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Saint Andrew's Episcopal School

Service

students painting murals on a wall

Service Learning aims to venture deeper than just doing community service.

Service learning at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal School creates a learning experience for our students through participation in various projects and investigations. We will connect our students with a variety of organizations to help solve the problems they see in the world around them. As the students are exposed to the various organizations they will develop many lifelong skills, such as empathy, collaboration, communication, problem solving, and reflection.

Representatives of each grade level create and coordinate projects that are age and ability-appropriate. They take part in a wide variety of service activities each year. 

Lower School Projects 

Pre-Kindergarten

Completing Random Acts of Kindness (RACK) for the Saint Andrew’s community on campus. We provide homemade crafts and bring cheer to the various groups right here at school. 

Kindergarten

Singing and delivering small crafts to seniors at a local retirement center.

First Grade

Supporting the Humane Society Silicon Valley by making blankets and toys for animals waiting for their forever homes. 

Second Grade

Planting trees with Our City Forest, which works to cultivate urban forest areas in Silicon Valley.

Third Grade

Book and pajama drive with local foster care youth in partnership with the Pajama Program to ensure that every child can feel the love and security that ensures peaceful sleep,

Fourth Grade

Working in tandem with the Echo Shop sorting and preparing holiday items and clothing for sale. 

Fifth Grade

Green Team helping the school to be mindful of its waste and encouraging everyone to recycle and save energy wherever possible. 

Middle School Program:

The Middle School program is organized around themes per grade.

Sixth Grade

We partner with Our City Forest, a leading non profit in Silicon Valley for urban forestry and environmental education.

Seventh Grade

Focus on hunger & underserved families in our community, partnering with multiple organizations including: Santa Maria Urban Ministry, Sacred Heart Community Service, and Second Harvest Food Bank.   

Eighth Grade

Focusing their service around education. All of the advisories partner with Santee Elementary School to develop special lessons for their students.

Saint Andrew's also plans an all school day of service each year where students work together across grades to serve area organizations in thoughtful, age-appropriate ways.

Children paint colorful squares and butterflies on a cinder block wall in the foreground, with palm trees and bright sunlight visible in the background.
Young volunteers in the foreground bag potatoes at an outdoor market, with cars and buildings visible in the blurred background.
Two smiling young girls in school uniforms, one holding a bag of potatoes, are in the foreground with stacks of crates in the blurred background.
In the foreground, students in uniform sort clothing, while the background shows a colorful mural and shelves filled with items.
Students in school uniforms sort through a pile of clothing on a table in the foreground, with a white van and trees visible in the background.
A young girl in the foreground reaches for a shirt on a rack of clothes, with more clothing and a window visible in the background.
A large group of students poses for a photo in front of a %22NURSERY%22 sign, with a large tree and clear blue sky in the background.
Two children in the foreground hold a bundle of plants, while rows of potted trees fill the background under a clear sky.
In the foreground, a young boy in a dark uniform and gloves holds a clump of grass with exposed roots, while in the background, other children and adults are planting saplings under a clear blue sky.
Four children in school uniforms are gathered around a picnic table in the foreground, examining and manipulating small objects, while a rustic building with shelves of jars and supplies is visible in the background.
Two students in school uniforms stand in the foreground with gardening gloves, while a large green shipping container and various gardening supplies are visible in the background.