Grade Level Projects
Calvert County Public School students may fulfill the Student Service Learning (SSL) graduation requirement through a variety of ways listed below.
Embedded in Curriculum Courses
- Student Service Learning hours are awarded to students who successfully complete the Student Service Learning projects in grades 1 – 9.
- The program starts in first grade. By the end of seventh grade, students will have completed their 75-hour graduation requirement. The elementary and middle school Student Service Learning Projects are infused in science and social studies.
- Student Service Learning hours may be earned in any class where the classroom teacher oversees SSL projects that are linked to course objectives.
- Student Service Learning hours earned through coursework must meet Maryland's Seven Best Practices.
- Student Service Learning hours may be earned through a pre-approved independent student project that meets Maryland's Seven Best Practices.
All grade level projects were developed under content supervisor direction with input from selected teacher teams and community partner organizations.
| Grade | Project Name | Subject | Student Service Learning Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Helping Pollinators | Science | 5 |
| Second | Recycling Advocacy | Science | 5 |
| Third | Terrapin Restoration | Science | 8 |
| Fourth | Historic Preservation | Social Studies | 7 |
| Fifth | Oyster Preservation | Science | 10 |
| Sixth | Historic Preservation | Social Studies | 15 |
| Seventh | Bay Grasses in the Classroom | Science | 15 |
| Eighth | Environmental Data Bank Project |
Science | 15 |
| Ninth | Site-based Environmental Literacy Project | Biology | 5 |
| High School Transfer Students |
Independent Study | TBD | Based on Independent Projects |