Service-Learning Projects Grades 6-8

All KIDS model service-learning projects have three essential components:  academic integrity; apprentice citizenship; and student ownership.  

Below is a list of recent KIDS model service-learning projects from 6-8 classrooms in New England. 

John Brewster, Jr. Exhibit - Deaf Culture and Art Awareness

The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf – Falmouth, Maine
Grades 4-8
Content areas: visual arts, social studies, language arts

Reusable Bags - Promoting Reusable Bags

Barnstable Public Schools – Monadnock Regional School District – Swanzey, New Hampshire
Grade 6
Content areas: science, math, social studies, language arts

Ad-dicting Teen to Alcohol - Alcohol Advertisement Policies

Portland Public Schools – Portland, Maine
Grade 7
Content areas: social studies

Leave no Trace - Limiting Human Impact on Nature

Old Town School Department– Old Town, Maine
Grade 6
Content areas: science, social studies, language arts

SAVE - Preventing Vandalism

Coventry Public Schools, Coventry, RI
Grade 7
Content areas: social studies

Aid to Africa - Awareness About Problems Facing African Nations

Lisbon Public Schools - Lisbon, Connecticut
Grade 8
Content areas: social studies