Dear LNC Families,
As a way of living our motto and affirming our school’s founding principles, we have designated Friday, October 29 a Day of Service at Lake Norman Charter. Our students will dedicate a portion of that day to the service of others.
Many of our K-12 students will serve on our main campus, assembling rice bags for impoverished families in Nicaragua in partnership with Servants with a Heart. Our high school students in attendance that day will automatically receive two hours of service toward their ten-hour annual service requirement.
Students who serve on our main campus that day will rotate through stations during their 90-minute service experience. Students will begin in the HS gymnasium where they will learn about the culture and needs of the Nicaraguan people. Students will then transition to the HS Multipurpose Room (MPR) or HS Courtyard where each will receive a table assignment and special job assembling the bags. They will serve alongside other LNC students of all grade levels. Finally, under the middle school carpool canopy, weather permitting, students will complete a message of care and hope to be sent to the people of Nicaragua.
During the Day of Service, please remember your child should bring a bagged lunch as there is no hot lunch option. Many students will be eating in their classrooms that day and will not have access to a microwave so they should pack food that is ready-to-eat. As a way to demonstrate our school unity, we are encouraging our K-8th grade students to wear their class shirts that day (if they have come in by then) and our HS students to wear Knights apparel.
We expect to have some volunteer opportunities for parents who wish to help at the Day of Service. We will share a Sign Up Genius in the upcoming days so parents who are interested can sign up. Due to the high level of students and teachers on our main campus that day, we ask that only parents who are signed up in a volunteer capacity attend the Day of Service.
Students/families may choose to serve off campus for the day (or portion of the day) at a charitable organization of their choice during the Day of Service. The charitable organization selected may be one with which the family or student is already connected or they have an interest in exploring. Here is a list of charitable organizations in our area. Remember, service is a physical act of goodwill that benefits a charitable organization outside of the student’s home without compensation or gain.
In order for students who are exercising that option to receive an excused absence for Day of Service, their parents must complete the Request for Off-Campus Service form by Friday, October 22. Additionally, for our high school students to receive an excused absence, the students must also submit their completed and signed Service Log form to the high school office by
Monday, November 1, 2021. We look forward to a rewarding day of service for the LNC community!
TOGETHER, WE learn, lead and SERVE.
