Outreach: Community

We work to establish and sustain community partnerships to create applied learning experiences for our students. Our students serve their community through their required service learning hours. They may serve a non-profit of their choice or one which we supervise, including our Leo Club, sponsored by the Kent Island Lion's Club. We are proud to say that graduates of Wye River Upper School have discovered their passions for community service and gone on to pursue them in their post-secondary training. Our partners include:

• Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center.
• Chesapeake College Continuing Education.
• Kent Island Lions Club.
• Chesapeake Bay Trust.
• Habitat for Humanity Choptank

Our students do a lot of volunteer work, both in Maryland and farther afield. Some of Wye River Upper School's service learning opportunities include:

• Establishing a Leo Club Chapter.
• Volunteering at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center.
• Serving breakfast to veterans at the American Legion.
• Producing an anti-smoking Public Service Announcement targeted to teens for Maryland cable television.
• Hurricane Katrina clean-up work in the Mississippi Gulf area.
• Habitat for Humanity Choptank
• Philabundance Food Bank in Philadelphia
• Tuckahoe State Park
• Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area

"Last year we went to Mississippi to do post-Hurricane Katrina relief work. This is an experience I will remember and treasure for the rest of my life. It really hit home, the work we did, and the people we met." - John Staurulakis, Student