Life Ready Learning

• Community Service Learning
  • Activities which benefit the school or community, provided that the community organizations benefiting from the services are non-profit, with the exception of health care facilities. Religious organizations are permitted for activities that do not involve proselytizing or other forms of religious teaching;
  • Activities which are not self-serving for a student or the student’s family;
  • Activities which render service to those who cannot otherwise provide for themselves.
• Work-based learning 
  • Externships
  • Job Shadowing
  • School-based enterprises
    • Production and planning of school performances 
      • EX: Promotion and ticket sales for dramatic performances
      • EX:  Directing assistance of drama, musical performances
    • Operating a workplace environment during the school day
      • EX: Auto mechanics shop, print shop, cosmetology, culinary arts catering, etc.
    • Creating and marketing student-generated products for distribution or sale
      • EX: School literary magazines, Yearbook
• Peer mediation

  • Serving as a peer mediator at your school

• Civic Engagement
  • Planning and/or executing school or community advocacy including curriculum-embedded experiences like MWEE’s (Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience) and Project Citizen
  • Organizing and/or participating in community action events
  • Volunteering with the Board of Elections or political campaigns
  • Participation in the HCPS Equity Ambassador program
  • Participation in the Henrico Environmental Action Resource Team (HEART) Youth Council
  • Completion of Health and PE 10 capstone assessment
• Student Leadership
  • Serving as a captain or club leader and presenting your extracurricular learning and reflections on how that leadership helped you to be LifeReady to the school as a whole, a subset of students from outside of the team or club, or an audience of community members.
    • EX: Serving as section leader or drum major
    • EX: Serving as an athletic team captain
    • EX: Serving as an appointed or elected officer in a student organization 
  • Only hours spent in a leadership capacity will count in this area. For example, practice and game time for a student athlete or band member cannot be counted but other leadership activities like team/community building, working to develop other team, band, or club members
    • EX: Organizing team building activities outside of club time or practice time
    • EX: Mentoring of team or club members outside of designated practice/game/meeting times

• Active participation in an eligible LifeReady Learning experience
• Logging hours for these experiences with signatures from an adult supervisor (cannot be a parent, guardian, or family member)
• Self-assessment and reflection on progress toward mastery of Henrico Learner Profile Skills

• By completing 80 hours of Life Ready Learning experiences starting after the student completes 8th grade and ending April 1st of their senior year; and
• By completing a yearly reflection or presentation of learning at the end of each school year on progress toward mastery of the durable skills of the Henrico Learner Profile.

The process for logging hours may vary depending on your school and program. To ensure accuracy, please consult your school's LifeReady Learning lead before beginning any activities whenever possible. If hours are logged incorrectly, they may not be counted.

High School Community Service Leads

• Deep Run LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Sarah Voyack 
• Freeman LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Jessica Ciokan 
• Glen Allen LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Asjah Royal 
• Godwin LifeReady Learning Submission Log  - Kent Givens
• Henrico LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Imani Henderson 
• Hermitage LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Melissa Woltz 
• Highland Springs LifeReady Learning Log - Ashley Byers 
• Tucker LifeReady Learning Log - Paige Wesson 
• Varina LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Jeff Rew 
• Campus of Virginia Randolph LifeReady Learning Submission Log - Kristin Larsen

Middle school community service hours can be logged using the PDF forms linked here. Community service at the middle school level is only required as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program at Fairfield Middle, Moody Middle, and Tuckahoe Middle. Inquiries about those programs can be sent to:

• Fairfield Submission Form – Kashira Turner
• Moody Submission Form – Meghan Madden
• Tuckahoe Submission Form – Maleesa Mayhall 

Inquiries about programs at our other middle school should be directed to that school’s principal.