RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE
Parent & Community Involvement in Schools

• Five Star Schools

  The Five Star School Award was created by the Commissioner’s Community Involvement Council and is presented annually to those schools that have shown evidence of exemplary community involvement. In order to earn Five STAR school recognition, a school must show documentation that it has achieved 100% of the established criteria in the categories of:

  • Business partnerships
  • Family Involvement
  • Volunteerism
  • Student Community Service

  School Advisory Councils Guidelines are available through the district volunteer coordinator.
  
  

• Golden Schools

  The Golden School Award is given annually by the Florida Department of Education to recognize public schools with exemplary volunteer programs. Hours donated in all forms of volunteering (i.e., mentors, tutors, advisors, and advocates) are to be included. A Golden School must meet the following criteria:

  • Implement staff training program on volunteerism in which a minimum of 80% of the school staff have participated during the school year.
  • Designate a School Volunteer Coordinator to provide leadership for the school volunteer program.
  • Fulfill a total number of hours in volunteer service that equals twice the number of students enrolled in the school. Volunteer service will be in the areas that support instruction.
    
    
• Silver Schools

The Silver School Award is presented annually by the Florida Department of Education to recognize secondary schools whose students provide exemplary volunteer services to elementary and secondary schools. The award is presented to the schools that meet the following criteria:

• The sending school must have a school volunteer coordinator who will provide coordination of the program, placement of students, orientation and training for the students, and student and program evaluation.
• The receiving school must have a volunteer coordinator who will also provide coordination of the program.
• Student volunteers and the receiving faculty must both receive orientation and training. Student volunteers must receive continuous supervision.
• The composite student volunteer hours must equal at least one half the total number of students in the sending school.
  

Source: Florida Dept. of Education

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