives of the program are as follows:

• helping participants to view the world through others' eyes
• encouraging participants to appreciate the interdependence of all people
• reducing self-centeredness
• fostering a social conscience that leads to action
• meeting the deep needs of students and faculty to serve, to connect, and to work for justice and peace in the community.

The Service Wednesday program is part of a three-tier approach to service learning in Breck's Upper School, an approach that also includes 20 hours of in-service learning to the school and 80 hours of May Program service during the junior or senior year.

Student Involvement

Upper School students, some of whom are selected to be members of the Service Executive Board (SEB), help to plan additional in-school service activities, such as the annual Pennies 4 Leukemia drive and an annual presentation by a panel of adult community volunteers.