Scottsburg New Tech
is committed to encouraging our students to give back to their community
today and in the future. Each year, we spend a day in the spring and in
the fall going to various places in our community and working. Some of
the services we have provided have been raking leaves, painting,
landscaping, cleaning, and picking up trash. Over the past few years, we
have made it know to community members that our students are eager to
assist. Therefore, we continually have a list of volunteer opportunities
for students in our office.
Students are also
encouraged to go out and find volunteer opportunities in areas of their
interest. Students are allowed to count services completed as long as
they are not paid for their services and the service is not part of
their family responsibility. We have a form in the New Tech office that
the student fills out and gets signed by the person in charge of the
activity in order for the student to get credit for their hours.
Habitat for Humanity.
On
May 2, 2012, an EF-4 tornado swept through Henryville, Indiana causing
extensive damage. Not only did this tornado destroy businesses and
schools, but it destroyed the homes of many families.
After
many months of landscape planning and collaboration with Habitat for
Humanity representative Houser Canter, junior Emily Walker called the
entire school to help mend the devastation Scottsburg's neighboring
county underwent. After word went around that the entire school would be
involved in this project, students were quick to help. Geometry classes
created personalized landscape plans for each individual house, and
advisories were assigned a family. On March 2, 2013, our New Tech school
took a bus to Henryville, and landscaped ten houses in a subdivision.
This is one of the many community events Scottsburg New Tech has been a
part of. Click
here to read about us on the New Tech Network page and
here to read about us on the news!
Park Days
Each
year, New Tech participates in two "park days." During these park days,
students are bussed to numerous places including local parks,
courthouse, firehouse and other places around the community. Each
advisory is assigned an area and work together as a team to beautify our
county. After hours of work, students all meet in a common area and eat
together. This is just one of the events New Tech students participate
in.
List of school-wide activities we have done:
Design /plant flowers for Habitat for Humanity
Rake leaves / Pick up trash at local parks :
Linza Graham
Lake Iola
Beechwood
Courthouse
Lifelong Learning Center
Plant flowers / weed flower beds : Mid America Science Park, Beechwood
“Square” crows for Scottsburg Main Street
Wash fire trucks / police cars
Carve pumpkins / paint for Fire Station’s Halloween festivities
Rake / clean / mulch / paint at Scottsburg YMCA
Mulch / clean at Scottsburg Heritage Museum
Clean / Organize at Clearing House
Landscaping at National Guard Armory
Painting at Scottsburg High School Baseball Complex
Pick up trash at First Christian Church “The Rock” facility
List of individual opportunities students have done:
Sunshine Kids Daycare
Elevation Church
Kids First Auction
Linemen Rodeo
Warrior Nation Touchdown Club
Vienna Baptist Church
Vienna Finley Elementary School
Fall Festival
Family Bingo Night
Santa’s Work Shop
Club 316
Family Night
Scottsburg Elementary School
Paint Day
Parent Night
Back To School Bash
Johnson Elementary School
Fall Festival
City on a Hill
Scottsburg Rollerdrome
Leroy's Food Mart
New Washington Middle School
YMCA
Kiwanis
Wonder Valley Camp
First Christian Church
Upward Soccer League
Zoah Christian Church
The Clearing House
Dr. Janet Buhse’s Office
Tunnell Mill Scout Reservation
Lexington’s Old Settlers
Salvation Army
St. Patrick Cemetery
Historic John Work House
Taylor Rose Historical Outfitters
Lexington Ball Park
Salem Animal Shelter
A Place To Be
William H Graham Park
New Song Church
St. Clair Veterinary Clinic
St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities
Scott County Heritage Center & Museum
New LIfe International
Lexington Volunteer Fire Department
We Care Auction
Confrontation Point Ministries
Kiddie Farm Tours
First Southern Baptist
Hampton Oaks
Scott County EMS
Hardy Lake
AAU Basketball
Kimberlin Creek Baptist Church
Scottsburg Main Street
United Way
Scottsburg Lanes
Johnson Fire Department
Lifespan
Miller Edition
Lake Iola
Scott County Soccer Club
CASA
Northside Christian Church
The Bacala Center