Since then it has grown to become a program that is well liked by students, teachers, and community members alike. Service learning has grown from an idea to a program that affects almost all aspects of a students high school career. From simple things such as litter cleanup and recycling to mentoring and intership, service learning has made Sullivan Schools a better learning environment as well as supplying students with a better education. Service learning embraces the idea of volunteerism as helping yourself by helping others. Students who take part in the Service learning program help themselves in the following ways.
Students learn to communicate with others they work with both in writen and spoken form.
Students are also required to periodically write an essay describing experiences in service learning and what it has done for them. Students learn to take responsibility for what they do in completeing a job they started and in doing work outside of school were supervision is limited at times. Participents in service learning gain many skills they can later use elsewere. Skills in areas such as computers, pharmacuticals, vetrinary medicine, and physical therapy are gained in the mentoring and internship programs. Skills found in the general program include time management, leadership, problem solving, and creative thinking.