King Cares Service Program

The Mission of the King Cares Service Program is to support the values-based education at King School. This Program reinforces the school’s belief that service to the broader community, both local and international, is central to educational excellence. The King Cares Service Program combines service learning, a curriculum-based teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful service with instruction and reflection, with co-curricular community service. It enriches the learning experience by promoting civic responsibility and strengthening our community through a reciprocal learning partnership among students, families, Faculty, staff, the surrounding community, and the world. The Program focuses on developing existing relationships between King School and the world and champions the development of each individual by offering students the opportunity to help others through service. Our commitment to service affirms the belief that all students can learn and become responsible, productive citizens, locally and globally.

For more information about the King Cares Service Program, please contact Karen Raidt, Director of the King Cares Service Program & Student Services, at kraidt@kingschoolct.org.

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    Lower School

    Outside of the classroom Lower School children enjoy opportunities to participate in service opportunities like:

    • PROTECT YOUR ENVIRONMENT (PYE) Work and learn in the natural space around King as well as in the Stamford community. Tend to the King garden, learn about local plants and animals, and take field trips to sites that teach about environmental needs, such as Soundwaters, Animal Embassy, and the Nature Center.
    • NEW COVENANT SOUP KITCHEN: Students work with the Service Learning faculty and staff to bake cookies in the LS kitchen. They then assist in serving dinner as well as the desserts they created at the New Covenant Soup Kitchen in downtown Stamford.
    • WESTOVER & FRANKLIN COMMONS PRESCHOOL: Students read, play, and do art projects with children ages 3-5 years old at the Westover & Franklin Common Preschools in Stamford. We also bring books to read and leave them to add to their classroom library.

    Middle School

    Outside of the classroom, Middle School students have the opportunity to participate in ongoing service opportunities after school through our partnership with the Stamford Boys & Girls Club Yerwood Center as well as other community projects around the Stamford community. Students can continue their outreach within the school day by joining the King Cares Club that meets during the Middle School Club period.

    Upper School

    In high school, there are numerous student-run clubs and activities that address causes ranging from homelessness and hunger to literacy and the environment.

    • buildOn
    • Canstruction
    • HOPE (Helping Other People Excel)
    • KSPCA (King's Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
    • My Sister's Place
    • NOLA (New Orleans, LA)
    • Relay For Life
    • Rwanda Service Club
    • UNICEF

    Please view the video below which recaps our King Cares 5K, an annual event which benefits local and international organizations.

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    King Cares in Action

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