Featured Programs: Community Service

Lower school students find regular ways to keep their own community (buildings, lunchroom, and playground) neat and clean.  In addition, lower school students are encouraged to donate to various community groups during organized drives.  These include bringing in food for the local food bank, donating books for needy children and schools, collecting toys for children at La Suiza Orphanage visited by our ninth grade, and gathering pet supplies for a local animal shelter.  Last year all lower schoolers collected shoes to send around the world to people unable to purchase shoes for themselves.

Bement’s upper school students experience a wide range of community service opportunities throughout their years at Bement. In any given term, our students work within the school community on several projects or by volunteering their time at school-events. For example, ninth grade students assist with taking daily attendance, serving as heads of lunch tables, and helping faculty members at recess. In the past, grades seven through nine have made weekly visits to area nursing homes. In addition, seventh grade coordinate an annual food drive which culminates in a visit to the Franklin County Food Bank. Finally, a signature event for our ninth grade class is a week long goodwill trip to the Dominican Republic. The students spend their time living and working in an orphanage of 50 boys. By the time Bement students graduate they have learned the value of service to others.