COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
PRINS. MEMO NO. 32
December 18, 2001
GENERAL
INSTRUCTION
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TO: |
Principals |
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FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Assistant
Superintendent for Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
National
Service-Learning Leader Schools Initiative for Middle and High Schools |
The National
Service-Learning Leader Schools program is a national initiative that
recognizes middle and high schools for excellence in service-learning and is
sponsored by the Corporation for National Service.
Middle and
high schools in the United States, Indian Tribes, and the U. S. Territories are
eligible to apply for this national recognition. Schools must serve the community and demonstrate a high quality
of service-learning at the school level.
The National
Service-Learning Leader Schools program recognizes middle schools and high
schools for their exemplary efforts to integrate student service into
curricular activities. The middle
school category includes junior high schools and serves any combination of
grades 5-9. A high school is defined as
serving grades 9-12.
Applications
may be requested from the Office of Adult Education and Literacy by calling
(804) 786-7844 or the websites at http://www.esilsg.org/hsapp.pdf for a high school application and http://www.esilsg.org/midsapp.pdf
for a middle school application.
Applications are due January 16, 2002, and should be submitted to:
Jennifer
Stuart
Coordinator
for Virginia Learn and Serve
Office of
Adult Education and Literacy
Virginia
Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120
Richmond,
VA 23218-2120
If you have
any questions or need program information, please contact Jennifer Stuart
(mailto: mailto:jstuart@mail.vak12ed.edu
at (804) 786-7644.