Community service hours and/or paid work hours are required for all Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Awards. These hours are not required for graduation.
The Bright Futures website contains the details pertaining to your graduating class and how to meet this requirement at http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org.
Our District Community Service/Paid Work Hours webpage reviews both the process for submission of hours, deadlines and the required forms. Required forms are also below.
1. St. Johns County – Bright Futures Community Service Guidelines
2. Form referred to as Reflection Plan or Volunteer Service Plan
(*Required by District to be attached to ALL Service Hours and Paid Work Hours when you hand them in)
3. Community Service form-Service completed for a SJCSD school
OR Letterhead from the organization where your community service hours were served.
Step 1: Choose and Participate in Community Service and/or Work Hours:
For suggestions on possible Volunteer Opportunities: refer to our District website, local community event pages, and clubs/opportunities that may be advertised at school. https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/guidance/community-service/
Step 2: Document your Hours:
Using both documents 2 and 3 from the links above, you may begin logging your community service hours and paid work hours during the summer before your freshman year. They must be handed in to Ms. Beth Hemmer, Guidance Clerk at Creekside, no later than the student’s graduation date. Students are strongly encouraged to submit their hours annually throughout high school, or as soon as they are completed for each activity to ensure accurate record keeping and timely verification.
Community service hours should be documented on the Community Service form-Service completed for a SJCSD school, or on letterhead of the place where the hours were served. The letterhead should contain the name of organization, the duties performed, dates and hours of service and should be signed by a representative of the organization. Hours will only be awarded upon receipt of the SJCSD form or letter on letterhead. Remember that the Form referred to as Reflection Plan or Volunteer Service Plan must be attached to all hours turned in, whether from a SJCSD school or another organization’s letterhead.
Paid Work hours: For paid work, students will need to submit a copy of their individual pay stubs and Reflection Plan. Note: We can not use one pay stub with the YTD total.
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- Make a copy of all completed forms for your records (Pay stubs and Reflection Plan).
- Highlight your accumulated dates and hours of work on the pay stubs. Please also write your total number of hours on the front page.
- Students should then provide pay stubs and Reflection Plan to Ms. Hemmer.
Step 3: Submit your Paperwork
Class of 2027
- MAY 7th is the deadline for Seniors to submit their service hours. It is the students responsibility to ensure all hours have been entered and are able for view in HAC account before the deadline.
Turn in both the Reflection Plan and the Community Service Letterhead (from volunteering) or Paystubs (for work) to Ms. Hemmer, Guidance Clerk. Verification letters should always be turned in to the School Counseling Office with Ms. Hemmer or the Front Office in the black tray labeled “Service Hours”.
**Note: The Reflection Plan for EACH separate activity should be turned in at the same time as the Letterhead/Community Service Form, or pay stubs in order to receive hours. Remember that hours should be turned in as soon as they are completed to allow for accurate tracking. Please allow 1 week for hours to be updated and viewed via HAC.
Students may check their hours by logging in to HAC and clicking on the registration tab.