Community Outreach
In Service of our community
GIVING TO OUR PLANET
Character building through
Community Service
Due to the importance it has for the development of responsibility in general and, in particular, of social responsibility, giving service to the community is a very valuable school policy. Thus, the different grades, under the organization and supervision of the teachers responsible for each classroom, and the coordination of the Character Education Department, are committed to developing at least one social activity per year. Each member of the staff assigned to the Character Education Department, also carries out an annual activity.
Minimal Requirements for student’s social service work per year: Elementary, 10 hours. Secondary, 20 hours.
Requirement for graduation: 140 hours carried out from 9th to 12th grades (80 per the SMS policy, plus 60 according to Law No. 179-03 of the Dominican Republic)
The school’s community outreach program has been involved in supporting the low-income school, Centro de Educación Inicial San Martín de Porres in Villa Marina.
SMS students visit this institution multiple times a year, and engage in both educational and leisure activities. They also organize drives to collect clothing, school supplies, toys, among other items. In addition, they have raised money and donations to purchase different equipment such as, patio games, water tanks, trash cans, and recycling bins, etc.
