SERVICE HOUR PROGRAM
PEMBROKE PINES K-8
In accordance with the Parent-School Contract, which has been acknowledged by all Parents and Guardians, Franklin Academy families are expected to fulfill a service hour requirement each academic year.
As outlined in the agreement, each family is required to complete at least eight (8) hours of service annually, regardless of the number of children enrolled at the school, unless advised otherwise.
During the 2025–2026 school year, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, our approved volunteers contributed more than 10,000 service hours!
We sincerely appreciate your help, support, and dedication to our school community.
Your generosity and commitment make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students, staff, and families.
Thank you for the time you spend serving our school, supporting our students, and strengthening our community. We are truly grateful for all that you do!
Families that fail to satisfy their annual requirement will be notified and are subject to the following:
- The student WILL be restricted from particpating in all extracurricular activities (after school clubs, field trips, dances, competitive athletic teams, etc...)
- The family RISKS not be asked to return for the following year
- Service hours may be completed at any Franklin Academy campus, and you are not limited to the campus your child attends.
- If you are performing your hours at a different campus, you MUST bring your Service Hour ID with you as the staff may not be able to look up your records if your child does not attend that campus.
- To provide parents/guardians with the best opportunity to fulfill their service hour obligations, Franklin Academy is implementing a new system that will automate and simplify the process.
- This system will integrate with our Raptor Security System, allowing parents to use a single portal for all service hour information.
- Through this portal, parents can view and sign up for service hour opportunities and track their completed service hours, which will be updated in real time.
All visitors and volunteers on campus are required to present a government-issued ID and be cleared through our Raptor Visitor and Volunteer software. While on campus, adults performing service hours must wear their 'Volunteer' badge at all times.
Additionally, adults who have not completed a Level II background check are not permitted to be left unsupervised with students.
- Off campus copy projects are worth a flat 30 mintues, regardless of the size of the project.
- Additionally, they must be reported within 30 days via the off-campus Service Hour Form.
- [Copies made ON campus do not apply to this restriction as your time on campus is what counts towards your family requirement].
Franklin's Service Hour program is based upon the concept that a child's educational experience is enhanced by having an involved parent. Therefore, the program is based upon the amount of time that the family spends involved with the school. Unfortunately, this means that families cannot donate an item in exhange for service hours.
If you have something to donate, we would love to take it, but it does not count toward your annual service hour requirement.
- In very rare and special circumstances, the Franklin Academy Foundation Governing Board may provide a service hour exception.
- Please provide the details of your request to the Principal who will share the request with the Board.
- The Principal is not authorized to grant a waiver and this must come from the Governing Board.
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