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ERIC Number: EJ472608
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Growing Up Responsible.
Woehrle, Thomas
Educational Leadership, v51 n3 p40-43 Nov 1993
From making holiday decorations for a local nursing home to serving food at a homeless shelter, students at Friends Academy in upstate New York participate in service activities designed to match their level of social awareness. Maurice Howard's sidebar shows how Maryland high schoolers participate in a state-mandated service-learning program that genuinely helps others and nurtures students' nonacademic strengths. (MLH)
Descriptors: Community Services, Developmental Stages, Private Schools, Public Schools, Religious Organizations, Secondary Education, Service Learning, State Action, Student Responsibility, Volunteer Training
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caring; Maryland; New York (Locust Valley); Quakers