Sampling of Athletic and Class Service Projects

Soccer

Cross Country

Lacrosse

English 1

• Students donated 80 pairs of cleats to the Diablo Rotary Club for kids in Africa.

• Team members participated in Special Olympics training with the East Bay Buffaloes.

• Students spent three hours volunteering at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano.

• Students loaded holiday food baskets and wrapped gifts onto trucks for the Knights of Columbus.

• Students donated 50 pairs of shoes to One World Running.

• Students provided over 100 Thanksgiving turkeys and 100 volunteer hours at the St. Vincent de Paul branch at St. Francis Assisi.

• Students donated non-perishable food items for the Gael Pantry at Saint Mary’s College, as well as desserts for their Gael Pantry Solidarity Supper in March. The project was done in conjunction with learning about hunger and food insecurity from Richard Wright’s “Black Boy”. The project culminated with a personal reflection essay.

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER)

Religious Studies

Honors Biology

Social Studies

• Students collected “Fresh Start” hygiene kits for St. Anthony’s Foundation in San Francisco, De La Salle’s Ven a Ver Immersion program, and the Monument Crisis Center.

• Cereal donations were given to St. David’s Pantry in Richmond in conjunction with learning about the importance of a nutritious breakfast.

• Religious Studies 1: In addition to the annual Toy Drive (see next page), juniors are involved in an immersion program in the Tenderloin.

• Religious Studies 3: Juniors are creating lesson plans about a particular Catholic school teaching principle or social justice issue for students at De La Salle Academy.

• Students have been doing fieldwork and completing research projects with Save Mount Diablo.

• World History: Freshmen are writing letters to Lasallian students in India and will write a reflection this spring.

• World History: Mr. Curry’s third and fourth period classes collected donations for Doctors Without Borders in response to learning about the Turkey-Syria earthquake and how it has impacted medical care for thousands of people. Between the two classes, students raised over $200.

Economics

World Languages

• Seniors will take part in an online simulation on poverty, work, bill, government fees, and housing. They will research poverty levels in Contra Costa County and government programs that address those issues and will make contact with local organizations that provide service in the area.

• AP Spanish: Juniors and seniors are writing letters in Spanish to Amnesty International regarding the exploitation of children around the world, particularly in Spanish-speaking countries.