Service Learning

Students assist the athletic department by maintaining equipment and planning special MS athletic activities, including Phoenix Game Day.

Students walk with visually impaired adults and learn about each other through activities and conversations.

Students cook in the new City Avenue Dining Hall Teaching Kitchen, preparing food for a local soup kitchen. 

Middle School students work with medically fragile children, assisting their teachers with lessons, snacks, games, etc.

Students help Gompers Elementary School create a learning garden for their students.

Students play with Pre-Kindergarten buddies, creating activities for the Pre-K students and assisting Pre-K teachers with structured activities.

Students write, edit and draw for The Phoenix Inquirer, our Middle School newspaper.

Students observe and engage with children aged 3-6 in a play-based, developmental environment. 

Students design props, costumes, and set pieces for the yearly Middle School drama and musical productions. 

Students collect all of the recycling for the City Avenue Campus and take it to our recycling dumpsters.

Students visit with residents of this retirement facility, playing cards, making conversation, and building friendships.

Students play cards and talk with their “grandfriends.”

Students design and create art-related projects for the FCS community and beyond.

Students take care of our Indian Creek (East & West) Watershed, including trash pick-up, invasive plant removal, tree-planting, stream monitoring, and trail maintenance. 

Students work to inform the community about issues of inclusivity and social justice. They become affinity group leaders and are instrumental for implementing the diversity work in the Middle School. 

Creative, organized students document the year and assist with the creation of the Middle School Yearbook. 

Students explore culture and storytelling through anime.

Students have the opportunity to engage in interactive social games and share dialogue about themselves and others, exploring how to navigate challenging conversations with those around them. 

Students alternate weeks of indoor baseball and board games.

Students bake and bring in delicious cookies while teachers Laurel Burkbauer and Katie Pidot bring in and read books that focus on issues of social justice.

Students learn about the game of golf and the fundamentals of the golf swing. No prior experience required.

Students knit, crochet, and other creative ideas using yarn and silk. 

Make. Tinker. Discover. Students spend time in the Makerspace and explore their passion for making, learning how to make their own stickers, solder, use a laser cutter, 3D print, and more!

Students participate in simulations and discussions around the concepts of international relations. 

Students have full access to everything the art room has to offer and can work in any media or on any type of project they choose.

Students make anything from origami to pop-up books to cards, learning techniques for printmaking while letting their creativity flow.

Students stretch their bodies and their minds: physical stretching with yoga and mental stretching with riddles and puzzles. 

Students learn teamwork through the game of ultimate frisbee. No experience needed.

Students create and share recipes while discussing social justice and the socio-economics of access to food, farming, animals, and health.

Students become go-to experts for teachers and classmates on all things Chromebook, learning super presentation tools, neat shortcuts and tricks, making tutorials, and writing articles about tech for their classmates.