Student Life

Community Service

Service is one of the Guiding Principles of Palmer Trinity School.

We encourage vision, initiative and leadership in serving each other, local non-profit organizations, and the global world. These activities are important in building character while striving to engage our students in a lifetime of service, learning, leadership, and achievement.
There are a wide variety of opportunities available at Palmer Trinity to become engaged in – some include but are not limited to: tutoring on- or off-campus, going on a school-sponsored trip, serving meals at a homeless shelter, collecting gently used sports equipment for deserving athletes, local beach cleanups, collecting gently used clothing, school supplies or shoes, making birthday cards for children in foster care and local group homes, writing letter to soldiers, that enrich and deepen our students’ experience and programs that support their social, spiritual, ethical and personal growth and development.
All students are encouraged to participate in at least one of the group-planned service-living projects per semester and are invited to work with the Director of Student Activities, Advisor, and student leaders throughout all the stages of the event. Students are asked to document all their service hours with the Office of Student Activities. Such information is often needed for the college application process. Service hours are also an integral requirement of several awards and scholarships including the Silver Knight Award, the Congressional Award, Junior Book Awards, the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, and the Florida Bright Scholars program.
To find out more about opportunities for community service, students please contact Mrs. Cartaya, Director of Student Activities.



At Palmer Trinity School, we approach Service Living with a compassionate heart and an insightful awareness for reflection and impact. We aim to impact the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations in all the work we do. We also acknowledge that the degree of need and poverty in our South Florida community is significant. We are inspired and aware that we should always serve with a compassionate heart that affords dignity and respect to the people we serve. We will not support efforts that foster dependency and do not empower individuals to develop and flourish. We work with non-profit organizations that help to foster self-efficacy and agency in the individuals they serve. These organizations have been audited and approved by the activities office. If you know of an organization that provides best-practice ethical services to people here in South Dade, please contact Mrs. Cartaya. Our priority is helping our immediate neighbors (within 5-10 miles of the school).  

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Community Service Opportunities

For a complete listing of all current Community Service Opportunities, log in to the MyPTS Online Community, and click the Student Activities button on the Resource Board.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Cartaya at acartaya@palmertrinity.org.

Oath For Compassionate Service

  1. Never do for the poor what they have or could have the capacity to do for themselves
  2. Limit one way giving to emergency situations.
  3. Strive to empower the poor through employment, lending and investing, using grants sparingly to reinforce achievement.
  4. Subordinate self-interests to the needs of those being served.
  5. Listen closely to those you seek to help, especially to what is not being said
  6. Above all, do no harm.

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