Service Learning

Service Learning combines service objectives with learning objectives with the intent that the activity change both the recipient and the provider of the service.

Service Learning:

• Promotes learning through active participation in service experience
• Provides structured time for students to reflect by thinking, discussing, and/or writing about their service experience
• Provides an opportunity for students to use skills and knowledge in real-life situations
• Extends learning beyond the classroom and into the community
• Fosters a sense of caring for others

ArtsWest believes in developing a sense of commitment to the world around us. Students are asked to participate in both local and international service projects. Students return from these with a healthier global perspective, an informed sense of the complexities of service work, and a greater confidence in their own abilites to affect meaningful change. Reflection, by way of journal entried of scrapbook creation is a vital part of completing this progam.