Service-Learning
Lions Quest K-12 programs are recognized by the National
Youth Leadership Council, the National Service-Learning
Clearinghouse, and the Service Works Retrospective Evaluation
as Highly Effective service-learning programs.
Service-learning methodology is woven throughout the
Lions Quest K-12 curricula and combines school and community
service with curriculum-based learning linked to academic
content and standards. Lions Quest programs encourage
students to address real and defined needs in the school
and community that equally benefit both those served
and serving. Service-learning encourages civic education
and participation in a democracy and is appropriate
for all ages. The Lions Quest programs encourage all
students to engage in service-learning projects in the
school and community by joining with local Lions clubs
and other school and community leaders to:
- Identify an important need in the school or community
- Research the local organizations and agencies that
meet the needs and find out how they can help
- Identify individual talents and abilities
- Create school-community connections
- Provide a meaningful service that makes a difference
- Utilize academic skills to carry out projects
- Reflect on the service-learning experience to discover
personal, social, emotional, ethical, and academic
learning and meaning
- Demonstrate and celebrate the learning with audiences
outside the classroom through reports, videos, presentations,
artwork, and school-community celebrations.
The Lions Quest Skills for Growing program introduces
students in grades K-5 to service-learning projects in the
middle of the school year. Skills for Adolescence for
grades 6-8 teaches and reinforces life skills education and
character development through service-learning after the second
unit and encourages service-learning projects with each successive
unit theme. Skills for Action for grades 9-12 offers
a service-learning/life skills curriculum that prepares young
people to apply their academic skills in service to others
and become engaged citizens in the democratic process.
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