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MANHASSET HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS: CLASS OF 2025:  THE DEADLINE FOR THE 15 REQUIRED HOURS OF SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE IS April 4, 2025.  VOLUNTEER HOURS MUST BE COMPLETED AND INFORMATION ENTERED AND APPROVED IN PASSPORT FOR GOOD. Class of 2026 students may begin senior community service starting June 28, 2025. See below for more details. The link to volunteer opportunities is located on the left-hand navigation.

Manhasset High School has 3 community service programs. DETAILS FOR THE THREE PROGRAMS ARE LISTED BELOW THE PASSPORT FOR GOOD INSTRUCTIONS. 

1. Senior Year Graduation Requirement (supervised by Mrs. Ronai in the Social Studies department)
2. President's Volunteer Service Award (supervised by Mrs. Ronai in the Social Studies department)
3. Service and Citizenship Award (supervised by Kerry Fallon in the Counseling Department)

 ALL COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND APPROVALS MUST BE COMPLETED VIA PASSPORT FOR GOOD (P4G)

Passport for Good Information:

All students must review the account set-up instructions for submitting community service hours before through the P4G platform an account can be set up

P4G has a new web link unique to Manhasset High School! 

www.p4g.app/mhsny      Invitation code is KRED3

Important Notes for Passport for Good:

  1. New Account Set-Up: Students must use their mufsd.org email address to set up their Passport for Good accounts. 
  2. While setting up new accounts, students must "join groups" that they will be applying their community service hours to such as Service/Citizenship Award and/or the Presidential Award (by age group & year). This step is very important to get proper credit for the volunteer hours.
  3. Students must put in the email address for the adult supervisors from the non-profit organizations they volunteer with to get their approval.  This is the only way volunteer hours can be entered into Passport For Good and subsequently approved by the organizations. Each submission must include the name of the organization and a description of the community service performed including dates and hours.
  4. Students must be sure to apply their volunteer event hours to a specific award (Presidential and/or Service/Citizenship) and the Senior graduation requirement. If this step is not completed, students will not receive credit for the award or senior graduation requirement! You may apply your hours to more than one award if applicable.
  5. Students are responsible to monitor their own Passport For Good accounts to check community service hours have been applied to the proper Award and/or Graduation Requirement AND to check if the adult supervisors from the organizations have approved (stamped) the community service hours. In addition, students must also monitor if the school has processed the follow-up approval indicating the hours have been accepted for the selected Award and/or Graduation Requirement.
  6. Current grade 8 students may begin entering community service hours in Passport for Good starting in January 2025 ONLY for the President's Award. The Service and Citizenship Award program begins in grade 9, so students can begin applying hours towards that award the end of 8th grade on June 28, 2025. 
  7. For assistance with the Passport for Good Platform:

Help Center: https://passport-for-good.elevio.help/en Technical Support: Support@passportforgood.com

Contact Ms. Zaso in the Social Studies Computer Lab (room 058) for technical questions via email at Marie_Zaso@manhassetschools.org

There are many volunteer opportunities available.  There are links on the left side of this page for Current Volunteer Opportunities and for Volunteer Organizations and Resources. Please complete your hours before the deadline and enter into Passport for Good immediately upon completion. The approval process can take time!

1.  Senior Year Graduation Requirement:

Community Service is a Manhasset High School graduation requirement.  Students can complete their hours over the summer at the end of junior year and/or during the senior school year with approved non-profit charitable organizations. All senior community service hours and related validation/approvals are due no later than April 4,2025 for the class of 2025. 

 

For the Class of 2025: 
A reflection (no more than one paragraph) must be entered into P4G for each organization students volunteer with and include the name of the organization and the description of the specific volunteer work performed. 

For any questions concerning this important graduation requirement, please contact Mrs. Margaret Ronai, District Coordinator of Social Studies at 267-7576 or via email at:  margaret_ronai@ManhassetSchools.org

 2. President's Volunteer Service Award: 

High School students are eligible to apply for this award. Students must track their volunteer hours each calendar year (Jan. 1-Dec. 31) in Passport for Good (P4G). Grade 8-12 students may begin tracking their hours in passport for Good for this award beginning in January.

You must join one of the 2024 President's Award groups in P4G in order to submit hours for the 2024 award. The groups are organized by age. Note that if your birthday is July 1, 2008 or later you must join the "Teens-Age 13-15" group. Students with birthdays June 30, 2008 and earlier must join the "Young Adult-Age 16-19" group.  

Award Eligibility: The following are the eligibility requirements for each age group:

Teens: Age 13-15  Young Adults: Individual Age 16-19

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria Bronze Level:
Teens: 50 to 74 hours
Young Adults: 100 to 174 hours

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria Silver Level:
Teens: 75 to 99 hours
Young Adults: 175 to 249 hours

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria Gold Level:
Teens: 100 hours or more
Young Adults: 250 hours or more
 
Students must submit their 2024 hours using "Passport For Good."  Final submission deadline for 2024 community service hours is December 31, 2024.  Students must follow up with their supervisors to ensure all of their hours have been approved in P4G prior to this deadline.  Awards will be presented in May 2025.

 
3.  Service and Citizenship Award
 

This award, overseen by the Counseling department, is granted to seniors who have completed a minimum of 85 community service hours during grades 9-11.  All of these hours must be with non-profit organizations. Please contact Ms. Fallon at Kerry_Fallon@manhassetschools.org  
Hours must be submitted using the Passport for Good platform. Please review the ACCOUNT SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS posted above on logging hours in Passport for Good. 

You must join the Service and Citizenship group that corresponds to your graduating class in order to submit hours for this award.  ie: Class of 2028. You must enter the hours during grades 9-11.  All hours must be submitted by June 30,2023.