When we discuss our school mission and its goal of preparing students to become responsible, world-class citizens and high-achieving, lifelong learners; we must begin to institute programs that increase students' ability to engage in community service in a more meaningful way. According to the Civic Literacy Project, “service learning benefits numerous parties, from schools to agencies, communities and society.” Therefore, I believe that to increase our students' worldview we should find volunteer work for educational purposes. With this in mind, I believe we should form a task force with the aim of organizing a curriculum and program to find useful volunteer opportunities. that are consistent with our mission as world-class citizens. This task force will be composed of community leaders with an emphasis toward leaders of civic and volunteer organizations who would like to see students more involved in service learning; parents who may or may not believe this is the appropriate role for a school to take on and may prefer these required activities to be completed by religious organizations; as well as teachers and educators within our school district who see some of the educational benefits of these activities, but do not necessarily understand the curricular benefits of this program. Upon approval of this task force, it will be composed of six community and civic leaders, five parents, three religious leaders, four teachers, and two district school administrators; with a gender breakdown of 11 males and 10 females and a racial breakdown of 8 African Americans, 10 Caucasians, 2 Hispanics, and 1 Asian. This racial and gender subdivision will allow for a greater underwater... middle of paper... thinning the school especially from the students' point of view. However, he is reticent about how many resources he would like to see devoted to a program like the one I am outlining. Lorna McBride- is the director of elementary education and former elementary school principal. It is vital to help develop a curriculum and design an instructional program; it is also increasingly looking for a way to get civic and community leaders to partner with schools. Conclusion In summary, this task force can truly serve as a link between the community and the school. Therefore, I believe we should design a curriculum and instructional program that encourages students to engage in service-learning. More importantly, we want a program that increases students' personal and social responsibility and helps make them better world-class citizens.