I’ve come across a few stories lately of students doing community service and learning at the same time.

They’ve been doing what’s called service-learning or social-justice projects. These efforts seem to be on the rise especially in the high school to college level - a very good thing given that many people are in need in this bad economy.

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:

More than 550 students from Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton volunteered to spruce up several Ravenswood City School District campuses in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

On March 13, the students, along with 100 teachers and parents from Sacred Heart, performed more than 30 service-learning projects, answering needs identified by the district.

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