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A6 SUNDAY, APRIL 6. 1997
THE WASHINGTON POST
Clinton Urges Schools to Adopt Community Service
Weekly Radio Remarks Lay Groundwork for Upcoming National Summit on Volunteerism
SAI
Reuter
and retired Gen. Colin L. Powell are
Clinton announced the start of his
sentatives and is pending in the Sen-
OFF
to attend the summit, which will
National Service Scholars program,
ate.
President Clinton, preparing for a
Price
bring community representatives
in which high schools can recognize
Last month's 295-136 House vote
national service summit later this
from around the country together to
young people for outstanding service
for the ban indicated ample support
All
month, yesterday urged schools and
discuss how to increase help for the
by awarding them $1,000 scholar-
to withstand an expected presiden-
communities to make community
needy, especially children.
ships.
tial veto.
Rusti
part of the curriculum for students.
Former first ladies Lady Bird
The federal government will pay
"If we do not succeed in banning
Johnson and Nancy Reagan also are
half and civic organizations such as
this practice, we will forever be a
Swingse
"Every young American should be
as low
taught the joy and the duty of serv-
scheduled to participate.
the Lions Club and Jaycees are
people who could not find enough
ing, and should learn it at the mo-
moral reserve to outlaw infanticide,"
In his radio address, Clinton said
working to provide the rest.
Delivery
ment when it will have the most en-
Santorum said.
A
states should follow the lead of
The White House said the Nation-
during impact on the rest of their
al Association of Secondary School
The bill would impose fines or po-
Maryland. the first state to require
tential imprisonment of up to two
1-8
lives," Clinton said in his weekly ra-
that every student perform some
Principals, representing more than
years on doctors who perform the
dio address.
community service as a condition of
40.000 school administrators, has
procedure, which involves the partial
Clinton was stressing the need for
high school graduation.
pledged to introduce service learn-
extraction of the fetus, the subse-
more citizens to volunteer their time
He said that as a means to pro-
ing to more than 2 million students.
quent suctioning out of the fetal
and talents to help people in advance
mote the idea, students could be giv-
Meanwhile, in the weekly Repub-
brain and removal of the fetus.
of the Presidents' Summit for Amer-
en credit for the tasks, service could
lican address, Sen. Rick Santorum
Clinton vetoed an identical bill last
ica's Future, which is scheduled for
be made part of the curriculum, ser-
(Pa.) urged support for legislation
year, and the White House has said
April 27 to 29 in Philadelphia.
vice could be put on a student's tran-
banning the "partial birth" abortion
the new bill contains the same
Clinton, former presidents
script or it could even be required,
procedure, which was approved by a
"flaws" as the one approved by Con-
George Bush and Gerald R. Ford
like Maryland.
wide margin in the House of Repre-
gress last year.
POLITICS
Morris Offers 'Defense'
denial on one hand and too much of an ingrate
month in a bitterly contested Democratic pri-
on the other."
mary that broke along especially stark racial
Of His Former Employer
Starr last week subpoenaed White House
lines.
Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles and counselor
Bosley carried more than 80 percent of the
Dick Morris, no longer getting paid to offer
Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, both of whom
black vote, and Harmon won more than 90 per-
edvice to President Clinton. is still defending
tried to help Hubbell find post-resignation em-
cent of the white vote. The city population,
free. But Morris's back-handed defense
ployment. Morris, for his part. thinks their mo-
heavily Democratic in its voting patterns, is
would want to pay for.
tives were also benign. With McLarty. it was
about evenly divided
is
"the Arkansas gang
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
32
NE
THE
Clinton Asks Nation's Schools
To Promote Volunteer Service
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters)
students, and others tutor young chil-
- President Clinton, preparing for a
dren.
national service meeting later this
"Today I challenge schools and
month, today urged schools and com-
communities in every state to make
munities to make volunteer service a
service a part of the curriculum in
part of the curriculum for students.
high school and even in middle
"Every young American should be
school," Mr. Clinton said.
taught the joy and the duty of serving
He said that to promote the idea,
and should learn it at the moment
students could be given credit for the
when it will have the most enduring
tasks or the service could be put on a
impact on the rest of their lives," Mr.
student's transcript.
Clinton said in his, weekly radio ad-
He pointed to a recent Brandeis
dress, stressing the need for more
University study that found that
volunteers to help people. He has
well-designed service learning pro-
scheduled the Presidents' Summit
grams could improve learning,
for America's Future for April 27-29
strengthen civic attitudes and pro-
in Philadelphia.
mote service activities.
Mr. Clinton will attend the meeting
Mr. Clinton announced the start of
along with former President George
his National Service Scholars pro-
Bush and retired Gen. Colin Powell.
gram, in which high schools can rec-
The session is intended to bring to-
ognize young people for outstanding
gether community representatives
service by awarding them $1,000
from around the country to discuss
scholarships. The United States Gov-
how to increase help for the poor,
ernment will pay half, and civic or-
especially children.
ganizations like the Lions Club and
Former President Gerald Ford
the Jaycees are working to provide
and former First Ladies Nancy Rea-
the rest.
gan and Lady Bird Johnson are also
Senator Rick Santorum of Penn-
expected to participate.
sylvania gave the Republican re-
In his radio address, Mr. Clinton
sponse to the President's address. He
said states should follow the lead of
said Mr. Clinton should heed the
Maryland, the first state to require
voices for the "nearly born" and
that every student perform some
support legislation passed by the
service as a condition of high school
House to ban a late-term abortion
graduation. But he stressed that he
procedure. Mr. Santorum also urged
was not calling for making communi-
Americans to press for the bill's pas-
ty service mandatory.
sage in the Senate, where a similar
"States and schools, of course,
measure last year fell eight votes
should be free to decide this for
short of the two-thirds' majority
themselves," he said.
needed to override Mr. Clinton's
He cited examples of service from
veto.
among the Maryland students who
"If we remain silent now, we con-
watched him deliver his radio ad-
demn not only the nearly born but
dress: some gather food and clothing
also ourselves," Mr. Santorum said
for the needy, some teach disabled
in his pre-recorded remarks.
Two Charges Dismissed in Case
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PHOTOCOPY
barred by the
PRESERVATION
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LT. GOVERNOR 'S OFFICE
STATE HOUSE. 2ND FLOOR
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401
410-974-2804
FAX: 410974-5882
To:
Diana Fortuna
Date:
April 3, 1997
Fax #:
(202)456-7431
Pages:
15, including this cover sheet.
From:
Alan Fleischmann
Subject: As promised
COMMENTS:
Attached is the media packet as we discussed. Thank you for your interest and if you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (410)974-2804.
RESENT
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THE BALTIMORE SUN
March 12, 1997
Service learning's unintended lesson
Under the gun: Schools that didn't take state
more City and county, 2,780 seniors (out of
9,362) have not fulfilled the requirement, and
requirement 8ET iousty must fix approach.
most of them have a ways to go.
How did this happen? Some school officials
S MARYLAND'S first high school class
admit they did not stress the requirement be-
A
required to do community service nears
cause they thought it would be repealed. Most-
graduation, it appears that in most
ly, Dr. Grasmick said, the big systems left stu-
school systems this novel, controversial
dents to their own devices.
mandate is accomplishing what its pro-
They didn't infuse service into the curricu-
ponents had hoped.
lum, encouraging, say, biology teachers to take
Young people are doing some admirable
classes on stream cleanup projects. They did
work. They are assisting at nursing homes, bag-
not offer suggestions for outside activities and
ging food for the homeless, helping with scout
follow up to make sure pupils were earning the
troops, mentoring younger children, cleaning
necessary hours. Now they're rushing to help
up streams. Some are merely doing what they
seniors graduate by stretching the definition of
have to do to graduate, but others have gone
community service to include answering tele-
beyond the required 75 hours - a sign that they
phones or filing papers in the school office.
have developed a taste for community service
From here on, school systems should under-
that will continue through their adult lives.
stand that they cannot merely leave communi-
Eighty-five percent of Maryland's 43,000 high
ty service to the student's own initiative. Serv-
school seniors have met or are near to meeting
ice learning is not volunteerism, but a require-
the requirement. State Superintendent Nancy
ment intended to educate future citizens about
S. Grasmick says most have fulfilled the spirit
civic responsibility.
as well as the letter of the law.
It is not going to disappear; the State Board
There have been problems, however, espe-
of Education reaffirmed its commitment to
cially in doing Thest systems, where educa
service learning last month. Initial experience
tors are scrambling to help thousands of se
shows It works as long as educators do their
miors comply with the law before June. In Balti- jobs and teach it.
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THE CAPITAL
FEBRUARY 19, 1997
Court OKs
student
volunteer
provision
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the
third time in four years, the Su-
preme Court yesterday refused to
block public school districts Tom
making charitable work a require
ment for high school graduation
The court, without comments re-
jected a North Carolina family's
appeal that said such mandatory
community service violates the
rights of students and their parents.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Board of Education requires, start-
ing with the graduation class of
1997. that all high school students
complete 50 hours of community
service before receiving a gradu-
ation diploma.
Work for a variety of not-for-
profit corporations. charities and
public agencies would qualify, as
long as students were not paid for
their work.
It is estimated that about 8 per-
cent of the nation's public school
districts have such mandatory ser-
vice programs.
Maryland is the only state to
require community service as a
condition of graduation. In Mary-
land. this year's seniors are the first
class required to do 75 hours of
community service as a condition of
graduation under a requirement
approved in 1992
The Supreme Court, in 1993 and
last year, rejected similar chal-
lenges to mandatory public service
programs adopted by school dis-
tricts in Pennsylvania and New
York.
The requirement in the case acted
on Tuesday was challenged in 1994
by John Reinhard III. a student at
Chapel Hill High School, and his
parents, John and Ellen Reinhard
1997
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THE CAPITAL
FEBRUARY 19, 1997
Court OKs
student
volunteer
provision
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the
third time in four years, the Sl-
preme Court yesterday refused to
block public school districts from
making charitable work a require-
ment for high school graduation
The court, without comments re
jected a North Carolina family's
appeal that said such mandatory
community service violates the
rights of students and their parents.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Board of Education requires, start-
ing with the graduation class of
1997, that all high school students
complete 50 hours of community
service before receiving a gradu-
ation diploma.
Work for a variety of not-fgr-
profit corporations. charities and
public agencies would qualify, as
long as students were not paid for
their work.
It is estimated that about 8 per-
cent of the nation's public school
districts have such mandatory ser-
vice programs.
Maryland is the only state 'to
require community service as a
condition of graduation. In Mary-
land, this year's seniors are the first
class required to do 75 hours of
community service as a condition of
graduation under a requirement
approved in 1992.
The Supreme Court. in 1993 and
last year, rejected similar chal-
lenges to mandatory public service
programs adopted by school dis-
tricts in Pennsylvania and New
York.
The requirement in the case acted
on Tuesday was challenged in 1994
by John Reinhard III. a student at
Chapel Hill High School, and his
parents, John and Ellen Reinhard
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NORTHEAST BOOSTER
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
Clinton
a crowd
pleaser
Speech focuses on
education, welfare
1505W ICUS high
school students
BYEDU PANOS
ANNAPOLIS --- In his historic
address to a joint-session of the Mary-
land legislature Monday. President
Bill Clinton gave both Democrats and
Republicans something to cheer
about.
Democrats. especially Gov. Parris
Glendening. were pleased by Clin-
ton's frequent references to Maryland
as a national leader in education. wel-
fare reform and economic progress.
Republicans expressed pride in
STATE HOUSE PHOTO BY RICHARD TOMLINSON
what they NET IN the Democratic pres-
ident's borrowing from much of their
Speaker of the House Cas Taylor. left. Gov. Parris Glendening and Senate President Mike Miller listen to President Clinton address a joint
agenda. particularly in welfare reform
session of the state legislature. Clinton urged educational excellence and welfare reform. praising Marvland for progress in those areas.
and education. They are also proud
about his call for bipartisan eitons for
further progress on both fronts.
Maryland." Clinton said.
and more schools are meeting the
Tem. commented on Clinton's
In launching what he called his
tion from 1 Republican. Bill Bennett
Clinton is the first president to
high standards you have set We are
Thense of history.
"crusade" across America to promote
(former Secretary of Education)."
address a joint session of the Gener-
well-positioned."
"He doesn't want to be 3 lame-
grassmots support for his programs.
il Assembly in Annapolis. but he
Among those most impressed by
Clinion then observed "But it is a
Clinton drew requent and prolonged
duck president." Dewberry said. "He
Clinton was Democratic Del. Sandy
noted that more than 200 years ago
moment of choice. We cannot afford
reminded us that we have a los of
applause from members of both par-
Rosenberg of North Baltimore/Balu-
George Washington stood just down
to squander this moment in compla-
work ahead of us. 1 think his sinceri-
ties throughout much of his 50-min-
more County. Going through the
the hall to resign his commission as
cency or division."
ty comes across.
Lite address. which began shortly after
reception line to shake Clinton's hand
commander-in-chief of the Continen-
Lt Gov. Kathleen Townsend was
II am.
The Republican minority leaders
al Army.
after the speech. Rosenberg said he
mentioned be Clinton for her work
in both houses. Sen. Vernon Boozer
The basic thrust of his message
mentioned to Clinton that he chairs the
Clinton's speech was laced with
with Mary youth. He also com-
of Towson. and Del. Robert Kinle-
was chat the nation must set high stan-
House subcommittee on education.
several laudstory references to Mary-
plimented Maryland for being the
dards for school children and unitor its
man of West Friendship. used the
Then he went into a detailed dis-
land and its governor.
only state in America to require com-
same word- "charismatic their
welfare program to a combination of
cussion of what should be done."
Thanks to the leadership of your
munity service for high school grad-
opportunity and responsibility. He
initial reactions 10 the speech.
Rosenberg said. "He knows the
governor and the work that all of you
uauon. Townsend later said she
"He hit all the right buttons."
details. He knows his stuff."
said society should expect welfare
(legislators) have done. unemploy-
thought Clinton "was really excep-
Boozer said. "He's an excellent
recipients to work when able but
Republican Del. Martha Klima of
ment's at a six-year low." he said
lional in the way he was clling US.
speaker. I think he was charismatic."
should also make certain that jobs are
"Your family incomes have risen to
Lutherville acknowledged that Clin-
Here is what you have to do to set
there when needed.
"How can you go wrong when you
fourth in the nation. Your welfare
ton is "a good speaker" but criticized
high standards of education."
talk about better education and welfare
We have an incredible responsi-
rolls have dropped almost 25% since
what she said was Lack of specifics.
Del Tom Dewberry of Catons-
bility - we in America and you in
reform?" Kinternan asked rhetorically.
1995. Student achievement has risen
"On education. he didn't say spe-
ville. the Democratic Speaker Pro
"But he got his best ideas on educa-
cifically how to bring everyone up to
standard." she said_ "And-on welfare
reform. I don't think we're re ready to
go back and revisit it with amend-
ments the way he wants to do. It took
three tries 10 get him to sign what we
have now."
Del. Michael Finifter of Owings
Mills. a Democral said the similarity
of the Clinton and Glendening edu-
cation and welfare programs bodes
well for the governor as he strives for
re-election.
"Especially with Clinton being so
popular now. I definitely think this
helps the governor." Finifter said.
Sen. Chris McCabe or Ellicon
City paid Clinton an oblique compli-
ment.
"He made a fine speech."
McCabe said. "In fact. much of what
he delivered was our Republican
message. but 1 think he delivers It
better than we do."
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06
CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
NOVEMBER 21, 1996
Right and wrong must have a
place in a school's curriculum
Not long ago, Benjamin Foulois
cheating, but isn't made to under-
Traditional Academy in Camp
Guest column
stand the serious moral issues
Springs was like many urban
505W
behind the prohibition, they are in
public schools. About 30 students
danger of believing that their error
per year were suspended. Each
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
wasn't in cheating, but in getting
day, teachers made about a dozen
caught. When students aren't
disciplinary referrals. School
firmly told that disrespecting their
achievement was well below
aged positive character traits.
teacher or principal or other stu-
average and those families that
However, in the 1960's, educators
dents is wrong, how can they not
could send their child to a private
latched on to the idea of moral rel-
come to the conclusion that such
school did SO.
ativism - the notion that no set of
behavior is acceptable.
But in 1988, Principal Mary
values is superior to any other, and
This also gets to the root of the
Aranha instituted a new cur-
that no one has the right to impose
educational mission of school itself.
riculum that taught children not
his or her sense of right and wrong
How can students learn American
just fact from fiction, but right
on another.
history and the meaning of democ-
from wrong. She worked with par-
Yet moral character is not pro-
racy, for instance, without under
ents and teachers to ensure that
grammed in our genes, as our
standing - in the most personal
the moral lessons parents taught
stratospheric crime, drug-use, and
and direct manner - the spirit of
at home were reinforced in the
teen-pregnancy statistics prove
community service, justice, civic
classroom. Every school activity,
many times over. Children need to
participation, and freedom?
from the classroom to the cafeteria
learn to be good, and they learn to
No one doubts that parents are_
to the playground was focused on
be good the same way they learn
by far the most effective way to
promoting among students virtues
anything: by hearing, by seeing,
teach children the appropriate way
such as honesty, fairness, and com-
and by doing - that is, by being
to behave. If parents treat others
passion.
told what qualities are productive,
with concern and compassion, love
Today, the school 18 almost
by witnessing examples of such
their children, and respect the law,
unrecognizable from its former
behavior, and by practicing these
the odds are that their children
self. Test scores are up dramati-
virtues themselves. This can't be
will turn out pretty well However,
cally. Suspensions are almost
done simply by adding a class enti-
no one is served - least of all par-
nonexistent and disciplinary refer-
tled: Character. Moral questions
ents - when children are sent into
rale have dropped to two or three
aren't independent of our everyday
a moral vacuum for seven hours
per week. The tid has shifted:
lives. The best way to teach them
each day. For these parents, char-
Parents who had nt their chil-
is to integrate them into the every-
acter education is not meant to
dren to private
day workings of the school The
supplant parenting, but to supple-
enrolling them amin
whole culture of the school needs to
ment it
Foulois. One receip visitor Red
be changed, not just the Cur-
Nis also important, hewver to
Principal Aranhai How much does
riculum
Idescribe what character education
it ebst to send a child here21
While character is not 8 magic
E not. The virtues that schools are
Governor Glendening and I are
bullet, it can have a profound effect
trying to establish within their ata
implementing a strategy to teach
on children's behavior both in and
dents are not controversial. Noth
students right
per
outside the classroom Tsurvey of
dent will be tested on their
senal responsibili
to
nearly 200 schools 151- had insti-
political or religious beliefs: There
the community.
of
tated such a program.found that
to nothing political or even contro
Character Education, be
74 percent reported fewer discipli-
versial about the virtues our school
directed by Arangs will coordinate
nary problem; 68 percent saw an
will teach. They are, simply, quali-
this broad refor helping schools
increase in attendance; and 64 per-
ties that the overwhelming
implement curried. measure suc
cent saw a drop in incidents of van-
majority of parents want their chil-
cess, and develop ways to train
dalism In the first three years of a
dren to practice.
teachers and staff
character education program at
Alexis de Tocqueville once said
The idea is as old as schools
one New Haven, Conn. high
that America would remain great
themselves. Public schools were
school, the teen pregnancy rate
as long as it remained good For a
created not merery to give students
dropped from 16 pèr year to zero
long time building the character of
the knowledge they would need to
The fact of matter 182 8t0-
calr children fell off our collective
find a job, but ad valouithe skills dents will learn certain moral
list of priorities. It's about time we
and character necessary to
lessons in school whether or not
set that straight
strengthen our communities and
they receive character education
Lt Governor Kathleen Kennedy
maintain democracy: The question is, which tessons will
Townsend chairs the Cabinet
Until the 1960's most, If not all
they learn?
Council on Criminal and Javenile
public schools explicitly encour-
When a student is ournshed for
Treatice
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SHERWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (MONTGOMERY COUNTY)
"THE WARRIOR"
NOVEMBER 1996
OPINIONS
Letter to the editor :
I got involved with the Big Buddy/Little Buddy program through a flier that I saw in my Student Service
Learning class. Nobody else in the class seemed interested in the program, so I thought I would give it a try.
Throughout this program, I have attended many meetings and training programs. The program matched
me up with a little buddy from the Greentree Homeless Shelter who has the same interests as I. Once a month,
there is a field trip to a local attraction. Recently, we went to Adventure World with our little buddies. During
the trip, I learned what my little buddy likes to do, and what makes him happy. He's five years old, very short,
very hyper. very outgoing and loves to have fun. I spend at least three hours a week with my little buddy, and
am gaining service learning hours in a fun way. During these hours, I help him with his homework, we watch
TV, play games, talk, and we always have fun. Just yesterday, I called him, and he was very happy to talk with
me. He waits for me to come and sits on the steps; so excited to see me arrive. He wants to know if I'll come
sooner or ifI will stay longer with him. His mother said for the whole week, he asked about when his Big Buddy
would arrive. He gets enthusiastic to see me, and he knows I care about him.
recommend this program tc other Sherwood students because one can gain and learn a lot. Just being there
and putting a smile on a child's face is more than one can ask for. You should join the program because you
gain so much from it, such as making a new friend, gaining satisfaction from helping others and learning
something new.
The next session starts in January of 1997. If interested, contact Stephanie White at (301)217-6890.
Kevin Brown '97
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08
ST MARY'S TODAY
SEPTEMBER 24, 1996
Commentary
ST. MARYS
Vernon Gray
view of its advocates. political activity is the
policy in diverse arenas."
government to compete against churches. youth
most desirable form of service. The "Maryland
Separate from the concern over teachers
groups. and community service organizations
Student Service Alliance" (MSSA). long headed
steering impressionable students into their fa-
How long can family-. church- and community.
by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (now the lieu-
vorite politically-correct causes, the compul-
based voluntarism co-exist with mandatory gov-
tenant governor). is the organization that admin-
sory, correive nature of school-based volunteer
ernment-based service work, before the former
isters the state's program of "volunteer" activi-
programs raises another set of concerns.
Service-Learning
ceases to exist? You need only consider the
cies, One of the posters it uses to promote its own
Is it appropriate for an agency of the govern-
supplanting of traditional. private sector-based,
Within the content of "Goals 2000" is the
good work depicts a mountain showing various
ment to decide what does and does not qualify as
public charity and welfare by government-based
objective that "all students will be involved in
levels of community service. Halfway up the
volunteer work? For example. a fourteen-year-
welfare to predict the future for voluntarism
activities that promote and demonstrate good
slope are activities like ladling hot food in a soup
old Boy Scout in Chapel Hill. North Carolina
Clearly. school-based service has the effect 01
citizenship, community service. and personal
kitchen. At the pinnacle lies the loftiest form of
was told that his volunteer work for a local thrift
strengthening government while weakening the
responsibility." Within the 1994 reauthorization
voluntarism: lobbying.
shop and nature trail did not quality for service-
community.
of the "Elementary and Secondary Education
MSSA also distributes a service-leaming
learning credit because the munt badges he
And. what is the character-building lesson
Act" there are numerous programs that endorse
handbook It sits forth a "progression" of activi-
earned meant he had received "compensation"
that children learn from compulsion might
so-called "service-learning."
ties from "personal contact" (such as coaching
and, therefore, he was not a genuine volunteer.
makes right?
Service-Learning, also called "experiential
children for the Special Olympics). to "indirect
At Liberty High School in Bethlenem, Pennsyl-
or greatest concern is that the public schools.
education, "character education." or "commu-
services" (such as recruiting others to a cause),
vania. a Girl Scout volunteering on her own in #
which are not achieving their fundamental mis-
ruty service." is the requirement for students to
and on to "advocacy," which in turn ranges from
nursing home and for Meals on Whoels forfeited
sion of teaching learning skills and knowledge,
participate in compulsory volunteer work a
"writing d letter to the editor. to lobbying for a
her diploma when she refused to perform 60
are now diverting time. energy. and money to
contradiction in terms organized by schools.
cause, to engaging in a political campaign."
hours of school-directed community service.
non-ecademic matters. School: that can barely
Supposedly. this will Lie students' classroom
The goal of engaging children in political
Will compulsory voluntarism in the schools
teach children to read and write are now being
learning Lo the Teal world." inculuate them with
activism LS ev:dent in the publication "Civitas"
ultimately destroy the virtue of self-giving to
the habit of serving others and assisting the
co-opted by government and political activists to
(1991), a guidebook for educators produced by
other people and the community There is a risk
needy, and surengthen their character. This is a
pursue a politically-correct agendu,
the California-based "Center for Civic Educa-
that students will quickly come to view volunteer
One of the first agenda items for the elected
part of the "It Takes A Whole Village" ideology
tion." As stated in this book, voluntarism will not
work with the same disdain the hold for term
school beard should be 10 seek legislation in the
that schools should equip children with ethical
fulfill its educational promise if students work in
papers and homework. Will children, after per-
Maryland General Assembly to repeal the re-
and behavioral standards that the family and
private agencies, because these provide "httle
forming school-based service work against their
quirement of service-learning as A condition of
church are no longer capable of providing.
sense of public policy, or the power relation-
will, be left with # negative attitude and be less
graduation. In its place. students should be given
Hidden within this ideology is the convic-
ships of the modern service world," and
likely as adults to perform community service?
special recognition for voluntary service in the
tion of "progressive" educators that the schools
voluntarism is an opportunity to enhance "sni-
Voluntarism is a deeply-rested American
community.
have an obligation to "build a new social order."
dent competence to monitor and influence public
tradition. Is it appropriate for an agency of
In 1993 a new government body. the Corpo-
ration for National and Community Service
(CNCS). was created to extend compulsory
volunterism into the primary and secondary
schools and colleges. President Clinton declared
that "It is a very good thing for the states or local
school districts to mandate community service
for kids I think that every state should include
community service as part of the curriculum"
In 1985. the Maryland State Board of Edu-
cation mandated that all school systems offer
"elective" courses and programs involving val-
unteer work and community service. In 1992,
over objections from all but No of its 24 county
school systems, Maryland made volunteer work
a graduation requirement for students in the
public schools. Today, Maryland has the only
statewide service-learning requirement in the
nation.
Local school systems can opt to award ser-
vice-learning credit for certain kinds of class
projects. Thus, according to a recent statereport,
students in a seventh-grade language-erts class
in Carroll County have met their service work
requirement by "rescarching disabilities and
chronic illnesses and then reporting their
findings to their classmates." In Prince George's
County, students in English classes have satis-
fied service-learning requirements by perming
letters to sick children or senior citizens in
hospitals."
In other locations. the volunteering must be
done outside of school. Baltimore students held
party for the senior citizens at a nearby nursing
home. They prepared the food, made the deco-
recions. organized the entertainment and con-
ducted the games." In Calvert County, students
earned credit by recycling paper, cins, and plas-
tic. In Frederick County, service-leaming -
dents "Dainted 'Chesapeake Bay Drainage' 00
all of the storm drains surrounding Thanas
Johnson High School," with the goal of increas-
ing "public awareness of local impact on the
Bay." Other programs around the state involve
fire prevention food drives for the homeless, and
cleaning up old cemeteries. Conducting class-
ups at Point Lookout State Park appears to be a
favorite project in St Mary's County.
In some instances students have fulfilled
their service requirements by engaging in quazi-
political activities. For example, in Cecil County
students "wrote numerous letters to the country
commissioners when the county abolished recy-
cling due to expense. The students convincingly
persuaded the commissioners to continue the
project for the environmental benefits, despite
the cost to the county." In Harford County,
students earned credit by writing advocacy let-
Lers to affect legislation on a seat-belt law for
school buses."
Considering the source of the advocacy for
service-learning, it should come as no surprise
that it has a bias toward political activism. In the
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THE CATONSVILLE COMET
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
EDITORIALS
THE CATONSVILLE COMET
SEPTEMBER 1996
Merit of service learning remains in question
Marci Brewer
information flyer would let the students know
what organizations or companies need volun-
Jessica Delamater
students are in danger of not graduatin
Reporter
teers and what the community and school
Baltimore County has added special Serve
For the past three years, Catonsville
itself may have to offer.
Reporter
Learning classes. which provide ample of
High School has participated in the statewide
instead of just receiving hours, student
portunity for is student to receive his hour
student service learning (SSL) program. Now
recognition would make the students feel
Service Learning? As it! IT'S more like
This yest 71 out of 230 schools are enrolled
that 75 hours of SSL is required prior to high
more appreciated and left with a feeling of
community service, or maybe... child tabor.
the class because they have less man 3
school graduation, why not make the most of
accomplishment. Students now have the op-
without getting paid. What gives any-
hours of service.
it?
portunity
one
That is somewhat will
This mandate began September 1993
to become
WORTH
the
WHAT A DRAG!!
fair because the class is DO
for the entering class of ninth graders. the
directly in-
right
Con
Mality only :1 one year deal.
graduating class of 1997. According to the
volved in
o
this charges 15 offered to seniol
SSL bulletin, service learning is "actions of
the com-
make
this year. then other class
caring for others through personal contact or
m U 11 y
STU-
should receive the same of
advocacy either in the school or in the com-
and give it
dents work
portunity. Although there had been ruma
munity with preparation, action and reflec-
the sup-
without mak-
that the student Servicel maning hourswoul
don." Currently, students can accumulate
port
It
mg a cent?
be cut. these numbers have been denied
service hours from grades 6-12 during sum-
needs.
Child labor
Mrs. Coims
mer vacation and school semesters. How-
S S. L
might be an
Service Coverning, aka. Community
ever. for the graduating class of 1997 their
opens the
overly hargh
Service should ract be demanded of student
SSL program la a unique one. 75 students
doorway
term, but
as a requirement TO graduate. Usually who
out of 236 are enrolled in a service learning
to different
what should
one thinks or Community Service hg thinks
class because they had less than 35 hours.
experi-
nomething
someone who 5. bearg punished for doin
This class Is only being offered to this years
ences n
like the be
something wrong.
seniors and will probably not be offered next
allows stu-
called? "
Students from New York Florida, an
year due to the fact-that other classes will
dents to
definitely
Virginia also district thank it washin to make
have had more time to acquire the 75 hours.
work in the job market and gain "hands-on"
shouldn't be called SERVICE learning because
do Community Service :.00 they took the issu
Student service learning is a positive
experience with particular interests at a young
studentizaren mecessarily learning bornwhat
tocoun Unfortunately more of them won the
experience for middle school
age. Students will be able to learn
they're doing.
cases, If a student wishes to right the issue
and high school students for
how corporations, organizations and
For example someone might want to
Service 1 carning he should 1151 complete hi
many reasons. Service
Pro
communities are run. how they inter-
be is secretary. but be ends UD helping out at
"time" and then take if :0 court. its be
learning gives people a
act with each other and how they
camp because he has the opportunity to get
enough that students are made to volunted
chance to give something
may not be able to function without
his 75 hours OF tree Minor. to wouldn't be
without wanting 10. but then they have to
back to the community. Stu-
volunteers.
learning anything about working as a secre-
out forms about what they inarned and not
dents are able to gain job knowledge and
Students are finding themselves with
tary. Sure, IT nice to do something for the
they prepared themselves for the job. It
"hands-on" experience.
no Incentive to complete these student ser-
community. but that should bc the individual's
highly likely that students didn't learn any
By educating students about the job
vice hours. To students, service learning le a
choice
thing from their experience. Therefore, the
market and by offering a variety of jobs geared
waste of time and is not considered volunteer
There are already enough credits and
nad in make up something in order le fill ou
towards students' interests. SSL creates a
work when you are forced to do it. But how
requirements to bc completed incluss without
the required terms.
positive job experience for students and the
many people would go out and volunteer?
having to worry about where 10 do D "service
Mrs. Cains States. "If 15 someone
community. Students might become more
Students are doing only what they need to do
Parring" project The program is called ser-
right to take if to court. That's what's adm
satisfied and feel more of a reward If they were
to get by, making the experience a lot less
vice learning almough students 901 15 service
mble about the United States I you were
given an opportunity or experience they would
enjoyable, and defeating the purpose of stu-
hours for just being in :) Nutrition and Foods
another country the Busing or China you
enjoy. This could be done by having repre-
dent service learning. Students should see It
and Child Care class. What are they doing to
could go to fail for expressing your opinion
sentatives from companies and organizations
as an opportunity to do things for other people
help the community? I low about nothing.
repetully sometime soon the courts will se
speak in classrooms to the students. In
and themselves, and not just look at it as just
Originally the program WHIS supposed
that there RS no school in making students de
addition to the representatives. a monthly,
another requirement.
in be done totalls outsu of school New that
75 hours of free labor.
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STAR DEMOCRATIC TIMES
JULY 19, 1996
Ruling supports Maryland's
community service requirement
By SHAWN DONNAN
to graduate.
Maryland program," he said.
Associated Press Writer
The ruling by the three judge
A New York case argued by
panel follows similar decisions in
the Washington-based group is
BALTIMORE (AP) -
Pennsylvania and New York:
already before the Supreme
Maryland's requirement that all
Scott Bullock, an attorney for
Court and Bullock said a decision
high school students perform
the libertarian group that has led
in that case could come as soon
community service will likely
the legal charge against manda-
as October.
survive challenges given a fed-
tory community service require-
All of that work before the fed-
eral appeals court ruling in a
ments, said the North Carolina
eral courts will keep Bullock and
North Carolina case, supporters
case makes it unlikely a suceess-
the Institute from filing any chal-
and opponents of the requirement
ful challenge could be launched
lenge to the Maryland require-
say.
in Maryland on the same basis
ment, he said.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
In the North Carolina case,
But be maintained that chal-
Appeals last week rejected a
Bullock and the r His-
Jenges to the Maryland law could
challenge to Chapel Hill's manda-
tice argued that the mandatory
still be filed on a First
tory community service policy.
requirement violated the
Amendment basis because of dif-
The ruling will affect Maryland
student's privacy and the rights
ferences in what activities are
because the state falls under the
of parents to determine how their
recognized by counties as com-
court's jurisdiction
children are educated.
munity service.
Judges in Maryland would
But the appeals court panel
In some jurisdictions, he said,
likely reject any similar appeals
rejected both those arguments
students can get credit for
because of the appellate court
and Bullock's contention that
teaching a summer tennis camp,
ruling, said Luke Frazier, the
mandatory community service
but can't get credit for teaching
new acting head of the Maryland
violated the U.S. Constitution's
Sunday school
Student Service Alliance, a public-
ban on slavery
MOLE
A successful challenge to the
private partnership monitoring
The community service law in the General Assembly
the implementation of the com-
requirement is in no way compa next year also is unlikely. Dele-
munity service requirement
table to the horrible injustice of gate Janet Greenip, a Republi
We think that it means there
human slavery the nanel said can who has fought against the
won de any Teral
fulls decision
requirement
in
past
cha ary and
The Institute blans to ask the sions said she again planned to
requirement arazier said
entire 4th Circuit to hear the case introduce a bill to end mandatory
Maryland 11.1993 became the
17390
week
and
will
take
the
community service next session
first state in the nation t to require
Supreme
Court
Decessary
Bul
the very least she planned
all students statewide to perform
lock said
introduce
a
bill
to
end
manda
community service The class of
the Supreme Court would community service in Anne
1997 will to have to
agree to hear the case then of undel County which
she
fulfill the redinrements in order
course
that
would
the
EXLE
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STAR DEMOCRATIC TIMES
JULY 19, 1996
Ruling supports Maryland's
community service requirement
15050
By SHAWN DONNAN
to graduate.
Maryland program," he said.
Associated Press Writer
The ruling by the three-judge
A New York case argued by
panel follows similar decisions in
the Washington-based group is
BALTIMORE (AP) -
Pennsylvania and New York.
already before the Supreme
Maryland's requirement that all
Scott Bullock, an attorney for
Court and Bullock said a decision
high school students perform
the libertarian group that has led
in that case could come as soon
community service will likely
the legal charge against manda-
as October.
survive challenges given a fed-
tory community service require-
All of that work before the fed-
eral appeals court ruling in a
ments, said the North Cárolina
eral courts will keep Bullock and
North Carolina case, supporters
case makes it unlikely a success-
the Institute from filing any chal-
and opponents of the requirement
ful challenge could be launched
lenge to the Maryland require-
say.
in Maryland on the same basis.
ment, he said.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
In the North Carolina, case,
But he maintained that chal-
Appeals last week rejected a
Bullock and the Institute for Jus-
lenges to the Maryland law could
challenge to Chapel Hill's manda-
tice argued that the mandatory
still be filed on a First
tory community service policy.
requirement violated the
Amendment basis because of dif-
The ruling will affect Maryland
student's privacy and the rights
ferences in what activities are
because the state falls under the
of parents to determine how their
recognized by counties as com-
court's jurisdiction.
children are educated.
munity service.
Judges in Maryland would
But the appeals court panel
In some jurisdictions, he said,
likely reject any similar appeals
rejected both those arguments
"students can get credit for
because of the appellate court
and Bullock's contention that
teaching a summer tennis camp,
ruling, said Luke Frazier, the
mandatory community service
but can't get credit for teaching
new acting head of the Maryland
violated the U.S. Constitution's
Sunday school."
Student Service Alliance, a public-
ban on slavery.
A successful challenge to the
private partnership monitoring
"The community service
law in the General Assembly
the implementation of the com-
requirement is in no way compa-
next year also is unlikely. Dele-
munity service requirement.
rable to the horrible injustice of
gate Janet Greenip, a Republi-
"We think that it means there
human slavery," the panel said
can who has fought against the
won't be any successful legal
in its decision.
service requirement in past ses-
challenges to Maryland's
The Institute plans to ask the
sions, said she again planned to
requirement," Frazier said.
entire 4th Circuit to hear the case
introduce a bill to end mandatory
Maryland in 1993 became the
next week and will take it to the
community service next session.
first state in the nation to require
Supreme Court if necessary, Bul-
At the very least she planned
all students statewide to perform
lock said.
to introduce a bill to end manda-
community service. The class of
"If the Supreme Court would
tory community service in Anne
1997 will be the first to have to
agree to hear the case then of
Arundel County, which she
fulfill the requirements in order
course that would affect the
represents.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON SERVICE
THE WHITE HOUSE
April 5, 1997
Good morning. I want to talk to you today about how we can make this glorious spring a
season of service all across our country. As I have said, the era of big government is over, but
the era of big challenges is not. Citizen service is how we recognize that we are responsible for
one another. It is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not through heavy-handed
government, or as isolated individuals, but as a true community, all of us working together.
On April 25, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, we will be convening an historic
Presidents' Summit on Service. I will be joined by President Bush, by General Colin Powell and
Henry Cisneros, and by thousands of citizens from around the country who are prepared to roll
up their sleeves and work to serve our children and rebuild our communities. Every single
person or business represented at the summit will have committed to take specific steps to help
their neighbors. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed national sense of obligation,
a new sense of duty.
I hope that this wonderful event will make all Americans think about the duty we owe to
one another. Citizen service can take many shapes -- it can mean volunteering nights or on
weekends in a religious group or neighborhood association, and it can mean devoting full years
of your life to service like those in the Peace Corps or the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
It can help meet our most pressing social needs, from renewing our cities to giving young
children someone to look up to. And service leads to more service -- a typical AmeriCorps
member trains or recruits a dozen or more community volunteers. It can help meet our most
pressing challenges.
Over the past four years, we have worked to harness this citizen energy in so many ways.
I am proud that 50,000 young people have earned college tuition by serving their communities
through AmeriCorps, the national service program. And our America Reads initiative will
mobilize one million volunteers to teach every 3rd grader to read independently.
Next week I will
Today Lwillissue a proclamation designating the week of April 13-20 as a national week
of service. During that week, over one million young people will participate in 3,000 events
across the country, cleaning up neighborhoods, working with children,
I have asked the thousands of AmeriCorps alumni and returned Peace Corps volunteers to
participate as well, reaching out to youth in their communities. They will organize activities in
more than 15 states and in hundreds of communities, recruiting another 3,000 to 4,000 young
1
people to engage in service for the first time in service during the week.
Citizen service cannot be a pursuit for one week or one month. The ethic of service must
extend throughout a lifetime. Nobody is too young to serve and as a recent study by Brandeis
University shows, when you begin to serve at a young age, it's a good habit that's hard to break.
So we must find even more ways to encourage young people to serve.
I am joined here today by young men and women from Maryland, along with that State's
Lieutenant Governor, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Maryland now requires that every high
school student perform some service as a condition of graduation. One student with me gathered
food and clothing for the needy
another, dyslexic herself, taught disabled students
another
tutors young children at a Head Start center.
Two weeks ago, applications went out to high school principals all around the country,
inviting them to select a student in that school who has performed outstanding service, making
them eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. Under this new program, which we enacted last year, the
national government will put up $500 for each student, to be matched by local communities.
Already, a host of civic organizations including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose
International, Lions Clubs and the U.S. Jaycees -- have accepted our challenge to work with their
local chapters to provide matching funds for these scholarships.
Public servants from agencies like the Agriculture Department will work as partners with
schools. And this week, the National Association of Secondary School Prinicpals agreed to
introduce service learning to more than 2 million students nationwide.
Today I challenge schools and communities in every state to make service a part of the
curriculum in high school and even in middle school. There are many creative ways to do this --
including giving students credit, making servicé part of the curriculum, putting service on a
student's transcript, or even requiring it, as Maryland does. States and schools should decide for
themselves. But every American young person should be taught the joy and the duty of serving,
and they should learn it at the moment when it will have the most enduring impact.
I hope you will all join in the spirit of the Presidents' Summit on Service, and take part in
the national week of service beginning April 13. Service is in our deepest national tradition.
Millions of young Americans in my generation were inspired by the call to service, issued so
often from this very office, by President Kennedy. Now it is up to all of us to take up his
challenge for "every [one of us] can make a difference, and every one of us must try."
Thank you for listening.
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04/04/97 07:32:40 PM
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Looks very good, as usual. A few factual things, which you may already have fixed
The summit starts April 27, not 25th.
Are you sure the week is 13-20? Isn't that 8 days?
In the graph about AmeriCorps volunteers doing events in more than 15 states, wouldn't it be better to
just say thousands more, rather than 3-4,000 -- since 1 million were already taking part?
Finally, on the scholarship, it might be better to say "Under this new program, paid for with funds we
secured last year" or something like that, rather than saying we enacted it last year. As I recall, you and
your brother wrote the speech, then Americorps just reprogramed the $.
Thanks! Call me or page Diana if you need more
Diana Fortuna
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON SERVICE
THE WHITE HOUSE
April 5, 1997
Good morning. I want to talk to you today about how we can make this glorious spring a
season of service all across our country. As I have said, the era of big government is over, but
the era of big challenges is not. Citizen service is how we recognize that we are responsible for
one another. It is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not through
heavy-handed government, or as isolated individuals, but as a true community, all of us working
together.
On April 25, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, we will be convening an historic
Presidents' Summit on Service. [NOTE: THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE SUMMIT IS "THE
PRESIDENTS' SUMMIT ON AMERICA'S FUTURE" JUST IN CASE YOUR DECISION
TO CALL IT "THE PRESIDENTS' SUMMIT ON SERVICE IS AN OVERSIGHT.] I will be
joined by President Bush, by General Colin Powell and Henry Cisneros AND LYNDA ROBB
[NEWLY NAMED VICE-CHAIR EQUAL TO HENRY], and by thou sands of citizens from
around the country who are prepared to roll up their sleeves and work to serve our children and
rebuild our communities. Every single person or business [ADD ORGANIZATION,
BECAUSE MANY ARE NON-PROFITS?] represented at the summit [MAY NOT BE
LITERALLY TRUE, YOU KNOW] will have committed to take specific steps to help their
neighbors. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed national sense of obligation, a
new sense of duty.
I hope that this wonderful event will make all Americans think about the duty we owe to
one another. Citizen service can take many shapes -- it can mean volunteering nights or on
weekends in a religious group or neighborhood association, and it can mean devoting full years
of your life to service like those in the Peace Corps or the Jesuit Volunteer Corps [WHERE DID
THIS COME FROM? I'LL ASSUME YOU'VE VETTED THE JESUITS].
It can help meet our most pressing social needs, from renewing our cities to giving young
children someone to look up to. And service leads to more service -- a typical AmeriCorps
member trains or recruits a dozen or more community volunteers. It can help meet our most
pressing challenges.
Over the past four years, we have worked to harness this citizen energy in so many ways.
I am proud that 50,000 [ARE YOU SURE OF NUMBER? I THOUGHT THERE WERE
40,000 ALUMNI. WAS IT IN SOMETHING I GAVE YOU?] young people have earned
college tuition by serving their communities through AmeriCorps, the national service program.
And our America Reads initiative will mobilize one million volunteers to teach every 3rd grader
to read independently.
Today I will issue a proclamation [HE IS NOT ISSUING THE PROCLAMATION
TODAY; WE HAD SIMPLY SAID HE WAS "DESIGNATING THE WEEK" WITH THESE
WORDS IN THE RADIO ADDRESS; PROCLAMATION WILL BE DONE LATER]
designating the week of April 13-20 [I THINK IT ENDS THE 19TH] as a national week of
service. During that week, over one million [SAY "AS MANY AS TWO MILLION"] young
people will participate in 3,000 events across the country, cleaning up neighborhoods, working
with children,
I have asked the thousands of AmeriCorps alumni and returned Peace Corps volunteers
to participate as well, reaching out to youth in their communities. They will organize activities
in more than 15 states and in hundreds of communities, recruiting another 3,000 to 4,000 young
people to engage in service for the first time in service during the week.
Citizen service cannot be a pursuit for one week or one month. The ethic of service must
extend throughout a lifetime. Nobody is too young to serve and as a recent study by
Brandeis University shows, when you begin to serve at a young age, it's a good habit that's hard
to break. [YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY IT GIVES THEM BETTER GRADES?]
So we must find even more ways to encourage young people to serve.
I am joined here today by young men and women from Maryland, along with that State's
Lieutenant Governor, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Maryland now requires that every high
school student perform some service as a condition of graduation. One student with me gathered
food and clothing for the needy
another, dyslexic herself, taught disabled students
another tutors young children at a Head Start center.
Two weeks ago, applications went out to high school principals all around the country,
inviting them to select a student in that school who has performed outstanding service, making
them eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. Under this new program, which we enacted last year, the
national government will put up $500 for each student, to be matched by local communities.
Already, a host of civic organizations -- including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose
International, Lions Clubs and the U.S. Jaycees -- have accepted our challenge to work with
their local chapters to provide matching funds for these scholarships.
Public servants from agencies like the Agriculture Department [AS FAR AS I NOW,
AGRICULTURE IS THE ONLY ONE] will work as partners with schools. And this week, the
National Association of Secondary School Prinicpals agreed to introduce service learning to
more than 2 million students nationwide. [I REALLY HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT WOULD IT
BE POSSIBLE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING? THIS GROUP WILL GET MAD IF THEY'RE
LEFT OUT: "AND THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS HAS
ALREADY COMMITTED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STATES USING SERVICE
LEARNING TO 25 BY THE YEAR 2000."]
Today I challenge schools and communities in every state to make service a part of the
curriculum in high school and even in middle school. There are many creative ways to do this
-- including giving students credit, making service part of the curriculum, putting service on a
student's transcript, or even requiring it, as Maryland does. States and schools should decide for
themselves. But every American young person should be taught the joy and the duty of serving,
and they should learn it at the moment when it will have the most enduring impact.
I hope you will all join in the spirit of the Presidents' Summit on Service, and take part in
the national week of service beginning April 13. Service is in our deepest national tradition.
Millions of young Americans in my generation were inspired by the call to service, issued so
often from this very office, by President Kennedy. Now it is up to all of us to take up his
challenge
for every [one of us] can make a difference, and every one of us must try.
Thank you for listening.
Message Sent To:
Briefing Memo
In this address, you will lay out your framework for the coming Presidents' Summit for America's
Future in Philadelphia at the end of the month. You will announce that you will issue a
proclamation designating the week of April 13-19 a "national week of service" (technically
National Service and Volunteer Week, an annual event).
In addition, you will highlight the state of Maryland's high school service requirement, with
Maryland high school seniors in attendance who have completed the state's community service
requirement for graduation. Maryland is the only state in the country with a service requirement
for graduation (although many individual school districts have one). This year's seniors are the
first to be subject to that requirement. Approximately 85% of the state's students have now met
the requirement, which has been controversial. Recent press accounts note the number of
students in danger of not graduating as a result of the requirement, but it appears that schools and
students are playing catch-up to comply with the requirement. In your address, you will challenge
other states to follow Maryland's lead, not necessarily by making service a graduation
requirement, but by making service part of every high school's basic ethic in some way -- part of
the curriculum, for credit, on the transcript, or as a graduation requirement. You will also
challenge colleges to look at service as part of admission.
Penn state?
You will also mention a new study that shows that students who participate in well-run service
programs in schools get better grades and have better civic attitudes.
You will also announce that the National Service Scholars program, a new $1,000 scholarship, is
being launched by the Corporation for National Service. You called for this in your Penn State
commencement speech last year.
Finally, you will announce a new commitment to the Summit by the National Association of
Secondary School Principals, representing more than 40,000 school administrators. They have
pledged to introduce service learning to more than 2 million students.
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Maryland Student Service Requirement
85% of the members of the Maryland Class of 1997 have
completed their community service requirement of 75 hours.
An additional 5% of students have completed 75% of the
requirement.
The 85% completion percentage as of March 1997 is an increase
from 58% in July 1996. (27% increase)(Before the school year
started.)
As of July 1996, 11% of Maryland Students had not begun or
were not making nay progress, As of March 1997 less than 1%
of Maryland Students had not begun or were not making any
progress.
20 of the 24 school systems have 85% of their students
completed.
There are 37,000 students in Maryland schools that have
completed their 75 hours of community service. If these
students touched just one persons life---37,000 people will be
affected. What a great ripple effect that is happening across
Maryland and that will happen across the country as we carry
out the goals of the President's Summit on America's Future.
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The President's Challenge to Students and Schools
National Service Leader Schools
The Strategy: To encourage high schools to make a substantial commitment to
involving students in service and to designate exemplary schools as "National
Service Leader Schools."
The High School's Challenge: To make service a common expectation and
experience of all students, for example, by integrating service into the curriculum
or making service a graduation requirement.
The Government's Challenge: To recognize and reward the high schools that
have most effectively integrated service into the learning process and involved the
student body in service.
The Student's Challenge: To spend at least five hours a week doing volunteer
work.
Illustrative Example: More than 1,000 high school students are trained as
mentors and classroom aides for elementary and middle school students every
year as part of Learn and Serve America*Summerbridge
The Goal: To highlight the connection between service and educational
excellence and spur high schools around the country to increase the role of
service in productive learning.
National Service Scholars
The Strategy: To encourage communities to honor the students who do
extraordinary volunteer work through a government matching grant system.
The Community's Challenge: To prompt community groups, states or schools to
set up a scholarship fund for high school students who do significant volunteer
work.
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THE NATION'S NEWSPAPER
USA
TODAY
NO. 1 IN THE USA
FIRST IN DAILY READERS
FRI./SAT./SUN.,
MAY 10-12, 1996
Clinton: Let's reward community
service
By Susan Page
community service programs.
gram funnels taxpayer money
munity service scholars."
USA TODAY
The proposal is a center-
to middle-class volunteers.
AmeriCorps would provide the
plece of an address on values,
Still, the initiative shows
money, which could total up to
President Clinton today will
the first of four speeches over
Clinton using the bully pulpit to
$10 million a year.
offer cash and prizes to get
the next month designed to out-
deliver on an Idea without fac-
Urge every middle and
more high school and college
line Clinton's priorities In a sec-
ing fillbuster by Congress.
high school to make communt-
students in community service.
ond term.
"We need a smaller govern-
ty service part of its curricu-
In a commencement ad-
The White House acknowl-
ment, but we also need a larger
lum. AmeriCorps will honor
dress at Penn State University,
edges that critics may label the
national spirit," he plans to say.
outstanding programs.
Clinton will challenge schools
plan an election-year gimmick,
In the speech, he will:
Call on colleges to place
and communities to expand,
and some Republicans already
Offer to match $500
work-study students in commu-
recognize and even require
complain the AmeriCorps pro-
awards for high school "com-
nity service jobs.
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School and Student Service Information
Produced 5/9/96 by LSA K-12
1. How many schools/states now have a graduation requirement for service? Give some examples.
* Only one state, Maryland, has a service graduation requirement.
Examples of school districts that have graduation requirements include Detroit (MI), Atlanta (GA), Chapel
Hill (NC), Rye Neck (NY), Bethlehem (PA), and the District of Columbia.
According to a new survey conducted by the American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities of the
130 largest school districts in the country, nearly 15 percent of the nation's largest school districts require
service in all their high schools, and in 44 percent of the surveyed districts, service is required in at least
one school. One-fourth of all students in the districts surveyed will be affected by community service
requirements.
In most districts where service is required, 78% of community service projects are conducted in
conjunction with a required course. In the remaining districts, students select their projects and play a role
in planning their service work.
2. How many high school students are already involved in service?
In 1992 44% of all high school seniors reported performing some community service in the
previous two years.
15% of those students reported performing service as a requirement, while 29% reported
performing service that was entirely voluntary. Half (50%) of the seniors reported the requirement was in
connection with a class (as opposed to court-ordered service or service related to some other type of
requirement.)
(Source: NELS [National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988] 1992 follow-up report, received from
NCES [National Center for Education Statistics] of the OERI [Office of Education Research and
Improvement] at the US Department of Education.)
Volunteering and giving are pervasive activities among American teenagers 12 to 17 years of age.
In 1991, 61% of teenagers 12 to 17 years of age, volunteered an average of 3.2 hours per week.
There were 20.5 million teenagers in that age group. (That's 12.5 million teenagers)
In 1991, teenage volunteers gave an estimated total of 2.1 billion hours in both formal and
informal volunteering. (Formal involves regular work with an organization [1.6 billion hours]; informal
involves helping neighbors or organizations on an ad hoc basis [500 million hours].)
(Source: Independent Sector - Volunteering and Giving Among American Teenagers 12-17 Years of Age.
1992.)
The 1995 CIRP study of entering freshmen in college reported that 57.8% of students were
involved in volunteer work on a weekly basis.
The same study found that 20% volunteered for less than one hour per week, that 29%
volunteered between 1 and 5 hours per week, and that nearly 8% volunteered between 6 and 20 hours per
week.
(Source: CIRP [Cooperative Institutional Research Program] Survey of 250,000 entering freshmen in
institutions of higher education, Higher Education Research Institute, 1995)
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3. How many High Schools now fit the profile of "making a substantial commitment to service
integrating into the curriculum?" Give some examples.
National data on this is not available.
In a survey of 158 High Schools in 10 states funded by the Corporation for National Service
(through Learn and Serve America: School and Community-Based Programs) 49% reported that service
learning was integrated into curriculum.
Shigh
(seems
Another 22% reported having a Service Learning class, while 25% reported offering service only
and 4% offered a mix of curriculum and non-curriculum based service.
(Source: "Learn and Serve K-12 1994-95 Program Characteristics" The Center for Human Resources,
Brandeis University and Abt Associates, 210 sites LSA sub-grantees - 50% said they integrated service
into a course. 19% ran a SL course, 28% had community service, as opposed to SL. 4% was mixed.
Examples
Graceville High School students, in Graceville, Florida, tutored, read to, and mentored elementary
school children, created take-home work packets for them children to work on with their parents, and
taught them computer skills. GPAs of students roes by half a grade point on average, absences were
reduced by over 40%, and the number of discipline referrals and suspensions dropped from five to zero.
One participant was quoted as having said, "This program helped me to learn that I can do it myself. I
always made excuses because I was afraid to try, but now it is OK to be scared-just try and do your best."
Malcolm Shabazz City High School in Madison, Wisconsin, an alternative school with 140 students in
grades 9-12, integrates service into every classroom. Every year students learn about remote communities
and their needs, and then spend ten days helping to build roads, clean parks and restore community sites.
They have visited the Mississippi Delta and Appalachia. Additionally, a class called "Visions",
coordinated by Jane Kavaloski, creates an ongoing vision of Shabazz High School and the students set the
tone and direction of the school through structuring curriculum and working with their peers.
Hermon High School, in Hermon, Maine, is institutionalizing service-learning. Approximately 450
students and 15 teachers are involved in this process. Currently, service-learning is becoming integrated
into school restructuring efforts in three ways: 1) as an interdisciplinary 9th grade class project: 2) as a
required junior year exhibition in integrated English and American History courses; and 3) through further
recommendations formulated by faculty teams to institute curriculum changes. Projects include: an
eleventh grade math class that is creating a school store that will operate as a student-run business,
involving them in all aspects from marketing to cost analysis; and several junior and senior science classes
working with town officials to develop a 5-10 year management plan to revitalize Jackson Beach, an ill-
maintained and underutilized environmental and recreational resource. Their teacher, Pat Buchanan, wrote
the state Department of Education staff to tell them that these are the "best teaching days I have ever had!"
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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
(University Park, Pennsylvania)
For Immediate Release
May 10, 1996
Remarks By The President
Pennsylvania State University
Graduate School Commencement
Bryce Jordan Center
Pennsylvania State University
3:11 P.M. Edt
The President: Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you for that very warm welcome. Thank you, President Spanier.
Thankyou, Mr. Arnelle, Dr. Brighton, Dr. Erickson, Mr. Hollander. I
thank the University Brass for playing so well for me. It made me
want to take them back to the White House.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be here for many
very personal reasons, many of which are obvious. I'm very honored to
receive the University Scholars Medal and to be the first non-alumnus
to receive it.
As it was said earlier, my family has a long history with
this state and with this great University. Hillary's family is from
Scranton and both my father-in-law and brother-in-law attended Penn
State and both played football here. Back in the '30s, according to
my father-in-law, he had to play offense and defense. (Laughter.)
That's sort of what I do, so I understand that. (Laughter and
applause.)
I have had some other good personal associations with this
University, and for all those I am very grateful. I am grateful for
the establishment of a scholarship at the College of Education in my
late father-in-law's name. It means a great deal to my wife and to me
and to our daughter. And I am grateful to be here because of what
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Penn State represents.
This school was made a land grant school in the darkest
hours of our nation's history, because President Lincoln and his
contemporaries knew even then that our nation's future depended upon
the widest possible dispersion of knowledge. Though faced with the
possibility of the very union of our states breaking up, our leaders
were still thinking about the future. And to all the graduates here
with advanced degrees, I say, a great nation must always be thinking
about tomorrow. Therefore, even as you relish this day, I ask you to
join me just for a few moments in thinking about tomorrow, for you
will live a great deal of your lives in the 21st century, the most
remarkable age of possibility in human history.
I have been told that today every student at Penn State is
given an e-mail account and that more than one million e-mail messages
are sent every day. That is just a taste of the world to come -- a
dazzling, new global economy, giving more and more people a chance to
work with their minds instead of their backs throughout a career, many
of you in jobs that you have not even invented yet. You will have
incredible choices in where you live and how you work. You will be
able to raise your children in greater peace and freedom and in the
most diverse and vibrant democracy history has ever known. At least
that's what I want our country to be like as we move into the 21st
century.
Almost five years ago at my alma mater, Georgetown, I gave
three speeches about my vision of America's future in the 21st century
and a strategy for how I thought we ought to achieve that future. I
said then and I'd like to repeat now that my vision is pretty simple
and straightforward: I want an America in which all Americans,
without regard to their race or their gender or their station in life,
who are willing to work hard have a chance to live out their dreams.
I want an America that remains the world's strongest force for peace
and freedom and prosperity. And I want an America that is no longer
being driven apart by our differences, but instead is coming together
around our shared values and respect for our diversity.
As my wife says in her book, I really believe it takes a
village of all of our people working together to make the most of our
lives. To build that kind of America, we have to be able to honestly
meet our challenges and protect our values. We have to find ways to
create these opportunities for all Americans. We have to find ways to
build strong communities and we have got to find ways to get more
personal responsibility from all of our citizens. Opportunity,
responsibility, community -- these are values that have made our
country strong, that have built great institutions like Penn State,
that guide my actions as President. I believe they must guide our
nation as we prepare for the tomorrows of the 21st century.
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What I want to do here and in the other commencement
addresses I will be making is to talk about what has occurred in the
last four years and, even more importantly, what must still occur if
we are going to realize this vision -- to give opportunities to
everybody willing to work for them, to keep our country the strongest
force for peace and freedom, and to rebuild our sense of unity and
community around a shared ethic of responsibility.
Compared to four years ago, there is clearly more
opportunity, a much lower deficit, increased access to education,
a renewed commitment to a clean environment and safer streets, 8.5
million new jobs, low inflation, record numbers of new exports in
businesses. But we all know there are also a lot of problems in this
new economy, a lot of uncertainty, and much more to do to give all our
people a chance to succeed.
Compared to four years ago the world is more peaceful and
safer. The nuclear threat has diminished. Peace and freedom are
taking hold from Haiti to South Africa to Northern Ireland to Bosnia
to the Middle East. But there is a lot more to do to make the
American people safe from the 21st century threats of terrorism,
organized crime and drug-running, weapons proliferation and global
environmental threats.
In future speeches I'll discuss both these things at greater
length. Today I'd like to ask you to kind of travel along with me as
we look at America's present and its future in terms of that third
objective -- inspiring a stronger, more united American community,
rooted in a greater commitment to personal responsibility and
community service.
What you have done here today is in and of itself an act of
responsibility. By getting this advanced degree you have honored
yourselves and your families, and you have helped America. We need
more people -- many, many more people -- with much higher levels of
education and, even more importantly, with the developed ability to
learn for a lifetime. We need this kind of personal responsibility
from all of our citizens, doing the best to make the most of their own
lives. And we must apply the lessons of your success as individuals
to our common work as a nation.
I believe we are living through a period of most profound
change in the way we work, the way we live, the way we relate to each
other and the rest of the world in 100 years -- since we moved from
the agricultural into the industrial age. At the turn of the century
about 100 years ago, people who for generations had lived their lives
by the rising and the setting of the sun moved from the country to the
city, where they woke to the din of the streetcar and went home to the
sound of the factory whistle. That time presented enormous
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opportunities, but also great challenges. A hundred years ago many
people's lives were uprooted, but not improved. And for many, not
only their livelihoods but the values by which they lived were
threatened by the changes of the day.
In response to the challenges of that time, a gifted
generation of reformers, led first by Theodore Roosevelt and then
by Woodrow Wilson, worked to harness the power of our nation's
government so that it could extend the benefits of the industrial
era to all Americans, curb the excesses of the era, and enable
our people to preserve their family and community values. They
launched what we now call the Progressive Era. They brought us
the antitrust laws, the earliest environment protection laws.
They were all designed to harness the positive forces of the new
age to give everyone a fair chance to protect the values of the
American people.
Think what has happened in the 100 years since. The
progressives built the foundation of what became known as the
American Century -- a century in which America won two world wars
and the Cold War, overcame the Great Depression, achieved decades
of sustained economic growth, scientific breakthroughs, more
opportunities for women and minorities, a cleaner environment,
remarkable security and good health for senior citizens, and the
largest and most prosperous middle class in human history. It
all began in the Progressive Era.
Today we're living through another time of profound change.
Like the dawn of the Industrial Age, the Information Age offers vast
new opportunities. Today technology and information are dominating
every form of work including agriculture, as I'm sure anyone in the
College of Agriculture here can attest to.
But this time also presents great challenges -- people whose
lives are uprooted, but not improved; and cherished values strained by
the pace and the scope of change. I'd like to talk about that a
little today.
When I was growing up, Americans could pretty much walk the
streets of any city without fear of being hurt by violent crime.
Having children out of wedlock was rare and a source of shame.
Welfare was a temporary weigh station for widows and their orphans.
It was far from a perfect time, the '40s and '50s and early '60s.
Women and minorities didn't have the opportunities they have today.
But in neighborhoods all across America, people knew it when you were
born, cared about you while you lived, and missed you when you died.
For too many young people growing up today, that world
exists only in black and white reruns on television. In our toughest
neighborhoods and our meanest streets, we've seen a stunning and
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simultaneous breakdown of community, family and work -- the heart and
soul of a civilized society. We've seen a buildup of crime and gangs
and drugs, as young people turn to things that will destroy them,
ultimately, in part because they are raising themselves without enough
to say yes to.
We've seen so much of this now we've almost become numb to
it. A lot of us may even be resigned to it. But I want to ask you to
think today about what you want America to look like in the 21st
century, and I want you to say to yourself, I refuse to accept this as
a normal and unavoidable and irreversible condition. I believe we can
mend our social fabric. We've done it before, and we have to do it
today.
If we're moving into an era in which we will be judged and
our success will be determined by how well we use our minds, we must
first be able to function as orderly, law-abiding, decent human
beings. We have to, in short, not only meet the changes of the day,
but reaffirm our enduring values.
In this, to be sure, our government still has a role to
play. But it's not the same role that government had to play in the
beginning of the 20th century because the problems are different. The
world of today has moved away from big, centralized bureaucracies and
top-down solutions. So has your federal government. Indeed, there
are 240,000 fewer people working for the United States government
today than there were the day I became President of this great
country.
But we still need a government that is strong enough to give
people the tools they need to make the most of their own lives, to
enable them to seize opportunities when they are responsible. That's
why I have fought so hard for things like the student loan programs,
the Pell Grant programs, the scholarship programs, the research
programs, because we cannot, on the one hand, tell the American
people, go out and be responsible, and on the other hand, jerk the rug
out from under them. We have to give people the tools they need to
make the most of their own lives. (Applause.)
And whenever we fight for a strong economy, or a clean
environment, or safe streets, or investment in research and
technology, or give a child a chance with the Head Start program,
we are doing nothing more or less than giving people an environment in
which they still have to make the most of their own lives.
And so what I ask you today is to think about that. What is
the role of the individual citizen in making the America of our dreams
in the 21st century? What is the role of the individual citizen in
making sure that we will move into this global society, with everyone
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having the chance to live up to his or her dreams? It is clear to me
that government alone cannot solve this problem. (Applause.)
If you look at any society's most fundamental requirements
-- strong families and safe streets -- and you ask yourselves, what
are all the causes for the stresses on those things in our country,
you may come up with a whole laundry list of things that government
can do about them. I know I have. But in your heart of hearts you
know that many, many of the things from which we suffer are caused by
the lack of personal responsibility on the part of millions of
American citizens.
The teen mother who leaves school for a life on welfare, a
father who walks away from or abuses a family, a criminal who preys
upon the rest of us, the neighbors who turn their backs on the
children in need -- I say to you we cannot tolerate this anymore if
you really want your vision of the 21st century to become real. We
have to be willing to give people a chance to escape lives that are
destructive for them and costly for the rest of us. That is our
responsibility. But we most also insist that people help themselves
and assume responsibility for making their own lives and the life of
this great nation better.
If you just take the welfare system, for example, you can
see the point I'm trying to make. I took office believing that a lot
of people on welfare were dying to get off it and were trapped in it.
I still believe that. It's a system that is too weighted toward a
lifetime of dependency instead of demanding responsibility; too
willing to let fathers bring children into the world, turn their backs
and walk away and load all the burden onto the young mothers who are
left behind; too willing to give the young mothers a check to move out
on their own if they have a child instead of staying at home, staying
in school and strengthening the family.
For 15 years, going back to my service as governor,
I have sat in welfare offices, talked to people on welfare, asked
them what it would take to turn their lives around, asked them what
had happened. I have worked to reform and change welfare from a
system that encourages dependency to one that encourages independence,
from one that does not encourage work to one that insists upon work,
but also supports responsible parenting.
If you look at all these people here with their advanced
degrees, why are we so proud of them? Because we believe they will be
able to succeed not only in the world of work, but they will be good
role models for the American society. Their children will be able to
succeed. They will be able to look at their children and their
children will be able to look at them, and they will be able to do
great things together. That is what we should want for people on
welfare -- the simple ability to succeed at work and to succeed at
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home, to be able to contribute their portion of the American Dream.
Now, in the past three years, by executive actions, we've
been working on what The New York Times called "a quiet revolution on
welfare.' We've cut red tape for 37 states and now let 75 percent
of the people in this country on welfare be a part of welfare reform
experiments with little fanfare and no new legislation. We've done
things like impose time limits and require work, and we've worked much
harder to enforce the national government's role in child support
enforcement across national lines.
And you know what? The welfare rolls have dropped by more
than a million. The food stamp rolls are down by a million and a
half. Child support collections are up 40 percent to $11 billion a
year. And the teen pregnancy rate has even started to go down a bit.
(Applause.)
What does all this have to do with you? They are part of
your country. If their children wind up in your prisons, you will pay
for them instead of investing more money in scientific laboratories at
Penn State or giving children a chance to work in a program to
earn a scholarship, or otherwise building our future. When others
regularly and systematically violate the values we all say we share,
it weakens America and it weakens the future of your vision and your
dreams.
We still have a lot to do. Nearly a third of our babies
today are born out of wedlock; a whole lot of them end up on welfare.
A few days ago, we took an action which should force more
responsibility. Every state will have to require teen mothers to
stay in school and to sign a personal responsibility contract and to
stay at home unless the environment is abusive, so that they must work
to turn their lives around if they want to keep those benefits.
I'm still working with members of Congress in both parties
to pass legislation to overhaul the entire welfare system. And I hope
we can do it even though this is an election year. There's really no
call for a work stoppage, and by the time November comes around you'll
have more politics than you can stand. Meanwhile, you ought to be
working to give those people what we want for ourselves --
independence, work and responsible parenting. (Applause.)
But what I want to say to all of you -- you say, well,
what's that got to do with me? I'll never be on welfare, I've got a
Ph.D. today. (Laughter.) They are your fellow Americans. Those
children are your future. And what I want to say is, it doesn't
matter what laws we pass or what programs we put in place, we cannot
reverse decades and patterns of behavior unless more of our citizens
are willing to take some responsibility for other people's kids in the
near-term. (Applause.)
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We have to inspire our communities to support programs and
adults to participate in programs that we know now will dramatically
reduce teen pregnancy. They're out there, they're just not in every
community. The hard truth is, too many of our young people don't have
the kind of discipline or love, guidance or support that it takes to
grow up into responsible adults. Church groups and neighbors and
parents all need to send a clear message to all children, not just
their own: We care about you, but you have to take care of yourself.
Don't get pregnant or father a child until you're ready to take
responsibility. But if you do, we'll help you as long as you are
responsible. (Applause.) And you can't walk away from that
responsibility. If you do, we'll make you assume it. (Applause.)
Let me say that, in addition to welfare, I have the same
view of the crime problem, and it's remarkably similar. Only if we
take responsibility for our own communities can we really achieve our
objective in crime. We'll never thoroughly transform human nature,
but even if you have a Ph. D., you don't want to be a victim of a
crime; you don't want your children to be unsafe going to and from
school; you don't want to have to worry your heart out if your kids
drive to a city to see a play; you don't want to have any kind of
country other than one in which crime is an exception.
Someone said to me the other day, Mr. President, you talk
about all this all the time, but you will never eliminate crime. I
said, that's not my goal. My goal is to create an America so that
when people turn on the evening news and they see a report of a
serious crime, they are surprised and shocked, instead of yawning
about it. (Applause.)
Now, there are things that government can do. There are
things that government can do. In 1994, we passed a crime bill and a
Brady Bill. The Brady Bill has already stopped 60,000 felons and
fugitives with criminal records from getting handguns -- 60,000.
(Applause.) We took 19 deadly assault weapons off the street and not
a single hunter in Pennsylvania or in my native state of Arkansas
missed a deer season or a duck season or had to have a different
weapon. They didn't lose anything. (Applause.)
We said to repeat violent criminals, three strikes and
you're out. We said if you kill law enforcement officials, the death
penalty is there. (Applause.) But we also said what every police
officer in America knows, the best way to fight crime is to reach
young people before they turn to crime in the first place. (Applause.)
Now, you all clap for that, but if you believe it, what it
means is that you cannot leave the work of making our streets safe to
the police alone. Citizens have the responsibility. Citizens have a
responsibility. You can take advantage of opportunities provided in
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our education bills to keep schools open late so teens have someplace
to go besides the streets; or to launch community drug courts to give
nonviolent offenders a chance to get off drugs before they end up in
jail; or to make community policing work, something that's making the
rounds in Pennsylvania today.
Our crime bill fulfilled a commitment I made to the American
people to put 100,000 new police officers on the street in community
policing. It's an old-fashioned idea, really. It means put the
police back on the street, in the neighborhood, working with neighbors
to spot criminals, shutting down crack houses, stopping crime before
it happens, getting to know children on the street and encouraging
them to stay away from crime. But community policing only works by
definition when there is a community for the police to work with.
(Applause.)
Now, whenever this happens crime comes down. Violent crimes
have dropped in this country for three years in a row now because
we're finally getting enough police out there on the street and
because people are working with them. In Lancaster County, a two-hour
drive from here, our community police program put 12 new officers into
the downtown area listen to this -- they patrolled on foot, bicycle
and horseback, they worked with the community, the crime dropped by 67
percent. Pretty soon they 11 be surprised when they hear a report of
crime. (Applause.)
This can be done. But I have to tell you, there's a big
hurdle up the road and it can't be solved without more citizen help.
Because in spite of the fact that the crime rate had dropped for three
years in a row, the violent crime rate by people under 18 is still
going up. And any of you who are in education know that there is a
huge group of young people under 18, now coming into grade school,
coming up through our system of education -- a higher percentage of
them than any previous generation, born out of wedlock, born without
the guidance of two parents, born into difficult family situations,
out there having to raise themselves.
So even if you have a Ph. D., you've got to care about these
kids. They're your kids; they're coming home to your roost and they
will affect your country and your children's future and what kind of
America we live in. And we cannot solve the problem of rising crime
among young people -- even with our antidrug strategy, even with our
antigang strategy, even with 100,000 more police -- unless there are
citizens who are willing to step into the gap in those children's
lives to teach them right from wrong, to give them a good future to
look forward to, to give them the character and values to walk into
that future, to make it possible for them to imagine that one day they
might get a degree from a place like Penn State. You have to be
willing to do that wherever you live. (Applause.)
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I will just give you one simple example. There are 20,000
neighborhood crime watch groups in America -- 20,000. If 50 people
join each one of these groups we would have a citizen force of a
million new community activists to work with those 100,000 police
officers -- not just to catch criminals, but to keep kids away from
crime. Fifty people in every group, a million Americans reaching out
to children, stopping crimes, catching criminals. If that happened
and no government program can make it happen -- if that happened in
community after community after community in the United States
people would be surprised when they heard at night a news report of a
serious crime. And America would be a better place. We'd be a lot
closer to our shared vision of America in the 21st century.
(Applause.)
And that brings me to the last point I wish to make. We
have a lot of challenges as a people to rebuild the strength of our
communities and our national community. We're still too divided over
racial matters. We're still too divided over religious disputes. We
still have other problems that are simply unmet that can't be met by
government. Helping children on welfare to move off of welfare,
helping communities to reduce the crime rate -- these are not the only
areas in which we desperately need more citizen involvement to make
America the place it ought to be.
Those of you have college degrees, those of you who may earn
a great deal of money will still find that in too many ways where you
live the bonds of community have been weakened. There are too many
places where people are working harder, moving more often, spending
less time with each other and more time exhausted in front of the
television. Even prosperous, happy neighborhoods often find that not
everybody knows their neighbors.
So I say to you: With this wonderful, precious commodity of
a fine education, I hope you will go out into your community and find
some way to give back some of what your country has given to you. No
matter what you do or how busy you are, there is always a way to serve
a larger community. The story of your generation should be the story
of we restore broken lives and shattered promises through citizen
service.
We're going to balance this budget over the next six years.
We're going to have a big fight about how to do it, as you know.
(Laughter.) But don't let that obscure the fact this deficit is
less than half of what it was four years ago. And it's coming down.
Don't obscure the real fact. (Applause.) And that's very important
because as we move to balance the budget, we can keep interest rates
down and we can keep investment and create jobs for the American
people -- and get incomes rising again, which has been the source of
constant anxiety in places like Pennsylvania where people lost really
good jobs and couldn't get other jobs paying at the same or better
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wages. It's an important thing to do.
I will do my best to protect our investments in education,
in the environment, in the quality and character of the Medicare and
Medicaid programs. But make no mistake about it: As we shrink
government, until we balance the budget, there will be even more
reliance on citizen servants to meet the needs of the American people
because we can t shrink from our challenges on the grounds that we're
shrinking the deficit.
There's an emerging consensus in Washington, believe it or
not, across party lines that we ought to do more to help charities and
religious institutions and families and individuals to step in where
government can't anymore or where it shouldn't. I'll give you just a
few examples. Leaders in both parties, from Senator Joe Lieberman, a
Democrat of Connecticut, to Senator Dan Coats, a Republican from
Indiana, have proposed reforms to encourage private citizens to assume
responsibilities that are not and cannot be fulfilled by government
agencies alone. For example, making sure every child has a loving
home is a national priority. But government doesn't raise children,
only good parents can do that. That's why earlier this week --
(applause) -- earlier this week I urged Congress to enact one of these
bipartisan proposals, a $5,000 tax credit to help families, working
families, adopt children. (Applause.)
And just a few hours ago, that proposal passed with an
almost unanimous vote in the House of Representatives. It is going to
become the law of the land. (Applause.)
We created AmeriCorps, the national service program, in
1993, so we could give our young people a chance to earn their way
through college by giving something back to their community and their
country. Since that time AmeriCorps has given more than 40,000 young
people all across this country a chance to serve, to work with
troubled teenagers, immunize children, help seniors who don't have
enough support, clean up the environment, do countless other things.
I have met so many of these young people around the country who tell
me that the experience literally changed their lives, and they' 11
never spend another year of their life without taking some time to
rebuild their community. That is the kind of spirit we need to create
in all of America.
I want to thank your former Senator, Harris Wofford, for
agreeing to head the AmeriCorps program and for ensuring its
continuation. (Applause.)
I want to thank our constructive critics, like Senator
Charles Grassley of Iowa, the Republican Senator from Iowa, who worked
with Senator Wofford to strengthen the AmeriCorps program and to
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preserve it.
Let me just suggest three other things that we could do to
get more young people involved. First, I've asked Congress to
increase funding for work-study programs for students so that we can
have a million students earning their way through college by the year
2000. (Applause.) Today I'd like to ask Penn State and every other
institution of higher education in the country to consider using more
of this money to promote service -- to put thousands of college
students to work in community service. If it's good for students to
earn money by putting books back in library shelves or working in the
Dean's Office, surely it makes sense for them to earn money helping
teen mothers handle their responsibilities, helping older people get
around, helping young people to look to a brighter future.
(Applause.)
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Second, I challenge every high school in America to make
service a part of its basic ethic. Every high school student who can
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do so should do some community service. There are some schools, both
public and private, that require community service as a part of their
curriculum. I say, good for them. Commitment to community should be
an ethic we learn as possible so we carry it throughout our lives.
(Applause.)
And third, I challenge every community to help those high
school students answer the call of service. Today I'm prepared to
make an offer and challenge any school district or civic organization
in the country to match it: If you will raise $500 to reward a high
school student who has done significant work to help your community,
the federal government will match your $500 and help that student go
on to college. (Applause.) That would cost us, by the way, about $10
million if every high school in the country did it. It would be the
best $10 million we ever spent. We would get hundreds of millions of
dollars -- of improved quality of life and service to people as a
result of it. (Applause.)
This fall I'll announce the winners of a nationwide
competition to identify schools that have done the best job in
encouraging this kind of service. Students at those schools will
become National Service Scholars. A year from now I want it to
be even bigger. I want every principal in America to be able to
stand up before a graduating class and announce the name of a National
Service Scholar. We should make service to the community a part of
every high school in America and a part of life of every dedicated
citizen in the United States. (Applause.)
so, my fellow Americans, in spite of all we have to do to
create more opportunity, we also must find a way to urge, cajole,
plead, generate, demand more responsibility for ourselves, our
families, our communities and our country.
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This summer in Atlanta we will celebrate the centennial of
the Modern Olympics. It's a great honor to host those Olympics in the
United States But I ask you to think when you see these young
people come out about more than medals and who will win and lose. The
real meaning of the Olympics is what miracles happen to people when
they make a deep and profound commitment to take personal
responsibility for just becoming the best that they can be, and when
they're willing to work with teammates to make their common endeavors
even greater. That is the great strength of America. (Applause.)
You know, the president mentioned earlier that -- or maybe
it was the chairman of your board -- about Pennsylvania's role in
starting this country. And I want you to think about this as I close.
Our founding fathers, who did so much of their work right here in
Pennsylvania, would not be surprised that in this new era, with all of
its possibilities, there are still a lot of tough problems. They were
very smart. They knew there would never be a perfect problem-free
time. They wouldn't be surprised at all. But they would be very
surprised and bitterly disappointed if we were to give into pessimism
about these problems, deny their existence and walk away from them.
They knew -- you can read it in the Federalist Papers, you can read it
in the founding documents -- they knew that freedom requires
responsibility and service for personal prosperity and for the
common good.
You graduates have been blessed with the richest educational
experience the world can offer. As Americans, you' been blessed to
inherit the greatest country on Earth. Now you have to honor that
debt by asking yourselves, what do I want my country to be like in the
21st century and what am I prepared to do to make it a reality?
I will do all I can to give you the opportunities to make
the most of your lives, but you must do all you can to assume
responsibility for yourselves, your families and your communities. If
you do that, I believe your life will be a lot happier and richer, and
you will surely make the 21st century America's greatest days.
Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America.
(Applause.)
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MEMORANDUM
To:
Bruce Reed
Ken Apfel
Gene Sperling
Pam Van Wie
From: Shirley Sagawa
Re:
President's Speech on Service and Education
Date: May 8, 1996
This is a sketch of the proposals we discussed yesterday. We are working on the examples and
will forward a revised version later this afternoon.
1.
High School
a.
Leader Schools
Because service is a proven strategy to reduce absenteeism, teach citizenship, and motivate
students, high schools that make a substantial commitment to involving students in service will
be designated "National Service Leader Schools."
Evidence of substantial commitment may include:
service as a graduation requirement;
--
a required course using service-learning;
--
involvement of students in service that involves an education component;
--
providing training to teachers in service-learning methods;
--
partnership. with community organizations to involve students in solving a serious
community problem as evidenced by a plan with measurable goals; or
development of a program for high school students to tutor middle school or
elementary school students, including a plan with measurable goals
b.
National Service Scholarships
The President challenges schools and community groups to reward young people who make have
given to the community through significant service. The President will propose funding to be
provided on a dollar for dollar matching basis toward $1,000 scholarships for 20,000 high school
students who best exemplify commitment to service.
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2.
College Work Study
The President has proposed a significant increase in College Work Study and will ask Congress
to insure that half of the proposed increase will be earmarked for community service placements,
in addition to the current earmark of five percent. But colleges shouldn't wait for Congress:
The President challenges colleges and universities to restore the Work Study program to its
original mission providing community service opportunities to students.
3.
I Have A Dream
All middle school students should have the opportunity to dream of a college education. I Have
A Dream, founded by Eugene Lang, has proven that if young people receive one-on-one
mentoring accompanied by the promise of funds for college, they are far more likely to succeed
than their peers.
The President challenges all colleges and universities to adopt a middle school class or school
that has a high percentage of children who are underrepresented in the college population. Using
resources like college work study and AmeriCorps education awards, colleges can pair their
students with the young Dreamers and help prepare them for college.
Better yet, college students can lead these middle school students in service that will connect
them to their communities and expose them to career possibilities.
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The Government's Challenge: To match each dollar raised, up to $500.
The College's Challenge: To consider the scholarship as an indication of
leadership potential in the admission process.
The Student's Challenge: To perform significant service through community
groups, schools churches or synagogues.
Illustrative Example: The Junior League of Washington now gives college
scholarships to the high school student in the District of Columbia who volunteers
the most hours. The National Service Scholars program would increase the
number of such awards.
Goal: By next year, high schools throughout America would announce National
Service Scholars.
Serving Your Way Through College
The Strategy: To more effectively focus College Work Study positions on
community service activities.
The Government's Challenge: To support President Clinton's proposal to
increase funding for the College Work Study program by 10% per year for the
next five years, allowing colleges to redirect the focus of the College Work Study
program more toward serving community needs.
The College's Challenge: To direct the focus of their College Work Study funds
more toward serving community needs. Applying one-half of President Clinton's
proposed increase in work study funds each year to community service
opportunities would increase the number of such opportunities from the current
36,000 to more than 200,000 by the turn of the century.
The Student's Challenge: To help not only themselves but their communities as
they work their way through college.
Illustrative Example: Ohio Wesleyan University has work-study students tutor
and mentor disadvantaged middle school students as part of a Columbus, Ohio,
initiative, a program based on the acclaimed "I Have a Dream" model.
Goal: To align student opportunity with responsibility -- to make college more
affordable, connect schools and their students with the surrounding communities,
and serve community needs through student work study service.
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What is the return (in dollar terms) on the Learn and Serve investment?
To answer these questions, the evaluation is examining programs in seventeen sites across
the country using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. These include analysis
of pre- and post-program survey and school record data for approximately 1,000 Learn and
Serve participants and comparison group members, teacher and community agency surveys,
and on-site interviews and observation. The major focus for the evaluation is the 1995-96
school year, with student and teacher follow-up taking place during 1996-97.
The Interim Report summarized here presents the results from the first year of participant
and community impact studies, focusing primarily on short-term participant impacts and
service activities. The final report will include data on longer-term impacts, an analysis of
institutional impacts, and an analysis of program return on investment.
It is important to note that, in contrast to many national evaluations, this study does not
focus on a representative sample of Learn and Serve programs. Instead, the evaluation
focuses on a specific subset of "well-implemented" or "high quality" programs. All of the
programs selected for the study had been in operation for more than one year and reported
higher than average service hours and regular use of written and oral reflection. All were
also school-based initiatives and linked to a formal course curriculum. As such, this
evaluation is not intended to address the average impact of all Learn and Serve programs,
but rather to identify the impacts that can be reasonably expected from mature, fully-
implemented, school-based service-learning efforts.
The major findings in the Interim Report are as follows:
PARTICIPANT IMPACTS
Based on the data from the 1995-96 school year, the Learn and Serve programs in this study
have had significant, positive impacts on the civic and educational development of program
participants (see pages 4-5 for a table summarizing the participant impacts). Specific
findings are as follows:
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Learn and Serve participants in the study showed positive, statistically significant
impacts on all of the measures of civic attitudes used in the study, including
measures of personal and social responsibility, acceptance of cultural diversity, and
service leadership (defined as the degree to which students feel they are aware of
needs in a community, are able to develop and implement a service project, and are
committed to service now and later in life).
Program participants were also 30% more likely than comparison group members to
have been involved in some form of volunteer service during the previous six months
and provided more than 2.6 times as many hours of service as comparison group
members during that time period. The data on hours show that service programs are
not simply diverting students from other volunteer opportunities. Rather, they are
increasing the number of students involved in service and significantly increasing the
hours of service they provide.
Program participants scored significantly higher than comparison group students on
four out of ten measures of educational impact. The four measures were: school
engagement, school grades (with impacts on math, social studies and science grades),
core grade point average (calculated as the average of English, Math, Science, and
Social Studies grades), and educational aspirations (wanting to graduate a four year
college). Participants also showed marginally significant positive impacts on three
additional measures: overall GPA (which includes electives and other courses),
course failure, and a measure of educational competence (which reflects a student's
assessment of his or her OWN capacity to succeed in school).¹
There were no statistically significant impacts for the participants as a whole on the
measures of social or personal development, including communications skills, work
orientation, or involvement in risk behaviors. However, there was a marginally
significant impact on teenage pregnancy. The finding on teenage pregnancy, when
coupled with results from other studies, suggests that while service alone may not
dramatically reduce risk behaviors, service may contribute to the effectiveness of
more comprehensive programs targeted to reducing those behaviors among school-
aged youth.
In general, service-learning programs appear to benefit a wide range of youth (white,
minority, male and female, educationally and economically disadvantaged, etc.).
Students who are already involved in service also appear to continue to benefit from
involvement in a formal program.
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS OF THE PROGRAM EXPERIENCE
The generally strong performance of these programs was also reflected in the positive
student assessments of their program experience as well.
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For the purposes of this study, impacts are considered statistically significant if they are significant
at the .05 level or higher. However, we will report impacts that are "marginally significant" (that is, significant
at the .10 level) if they are consistent with a broader pattern of significant impacts.
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More than 95% of the program participants reported that they were satisfied with
their community service experience and that the service they performed was helpful
to the community and the individuals they served.
87% of the participants believed that they learned a skill that would be useful in the
future, and 75% said that they learned more than in a typical class.
75% reported developing a good personal relationship through service, generally with
other students or a service beneficiary.
Over 90% felt that students should be encouraged (though not required) to
participate in community service.
SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY
The services provided by the Learn and Serve programs were highly rated by the community
agencies, schools, hospitals, and other agencies where students provided assistance.
99% of the agencies rated their overall experience with the local Learn and Serve
program as "good" or "excellent."
97% of the agencies indicated that they would pay at least minimum wage for the
work being done, and 96% reported that they would use participants from the
program again.
90% of the agencies indicated that the Learn and Serve volunteers had helped the
agency improve their services to clients and the community, and 68% said the use
of the volunteers had increased the agency's capacity to take on new projects;
volunteers; 66% reported that the experience had increased the agency's interest in using student
56% said that participating in the program had produced new relationships with
public schools, and 66% said that it had fostered a more positive attitude towards
working with the public schools; and
82% reported that the Learn and Serve program had helped to build a more positive
attitude towards youth in the community.
CONCLUSIONS
The data from the first year of the evaluation suggest that these programs are having a
positive impact on program participants and the community. While these are interim
findings, they begin to point to the importance of program quality and maturity as an
element in program impact. The results from this study of "high quality" programs suggest
that the Corporation and the states continue their emphasis on improving the quality of
local service-learning programs. The more that Learn and Serve programs begin to
resemble the more intensive, fully-implemented service-learning efforts in this study, the
more likely those programs will meet the goals of the national community service legislation.
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SUMMARY OF PARTICIPANT IMPACTS
(Continued on next page)
Middle
All
High School
School
Characteristic
Participants
Participants
Participants
Civic/Social Attitudes and Behavior
Personal and Social Responsibility (Search
Institute Scale)
Social Welfare Subscale
+++
++
++
Community Involvement Subscale
+++
+++
+++
Total Personal/Social Responsibility Scale
+++
+++
+++
Acceptance of Cultural Diversity
+++
+++
+
(Search Institute Scale)
Service Leadership (Sieber scale)
+++
+++
+++
Volunteer Behavior
Volunteered for a Community Organization
or Got Involved in Other Community Service
in Last 6 Months
+++
+++
+++
Average Hours Doing Volunteer Work or
Community Service in Last 6 Months
+++
+++
+
Educational Impacts
(Connell Scales)
School Engagement
+++
+++
++
Educational Competence
+
+
Course Grades
English Grade
Math Grade
+++
++
+++
Social Studies Grade
+++
+++
Science Grade
++
++
.
+/- indicates positive or negative impact. + is statistically significant at the 0.10 level; ++ at the .05 level; +++ at the .01 level (two-
tailed test).
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SUMMARY OF PARTICIPANT IMPACTS, CONTINUED
Middle
All
High School
School
Characteristic
Participants
Participants
Participants
Educational Impacts, Cont'd.
Overall/School GPA
+
Core GPAb
+++
+++
Fail 1 or More Courses
+
+
Days Absentᶜ
Days Suspended
Want to Graduate 4- Year College or Beyond
++
+
Homework: 3 Hours or More Per Week
Social Development/Involvement with Risk Behavior
Psychosocial Maturity (Greenberger scale):
Communications Skills Subscale
Work Orientation Subscale
++
Consumed any Alcohol in Last 30 Days
Used Шеда! Drugs in Last 30 Days
Arrested in the Last 6 Mos.
Ever Pregnant or Made Someone Pregnant
+
Fought, Hurt or Used Weapon in the Last 6
Mos.
+
+/- indicates positive or negative impact. + is statistically significant at the 0.10 level; ++ at the 05 level; ++ + at the .01 level (two-
tailed test).
Core GPA is calculated as the average of English, Math, Social Studies, and Science Grades.
Three (3) programs excluded from the analysis of days absent due to incomplete reporting: Hillside HS, Taos
HS, and Nocona MS.
d
Seven (7) programs excluded from the analysis of days suspended due to incomplete reporting: Hillside HS,
Scotia-Glenville HS, Hempstead HS, Nathaniel Rochester MS, McDowell HS, Caprock HS, and Wanamaker
MS.
Source: Impacts on "All Participants" based on analysis of baseline and post-program surveys of 608 program
participants and 444 comparison group members (N=1052). High School impact analysis based on 435 high school
participants and 298 comparison group members (N=733). Middle school analysis based on 173 participants and
146 comparison group members (N=319).
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PEACE CORPS
CORES
PEACE CORPS
DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM
To:
Diana Fortuna
Steve Silverman
From:
Harris Wofford and Mark Gearan
Re:
Presidential Radio Address - National Service Week
Date:
April 3, 1997
Over the past several days, the Corporation and the Peace Corps have
been working collaboratively to determine some of the more tangible service
activities underway by Americorps members, Americorps alumni and
returned Peace Corps Volunteers during National Service Week. A draft
description of these projects is attached.
Most of these projects have already been planned, and, as we've
indicated in previous discussions, represent a sample of the myriad service
projects that Americorps members and returned Peace Corps Volunteers carry
out every day.
That said, we also believe that the President can announce a
tremendous "value added" to these service activities being planned across the
country. In an effort to both encourage and provide young people with an
opportunity to serve - the fifth goal of the Presidents' Summit - Americorps
members, Americorps alumni and returned Peace Corps Volunteers across
the country will reach out to youth in their communities, to join them in
planned service projects during National Service Week. With Americorps
and Peace Corps organizing activities in more than 15 states, and in hundreds
of communities, we could expect an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 youth to be newly
engaged in service during National Service Week.
We also recommend that the President announce the establishment of
a service site on the White House web page, to enable people interested in
service to gather information on existing service projects, and to connect into
service activities in their communities.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20526
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We believe that Saturday, April 12 is the most appropriate date for the
President to announce these initiatives, closer to the start of National Service
Week. However, we would be pleased to join the President, with Americorps
and Peace Corps service leaders, at a radio address on April 5.
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RPCV service activities during
National Volunteer Week
Colorado
On April 12, a group of Colorado RPCVs will be assisting in an urban
reforestation project called Denver Digs Trees. The program is sponsored by a
foundation called The Park People, which raises money for Denver's parks
and public trees. RPCVs will distribute and plant trees along urban streets
where elderly property owners are physically unable to do it themselves. The
project director of Denver Digs Trees is an RPCV named Gertie Grant, who
was a PCV in Malaysia between 1967-69.
Connecticut
On April 19, over 20 RPCVs in Connecticut will be helping to restore a Red
Cross Family Housing shelter by painting, cleaning, gardening, and
constructing shelves. The shelter, located at 107 Daddario Road, Middletown,
houses approximately 14 homeless families at any given time, and it also
runs an after school program for the sheltered children. The event is being
organized by Lucy McMillan, the director of the shelter, who was a Peace
Corps Volunteer in Togo between 1986-1989.
Northern California
For the past 5 years, RPCVs in Northern California have been helping to
restore trails at Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco. This
April 26, about 20 RPCVs will continue this collaboration with the National
Park Service, by cutting and hauling out underbrush to make trails passable
for hikers.
About 15 RPCVs in Northern California will be also assisting in Christmas
in April on April 26, in Contra Costa County nonprofit group that mobilizes
volunteers to paint, repair, and renovate houses in underserved
communities and amongst the elderly.
On April 12, about 10 RPCVs will be helping the California State Park
Service to restore a hiking trail on Mt. Diablo, in Contra Costa County. This is
part of an ongoing monthly collaboration.
Louisiana
On April 19, about 50 RPCVs will assist in an urban beautification project by
razing an abandoned house situated on a scenic Louisiana bayou. The project
is organized by a group called Les Reflections de Bayou, and it seeks to
maintain the environmental quality of bayous in the Mississippi delta area.
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Massachussetts
On May 10 and 11, the Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers are
sponsoring a community service project with another all-volunteer
organization in Boston, People Making a Difference through Community
Service, Lori Tsuruda, director. The project will involve 20 or more RPCVs
working to improve a community garden located at Washington and
Rutland St. in Boston's south end. Among other things, RPCVs will be
digging a long, deep trench to allow proper drainage of water run-off from an
adjoining parking lot to prevent erosion of the community garden.
New Jersey
On April 19th, 1997, the Philadelphia Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
will be volunteering to assist Habitat for Humanity in the construction of a
house at 7th and Clinton St., Camden, N.J. An estimated 20 RPCVs will be
participating.
New York
RPCVs of Greater New York will join local soup kitchens in providing food
to the homeless. On April 10 and May 8, they will be at the Central
Synagogue, at 55th Street and Lexington, and on Sundays April 13 and May
11, they will be at the St. Xavier's Church, 55 W. 15th Street, between 5th and
6th. The contact for these projects is Ingrid Buntschuh, 212-678-2380.
New York and Chicago
New York and Chicago RPCVs are involved in the Global Awareness
Program, a project that is sending a student ambassador from each of 34 high
schools in New York (25) and Chicago (9), representing over 16,000 students,
to Navajo reservation schools in New Mexico and Arizona. Specifically, the
students will be going to Wingate, New Mexico and in Arizona, to Tuba City
and Dennehotso. They will be visiting the schools between April 12-22. The
program has been in operation since 1986. These students are chosen based on
essays they submitted as part of a selection process. In addition, the Navajo
reservation will be sending representatives from their schools to New York
and Chicago this year, beginning on April 6.
Ohio
On April 19, 10 to 20 Cincinnati RPCVs will be joining with assisting in
general fix-up and repairs at the Kirby Elementary School, located at 1710
Bruce Ave., is part of a city-wide school restoration day organized by
Cincinnati Public Schools.
Oregon
On April 9, West Cascade RPCVs will be providing 16 volunteers for the
"Chefs Night Out," a fund-raiser for Food for Lane County , the local food
bank. The event will be held at the Hult Center in Eugene.
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Starting April 5, West Cascade RPCVs will be providing a volunteer each
Saturday to help supervise the First Place Family Shelter, at 1996 Amazon
Parkway. The RPCV group has donated $1,000 to the center, which handles
40-50 people/day, and this marks the beginning of an ongoing collaboration
whereby the group has pleadged 500 volunteer hours to the shelter over the
next year.
On April 26th, about 10 RPCVs will be painting the childcare center at the
First Place Family Shelter.
Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers will be assisting
the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank on Saturday, April 19, 1997. Between 10
to 20 RPCVs will be breaking down large bulk food packages, sorting and then
repacking the food for distribution to the most needy citizens of Philadelphia.
The work project will occur at the Food Bank warehouse at 3rd and Berks St.
in Philadelphia, starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until 2:00 p.m.
On April 19th, the Philadelphia Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers will
be assisting a women's shelter, the Agape House for Women, to renew and
refurbish the garden/community area the RPCVs developed for the shelter
last year. They will be planting, raking, adding wood chips, cleaning and
painting. The Agape house is located at 2020 North Woodstock Street in
Philadelphia. Approximately 20-30 RPCVs will participate, starting at 10:00
a.m. The entire garden area has become an important community center,
with open space, picnic tables, and benches. The shelter, with support from
the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, does a lot of community outreach including
meals and activities for neighborhood children.
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National volunteer week/AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps projects in states in which RPCV's are already engaged
Colorado
Denver: NCCC is already joining the RPCV urban reforestation project. And members
and volunteers will converge upon the Sheridan Family Resource Center to build new plots
for a community garden, to lead children in paiting a mural on the garden's fence, to
construct paths throughout, and to host other community groups in a service fair to attract
more volunteers of all ages.
Lakewood: national service and community volunteers are building_ mile of new trail in
Green Mountain Park. Repair and renovation of existing trail includes closing off "social
trails" and repairing seasonal damage.
Connecticut
Hartford: national service members are hosting a volunteer fair at the State Capitol
Concourse, with a focus on recruiting more youth to service.
California
Northern
San Francisco: Bay Area AmeriCorps members and volunteers will serve at the Presidio,
with landscaping and the removal of non-native plants, trees, and debris at three different
sites at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Linking San Francisco is holding a fair
for 250 children who attend their after-school programs.
San Jose: AmeriCorps Members and Visions, a local nonprofit, will begin renovating
the Julian Street Inn, a shelter for the mentally ill homeless.
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Sacramento: for the first two weeks in April members will collect new and used books to
promote literacy and develop an interest in reading among at-risk youth. Collected books
will benefit several after-school tutoring and mentoring programs in the county.
Central
Salinas: AmeriCorps Members are working with the City of Salinas to clean up Natividad
and Gabilan Creek bike path of debris, sand, and trash, repair damaged paving.
Southern
Los Angeles: over 250 young people are participating in a youth summit to provide
recommendations to the Los Angeles delegation to the Presidents' Summit for America's
Future.
Pomona: over 4,5000 elementary and middle school children will be participating in Youth
Relay Days, a variety of track and field events organized by AmeriCorps members and
community volunteers from the Kiwanis and Key Clubs.
Encinitas: on April 15, schools in the Encinitas Union School District will conduct a
variety of literacy activities with a theme of "We are reading, we are learning we are
serving". Teachers are designing a reading curriculum with cross-age tutoring,
intergenerational volunteers, reflections and awards.
Louisiana
Grand Isle/Fouchon: over 200 AmeriCorps members from across the state are converging
to help a USDA project to prevent coastal erosion in the Fouchon Beach area at the tip of
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the toe of the state. Louisiana loses fifty square miles of land each year to erosion.
Members and volunteers will plant grasses, build retaining walls, and build a 5,000 foot
sand fence. Chevron Oil Company is donating funds for the materials.
New York
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: service projects in conjunction with the President's Summit include a full
cleanup of eight miles of Germantown Avenue, community murals, replacing litter strewn
lots with community gardens, building community playgrounds. The NCCC is
rehabilitating a former bathhouse at the Cruz Recreation Center, and turning it into a
youth/community center. This new space will support the expansion of the after school
tutoring program, where corpsmembers and volunteers serve daily from 3-5pm.
On April 26, 100 AmeriCorps alumni from across the country will be traveling to
Philadelphia for their first national conference. Plans are underway to spend Saturday
volunteering at HOPE for Healthy Kids Day performing door-to-door outreach to educate
parents on health issues, including immunization, asthma and lead poisoning. Sunday
alumni will volunteer at the Germantown Avenue project.
Harrisburg: high school students and AmeriCorps members are participating in a statewide
service celebration. In the state capitol, students will be displaying their volunteer projects
from the past year, will be recruiting new youth volunteers, and will host a college fair
promoting Pennsylvania colleges which provide service as a part of the curriculum.
Ohio
Cleveland and other cities ... not yet heard back from John Poole
Texas
Houston: Serve Houston Day will construct an outdoor education center at James H. Law
Elementary School with AmeriCorps, community volunteers, and employee volunteers
from the Prudential. The center, more than just a park, will provide needed educational
resources as well as recreational opportunities for school children and local families.
Planned park improvements include planting tress and shrubs, assembling and erecting bird
houses, assembling and placing the benches and stage for the amphitheater, constructing
small playground equipment, and a water collection center. The Serve Houston Youth
Corps is also coordinating 100 projects for the city of Houston for young people and others
to give something back to their community.
San Antonio: AmeriCorps and the Y's and Scouts are volunteering for a range of projects
for the city: clearing trash and raising the canopy from the cTeeK of Los Lomos city park,
renovating homes of low income senior citizens, beautifying a local national historical
mission, celebrating service with orphaned children by hosting a service event with the
children, leading entertainment and recreation programs for senior citizens, and a host of
other projects in and around the city's schools.
Austin: the University of Texas is hosting seventy one service projects.
Washington
Hands On DC (12th) is a one day work-a-thon to repair DC public schools and to raise
scholarship funds. Three thousand volunteers will be working on thirty district public
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schools. And volunteers are serving with NCCC members at Jubilee Housing, renovating
low income housing, and supporting the afterschool tutoring program.
other interesting projects underway with AmeriCorps that could host RPCV's
Rhode Island
Providence: hundreds of national service members and community volunteers will actively
participate in a week-long reading improvement initiative across the state. Thousands of
new books will be collected to fill the shelves of "community libraries". These libraries
will be constructed in community centers which presently have limited or no reading
resources. Ben and Jerry's will be donating the ice-cream.
Georgia
Atlanta: Hands on Atlanta is hosting a "Serve it UP" concert and service day as a kick off
to national volunteer week activities. Students at Marshall Middle School are developing a
service project with AmeriCorps Members painting murals, lockers, and landscaping the
school yard. The project is being designed and implemented by the students themselves.
Ben & Jerry's is providing ice cream for the 500 volunteers.
Indiana
Fort Wayne: 21st Century Scholars is am AmeriCorps program that will offer after school
tutorials for youth at local libraries throughout the week. Scholars will help other youth
with homework and will hold group discussions on how an education builds a strong
future.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee: The YMCA is hosting a citywide clean up project and is expecting 1,000
young people to participate, all recruited from the Y's.
Michigan
Frendale/Oakland County: AmeriCorps members and volunteers will pain murals on the
exterior walls of the Pike Street Boys and Girls Club. Past experience has convinced this
town that murals designed and painted by young people are a deterrent to gang graffiti.
The first mural painted by this partnership has remained graffiti-free for three years.
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April 13-April VOLUNTEER 19, 1997
WEEK
Serve Now
for
April 13-19 is National Volunteer Week, a time to cele-
historic event
brate the contributions of America's volunteers and to
will mobilize
America's
focus on the service that remains to be done. This year,
millions of
community volunteers will join together to renovate
citizens and
homes, tutor children, clean parks, build playgrounds, and
thousands of
Future
help out in hundreds of other service projects to get things
organizations
done for America's future.
to ensure that
youth can live
Though only seven days long, National Volunteer Week
productive, healthy, and safe lives.
represents the valuable service that some 90 million
Americans provide throughout the year. Because of the
The Corporation for National Service and the Points of
efforts of students in Learn and Serve America, people of
Light Foundation are the founding organizations of the
all ages in AmeriCorps, older Americans in the Senior
Summit. National Volunteer Week provides the national ser-
Corps, and others who give back to their communities,
vice and community volunteering networks an opportunity
Americans are benefiting from safer streets, better
to showcase and celebrate our commitment, creativity, and
schools, healthier children, and a cleaner environment.
energy and to demonstrate that service is a effective strat-
egy for helping to solve serious social problems.
Following National Volunteer Week, on April 27-29,
President Clinton and former Presidents will issue
By participating in National Volunteer Week,
a call to action through service at the
you will help make the goals of the Summit a
Presidents' Summit for America's Future. This
reality.
ERICA V THE
Have an enjoyable and productive week.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON SERVICE
THE WHITE HOUSE
April 5, 1997
Good morning. I want to talk to you today about how we can make this glorious spring a
season of service all across our country. As I have said, the era of big government is over, but
the era of big challenges is not. Citizen service is how we recognize that we are responsible for
one another. It is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not through
heavy-handed government, or as isolated individuals, but as a true community, all of us working
together.
On April 25, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, we will be convening an historic
Presidents' Summit on Service. I will be joined by President Bush, by General Colin Powell and
Henry Cisneros, and by thousands of citizens from around the country who are prepared to roll
up their sleeves and work to serve our children and rebuild our communities. Every single
person or business represented at the summit will have committed to take specific steps to help
their neighbors. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed national sense of
obligation, a new sense of duty.
I hope that this wonderful event will make all Americans think about the duty we owe to
one another. Citizen service can take many shapes -- it can mean volunteering nights or on
weekends in a religious group or neighborhood association, and it can mean devoting full years
of your life to service like those in the Peace Corps or the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
It can help meet our most pressing social needs, from renewing our cities to giving young
children someone to look up to. And service leads to more service -- a typical AmeriCorps
member trains or recruits a dozen or more community volunteers. It can help meet our most
pressing challenges.
Over the past four years, we have worked to harness this citizen energy in so many ways.
I am proud that 50,000 young people have earned college tuition by serving their communities
through AmeriCorps, the national service program. And our America Reads initiative will
mobilize one million volunteers to teach every 3rd grader to read independently.
Today I will issue a proclamation designating the week of April 13-20 as a national
week of service. During that week, over one million young people will participate in 3,000
events across the country, cleaning up neighborhoods, working with children,
I have asked the thousands of AmeriCorps alumni and returned Peace Corps volunteers
to participate as well, reaching out to youth in their communities. They will organize activities
in more than 15 states and in hundreds of communities, recruiting another 3,000 to 4,000 young
people to engage in service for the first time in service during the week.
Citizen service cannot be a pursuit for one week or one month. The ethic of service must
extend throughout a lifetime. Nobody is too young to serve -- and as a recent study by
Brandeis University shows, when you begin to serve at a young age, it's a good habit that's hard
to break.
So we must find even more ways to encourage young people to serve.
I am joined here today by young men and women from Maryland, along with that State's
Lieutenant Governor, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Maryland now requires that every high
school student perform some service as a condition of graduation. One student with me gathered
food and clothing for the needy
another, dyslexic herself, taught disabled students
another tutors young children at a Head Start center.
Two weeks ago, applications went out to high school principals all around the country,
inviting them to select a student in that school who has performed outstanding service, making
them eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. Under this new program, which we enacted last year, the
national government will put up $500 for each student, to be matched by local communities.
Already, a host of civic organizations -- including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose
International, Lions Clubs and the U.S. Jaycees -- have accepted our challenge to work with
their local chapters to provide matching funds for these scholarships.
Public servants from agencies like the Agriculture Department will work as partners with
schools. And this week, the National Association of Secondary School Prinicpals agreed to
introduce service learning to more than 2 million students nationwide.
Today I challenge schools and communities in every state to make service a part of the
curriculum in high school and even in middle school. There are many creative ways to do this
-- including giving students credit, making service part of the curriculum, putting service on a
student's transcript, or even requiring it, as Maryland does. States and schools should decide for
themselves. But every American young person should be taught the joy and the duty of serving,
and they should learn it at the moment when it will have the most enduring impact.
I hope you will all join in the spirit of the Presidents' Summit on Service, and take part in
the national week of service beginning April 13. Service is in our deepest national tradition.
Millions of young Americans in my generation were inspired by the call to service, issued so
often from this very office, by President Kennedy. Now it is up to all of us to take up his
challenge for every [one of us] can make a difference, and every one of us must try
Thank you for listening.
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A report by President Clinton today shows that well-designed service-learning programs can improve
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The report by Brandeis University's Center for Human Resources and Abt Associates Inc. for the
Corporation for National Service, was intended to measure the success of well-designed, fully-
implemented service-learning programs. The study provides incentives to educators to create effective
service-learning programs in which students can achieve tangible benefits.
The study is important because it shows significant gains in academic achievement by high school and
middle school students as a result of participating in service-learning programs.
According to the report, students who participated in the service-learning programs:
had higher grades in social studies, math, and science
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were more personally and socially responsible
were more accepting of cultural diversity
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A new study by Brandeis University and Abt Associates for the Corporation for National Service
shows that well-designed, fully-implemented service learning programs improve learning,
strengthen civic attitudes, and promote service activities. Students who participate in these
school programs actually get better grades in math, science, and social studies. They also become
better citizens more aware of the needs in their community more personally and socially
responsible. This report is the first national study to show significant gains in academic
achievement by high school and middle school students as a result of service learning programs.
The study evaluated 1,000 students (1,000 total, both service learning and control group3) in
programs in 17 sites across the country during the 1995-96 school year. Service-learning
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students to reflect on their service experiences.
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people through the National Association of Student Councils, the National Honor
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education with a $1,000 scholarship. The Corporation for National Service is offering a matching
$500 scholarship for one high school junior or senior selected by each principal. Applications
went out to high school principals two weeks ago. For 1997, at least $3 million in matching funds
is available. Leaders of national civic organizations (such as the Elks ?) have come forward to
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neighborhood safety projects; provide information to 2 million families in support of the healthy
development of their children; direct at least $30 million in grants toward converting America's schools to
their Information Superhighway by the year 2000; and sponsor Youth Service America's National Youth
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Service Day to encourage young people to participate in efforts to improve their communities. Also will
sponsor the opening luncheon of the Summit on April 28.
IBM
IBM has committed through its Team Tech Volunteer program to provide technology and technical
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services to over 2,500 health and human service non-profit agencies that will directly benefit over 2.5
million young people by the year 2000. In 1997 this commitment will be $2.4 million and will by the year
2000 be $10 million. The effort is launched in partnership with Americorps* VISTA and United Way of
America.
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The Benevolent Order of the Elks are engaging their members at the local level for all five resources: will
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develop mentoring relationships with at least 10 at-risk kids in each of their 2,217 Lodge communities; will
sponsor drug-free proms and/or graduation parties in 2,000 communities (now a model programin 300
Lodges); will donate $34.9million to support structured activities for young peeple in their nonschool
hours (a $5 million increase for programs ranging from their Hoop Shoots competition to scouting troops
and sports leagues); will commit $6.5million in College Scholarships based on need, leadership, and
scholastic ability (an additional $1.2 million); will develop weekly after school programsat 1,000Lodges;
and will engage at least 275,000 young people as partners with members in community service projects
organized through the Lodges by the year 2000
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Launching a new Diversity Partnerships Initiative providing over $4 million to K-12 and University
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partnerships in urban areas that are engaging students in math and science. By the year 2000 HP has
committed to provide over 190,000 employee volunteer hours and $24 million in cash and equipment
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grants to K-12 schools (a 15% increase)
National Restaurant Association
Commits to expand the industry's school-to-work program from 50 schools to 500 by the year 2002,
engaging 10,000students in programs that build skills necessary for a career in the restaurant industry;
introduce 250,000 youth to the "world of work" over the next five years through new partnerships with
schools and civic and community organizations providing internships, scholarships, and job shadowing
opportunities; commit $250,000 over the next five years to facilitate these new efforts
Project NEAT (National Education Advancement Team)
A Silicon Valley-based non-profit which provides "internet appliances" to schools in remote areas,
commits to increase from 2,000 to 10,000, the number of schools to whom they will provide these
appliances. Total cost of this project in 1997 will be $7.5 million, increased from currently planned $1.5
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million. Sega donates the appliances which are distributed locally are coordinated at the local levelby the
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Appalachian Regional Commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the California Technology
Assistance Program.
McGraw Hill
Commits to launching a new philanthropic initiative to provide economic and business information to the
classroom through a combination of cash and product donations and volunteer involvement. McGraw Hill
will sponsor teacher training and classroom educational activities in ten cities contributing $500,000 in
software and $1 million in cash contributions. McGraw Hill will develop a new employee volunteer
initiative. MH will also donate $1 million of ad space in MH publications including Business Week to
summit organizers to help promote mentoring and other youth development.
Vision Service Plan
Will provide funding for eye examinations and spectacles, using their 17,000 doctors and 350 labs with
whom they currently contract nationwide. This new program will fund 40-50,000 children annually, and is
a donation of $7 million.
National Center for Family Literacy
Commits to doubling their efforts from 50,000 to 100,000 the number of disadvantaged families who will
receive support and literacy training through family literacy programs.
American Humane Association
The nation's oldest child protection organization, AHA will launch a new project called 'Front Porch"
which will provide for 1 million ordinary citizens the tools and information to make communities a safer
place for children by extending their front porch to neighbors in need. The program will be implemented
in Summit delegation communities in two phases over the next three years at a cost
of $2.5 million.
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US West will focus a major employee volunteer effort in developing marketable skills in young people.
Through WOW by ONE (Widening our World by One), by the millennium, US West will have at least
5,000 employees actively involved in classrooms working with over 300,000 students as either non-
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technical volunteers, tech tutors, or cyber mentors. In addition to the company- technology tool kit, each
employee will be supported with grants of up to $600 for technology in the classroom. This new volunteer
initiative is an extension of other programs including providing Internet connections for schools (Cable in
the Classroom), the Connected Schools program which brings free dial-up or deeply discounted high speed
Internet access, and the Foundation's training programs currently reaching 150,000 educators and students.
This commitment of nearly $150 million will benefit more than 10 million children in about 20,000
schools.
The National Association of Secondary School Principals, representing more than 40,000 school
administrators, pledged to introduce more than 2 million students to the concepts and "how to's" of service
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learning, bringing the service ethic and opportunity to young people through its core programs: the
National Association of Student Councils, the National Honor Society/National Junior Honor Society; and
the new American Technology Honor Society.
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FIVE FUNDAMENTAL RESOURCES
FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
THE PRESIDENTS SUMMIT
FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE
PROTECT NURTURE TEACH
An Ongoing Relationship with a Caring Adult: Mentor, Tutor, Coach
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
PRESIDENT
It is more important than ever for young people to have the sustaining presence
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
of caring adults in their lives. While there are currently hundreds of thousands
PRESIDENT
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
of mentoring and tutoring relationships, it is estimated that as many as 15
million young people would benefit from the intervention of a caring adult.
GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Our goal is to create the additional tutoring and mentoring relationships
GEN. COLIN L. POWELL
necessary for a positive impact on the lives of these young people.
VICE CHAIRMAN
HENRY G. CISNEROS
Safe Places and Structured Activities During
Non-School Hours to Learn and Grow
Young people cannot flourish, develop and properly mature into productive
citizens in a climate of fear and chaos. Our goal is to increase safe places and
structured activities during non-school hours so that young people can study,
play and receive the necessary guidance to reach their full potential in life.
A Healthy Start
Adequate health care and healthy behaviors are essential to every child's
development and well-being. Our goal is to find new ways, in cooperation
with government, health care providers and business, to assure that this is
achieved.
A Marketable Skill Through Effective Education
Many young people attend school with little or no concept of how their studies
will prepare them for a job or economic opportunity. Our goal is to forge new
partnerships among businesses, schools and citizen volunteers to provide more
young people with mentors, summer jobs, internships, and the essential skills
of reading and mathematics.
An Opportunity to Give Back Through Community Service
Often young people are not encouraged, or given the opportunity, to help
others. Our goal is to provide young people with the opportunity to serve, so
that they become part of the solution and experience first-hand the benefit of
being active citizens.
P.O. Box 27120
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TEL: 800.365.0153
INTERNET: www.citizenservice.org
A new study by Brandeis University and Abt Associates shows that students who participate in
well-designed service programs in schools actually get better grades in math, science, and social
studies. They also become better citizens -- more aware of the needs in their community. more
personally and socially responsible (not sure how to phrase this!).
5. New commitment to Summit:
All around the country, associations (?) and corporations are responding to the Summit's call to
action. I am pleased to announce that, this week, the National Association of Secondary School
Principals, representing more than 40,000 school administrators, pledges to introduce service
learning (better term??) to more than 2 million students (bringing the service ethic and
opportunity to young people through the National Association of Student Councils, the National
Honor Society/National Junior Honor Society; and the new American Technology Honor
Society).
1. National Service and Volunteer Week:
I will issue a proclamation designating the week of April 13 as a national week of service. During
that week, more than 1 million (Corp. says as many as 2 million) young people will participate in
3,000 events across the country (culminating on National Youth Service Day?). In addition, I
have asked (?) AmeriCorps alumni and returned Peace Corps volunteers to participate as well,
reaching out to youth in their communities. Americorps and the Peace Corps will organize
activities in more than 15 states and in hundreds of communities, with another 3,000 to 4,000
youth newly engaged in service during the week.
I encourage young people all across the country to make the week of April 13 a week of service.
(The following is a possible America Reads tie-in that I am asking Bruce about: I encourage
middle school and high school students to do community service by being reading partners with
young children, particularly on weekends and during the summer, as well as during weekdays -
after school, as part of our America Reads effort. 1 also encourage high school students to be
tutors for middle school students to learn math and science.)
2. Maryland and high school service:
I am pleased to welcome to the White House today some students who have taken part
in/completed the state of Maryland's service requirement. These students have (describe). By
introducing our young people to community service and encouraged to "give back" to their
communities, they become better citizens. I challenge states to follow Maryland's lead in making
service part of every high school's basic ethic, either as part of the curriculum or for credit or on
the transcript or a grad requirement, and I challenge colleges to look at it as part of their
admissions process.
(Steve's sentence: Sometimes young people need a little help hooking up to good opportunities to
serve. That's why I'm pleased that Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman is providing Maryland
and District of Columbia high school students the opportunity to volunteer on food recovery and
gleaning projects, ensuring that (however we describe gleaning).
3. High School Service Scholarships:
Two weeks ago, applications went out to high school principals inviting them to select a student
in that school who has performed outstanding service, making them eligible for a $1,000
scholarship. Under this new program, the Federal government will put up $500 for each student,
to be matched by local communities. I am pleased to announce(?) that civic organizations (such
as the Elks ?) have agreed to sponsor this program and work with local communities to make it
a success. We hope/plan to expand this program next year to every high school in the country
(money to do so is in President's budget; OMB wants to say "almost every.")
4. Study on benefits of service learning:
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Already a host of civic volunteer organizations - including the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Moose International, Lions Clubs, and the U.S. Jaycees among others - have accepted my
challenge to work with their local chapters to provide matching funds for these
scholarships. These organizations will work with high schools to identify one student in
each high school doing outstanding community service.
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Council of Chief State School Officers
Will work with states to increase the number that include and support service learning as
a key strategy for building civic responsibility, improving the quality of life in our
communities, and improving academic achievement for all students. Over the next
three years, CCSSO will provide resources and technical assistance to help more states
develop their policies and practices, reaching twenty-five states by the year 2000
Maryland Youth Service Action Committee
Will develop in the twelve months following the Summit a statewide network of 300+
youth service and leadership organizations across Maryland and encourage each of these
to adopt community service as part of their mission.
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call to action at end is good
challenge states to follow Md's lead in making service part of every high school's basic ethic, either as part
of the curriculum or for credit or on the transcript or a grad requirement, and challenge colleges to look at it
as part of admission.
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bravo; press reported mandatory, and they caught trouble
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 5, 1997
RADIO ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE NATION
The Oval Office
10:06 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I want to talk with you
today about how we can make this glorious spring a season of service all
across America. As I have said many times, the era of big government
may be over, but the era of big challenges for our nation is surely not.
Citizen service is the main way we recognize that we are responsible for
one another. It is the very American idea that we meet our challenges
not through heavy-handed government or as isolated individuals, but as
members of a true community, with all of us working together.
On April 27th through 29th, at Independence Hall in
Philadelphia, we will be convening an historic Presidents' Summit on
Service. I will be joined by President Bush, General Colin Powell, by
every living former president or his representative, by other prominent
Americans, including former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros and Lynda Robb.
Every person, business or organization represented at the summit will
have already committed to take specific steps to help to serve our
children and to rebuild our communities. Our mission is nothing less
than to spark a renewed national sense of obligation, a new sense of
duty, a new season of service.
I hope that many activities in the weeks leading up to this
wonderful event will make all Americans think about the duty all of us
owe to one another. Citizen service can take many shapes - it can mean
volunteering nights or on weekends in a religious group or neighborhood
association, or devoting full years of your life to service like those
the Peace Corps or the Jesuit Volunteer Corps members do.
Over the past four years, we have worked to harness this
citizen energy in so many ways. I am especially proud of AmeriCorps,
the national service program I proposed when I ran for President, that
we launched the very next year. Since its creation, 50,000 young people
have earned college tuition by serving their communities, with the basic
bargain of getting the opportunity to go to college in return for giving
something back to their friends and neighbors.
The success of AmeriCorps shows that service can help to
meet our most pressing social needs, from renewing our cities to
protecting our environment, to immunizing poor children, to giving them
mentors and someone to look up to. And that service often leads to more
service -- a typical AmeriCorps member trains or recruits a dozen or
more community volunteers.
To focus the American people on the importance of this
summit and the urgency of service, I'll issue a proclamation designating
the week of April 13th through 19th as national service week in America.
During that week, over a million young people will participate in 3,000
events across our nation, cleaning up neighborhoods and working with
children.
I've asked the thousands of AmeriCorps alumni and returned
Peace Corps volunteers to participate as well, reaching out
to youth in their communities, speaking in schools, recruiting
volunteers and teaching a new generation about the power of service.
I'm very pleased that some of them have joined our Peace Corps
Director, Mark Gearan, here with me today.
I hope that they will teach that citizen service cannot be
a pursuit for just a week or a month, that the ethic of service must
extend throughout a lifetime. No one is too young to serve, as a recent
study by Brandeis University shows -- when you begin to serve at a young
age, schoolwork improves and there is a good chance you will continue to
serve in the years to come. It's a good habit that's hard to break.
And no one is too old to serve, either. But we must find even more ways
to encourage our young people to begin to serve.
I'm joined here today by some young men and women from
Maryland, along with that State's Lieutenant Governor, Kathleen Kennedy
Townsend, who has been a leader in making Maryland the first state in
our nation to require that every student perform some service as a
condition of high school graduation. One of the students meeting with
me gathered food and clothing for the needy; another, dyslexic herself,
taught disabled students; another tutors young children at a Head Start
center.
Today I challenge schools and communities in every state to
make service a part of the curriculum in high school and even in middle
school. There are many creative ways to do this -- including giving
students credit, making service part of the curriculum, putting service
on a student's transcript or even requiring it, as Maryland does. This
week, the National Association of Secondary School Principals agreed to
introduce service learning to more than 2 million students, and I hope
they'll work to find even more creative ways to involve service. States
and schools, of course, should be free to decide this for themselves.
But every young American should be taught the joy and the duty of
serving, and should learn it at the moment when it will have the most
enduring impact on the rest of their lives.
Two weeks ago, applications went out to high school
principals all around our nation, inviting them to select a student in
that school who has performed outstanding service, thereby making them
eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. Under this new initiative, which we
launched last year, our national government will put up $500 for each
student if it is matched by local communities. Already, a host of civic
organizations -- including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose
International, the Lions Clubs, the U.S. Jaycees -- have accepted our
challenge to work with their local chapters to provide matching funds
for these scholarships. And public servants from agencies like the
Agriculture Department will continue to work as partners with these
schools, sending volunteers to work with teachers and acting as mentors
to students.
I hope all of you will join in the spirit of the Presidents' Summit on
Service, and take part in the national week of service beginning April 13th.
Service is in our deepest national tradition. Millions of young Americans in
my generation were inspired by the call to service, issued so often from this
very office, by President Kennedy. Now it is up to all of us to take up
President Kennedy's challenges -- remembering, as he said, that every person
can make a difference, and every person must try.
Thanks for listening.