SSL Hours (Student service learning)

Ms. Erin Thornes, Transition Teacher & SSL Coordinator

Students must earn 75 SSL hours to graduate from high school and can start earning SSL hours the summer after grade 5. Students may continue to earn SSL hours throughout middle school and high school.

NEW SSL FORMS ARE HERE: WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW

All MCPS students need 75 Student Service Learning (SSL) hours to graduate. MCPS
has updated its SSL forms, with critical new deadlines and revised links.


Key Form Changes
● MCPS Form 560-51 (SSL Activity Verification Form)
○ In the updated form, organizations must provide academic preparation
and service action details. Additional space is available for more
thoughtful student reflection.
● MCPS Form 560-50 (Individual SSL Request)
○ Required for students to complete service with any community
organization that is not listed as an MCPS SSL organization on the
Montgomery County Volunteer Center website. Organizations must
provide academic preparation and service action details.


SSL Coordinators will accept the old SSL forms for service completed through
Friday, Sept. 25. Any service completed after Friday, Sept. 25, should be
documented using the new forms.

SSL DEADLINE

Summer Student Service Learning Hours Due by Sept. 25
Secondary students need 75 SSL hours to graduate. Keep earning with these
September opportunities. Students who enroll in MCPS after Grade 6 will receive a
waiver that prorates the SSL requirement. A full list of in-person and virtual
opportunities, reminders and updates are available on the SSL website.

UPCOMING SSL OPPORTUNITIES

  • SSL Opportunity! Halloween Happenings at Little Bennett Campground is seeking volunteers throughout September and October. There are multiple shifts and a variety of openings available. Students can view the opportunity and sign up here:  Halloween Happenings Volunteer Opportunity. Please note that there are several volunteer opportunities available, so students should scroll down and select "See More" to view all available shifts.

  • This document has several SSL opportunities through MCPS for the month of September. The first page lists all remote/virtual options that kids can do from home. 

Click here to go the MCPS SSL page