All students must participate in co-op at least two hours a week, handling kitchen work, housekeeping and other jobs that help keep George School running. C ommunity service Students must complete a 65-hour service project, which can begin in their junior year. When discussing the power of service, David Bourns cites the writings of Simone Weil, a French woman involved in the worker movement during the 1930s and '40s. Through service, David said, students can reach out to people in pain, people in need. A commitment to justice, love, respect and other Quaker values can grow in the process.
Many students begin their service project thinking that they are the givers.