Student Service Learning - September 2025
Support your community, explore career interests, tackle issues that are important to you, and feel good about the work you’re doing while meeting the Student Service Learning (SSL) graduation requirement!
Check out these important September 2025 SSL Updates to learn more about SSL opportunities, documentation, and how to stay up to date on your SSL record and activity.
All MCPS students must earn 75 SSL hours to graduate from high school. Students who enroll in MCPS after Grade 6 will receive a waiver that pro-rates the SSL requirement.
Upcoming September SSL Opportunities!
- ASIRT Road Safety PSA Contest (Deadline: October 5, 2025) - The Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) and the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association are hosting a Public Service Announcement (PSA) competition for middle school and high school students centered on road safety and how to keep yourself and others safe on the roads.
- Participants who submit a PSA that meets the competition requirements will earn 10 SSL hours and have a chance to win prizes.
- To learn more, please visit this link.
- High School Student Election Workers Needed (Deadline: June 2, 2026) - The Montgomery County Board of Elections seeks students ages 16+ to register to vote and serve as a student election worker!
- To learn more, please visit this link: https://montgomerycountymd.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=1132488
- Additional September 2025 SSL Opportunities
Students may find additional SSL organizations and opportunities on the Volunteer Center website; these organizations and opportunities are identified with the blue MCPS SSL graduation cap icon. A complete list of current nonprofit-hosted SSL opportunities may be found at the following quick links: https://bit.ly/SSLOpportunities and https://bit.ly/VirtualSSL2020