Service Hour Requirements
The Social Impact program focuses on three pillars: service learning, civic engagement, and social justice. Through this Social Impact Program we strive to help students find their purpose by connecting them to the broader community. Through new and existing partnerships with St. Louis area organizations, the program allows students to engage with diverse partners, learn from civic leaders, tackle projects with community impact, and put their creative ideas into action for lasting social benefit. If you have any questions please reach out to Becky Giunta at bgiunta@nerinxhs.org.
Social Justice
Students recognize the dignity of all people and use their voice to challenge systems that do not allow people to flourish in our society.
Civic Engagement
Students learn how to become involved in civic organizations, to learn about the process of government and the opportunities to get involved in the process.
Service Learning
Students are called to action to respond to areas of deep human need, to challenge the dehumanizing aspects of their world, to increases awareness of ecological concerns and to promote a just and peaceful society.
YEARLY SERVICE LEARNING Requirements
All service projects should benefit people in need or focus on ecological concerns.
Freshmen
15 hours of service; a maximum of 10 of these hours may be volunteer hours to the Nerinx community. Incoming freshmen can begin to earn hours on June 1. They should keep track of the service agency, hours, supervisor name and supervisor email; they will learn to enter these hours during their Nerinx 101 class in the fall.
Sophomores
20 hours of service; a maximum of 10 of these hours may be volunteer hours to the Nerinx community
Juniors
25 hours of service; a maximum of 10 of these hours may be volunteer hours to the Nerinx community
Seniors
30 hours of service working face-to-face with people in need with all hours completed within one agency outside of Nerinx Hall. Ecology projects can be considered for service hours but must be pre-approved by the Director of Service Learning.
SERVICE LEARNING awards
Students who consistently demonstrate a response to a call to action have the opportunity to compete for various service learning awards: The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Model of Justice Award (Seniors), the Archbishop John L. May Service Award (Seniors), the Crane-Crosby Award (Juniors), and the Mary Rhodes Award (Freshman-Seniors). A faculty committee will consider students for available service awards based not only on the number of hours served but also on the student's commitment to an agency/agencies over the course of time (both during the current year and over the four years enrolled at Nerinx Hall), and on the impact that the student's hours of service is perceived to have on people in need, people in traditionally marginalized communities, or in addressing ecological concerns. Students are called to action that responds to areas of deep human need, challenges the dehumanizing aspects of our world, increases awareness of ecological concerns, and promotes a just and peaceful society. Hours served by candidates for service learning awards should reflect these objectives.