Central High

VOLUNTEERISM

Although community service hours are not required for graduation, we encourage all students to find a way to engage in their community and serve others.  This list of opportunities is not inclusive, but provides examples of things Central High students have engaged with in the past.

• Parkway Central - Project Help 
• St. Louis County Library
• Jewish Community Center
• Friends of Kids with Cancer
• Ready Readers
• Loaves & Fishes
• St. Louis Area Foodbank
• Artists First
• TASK (Team Activities for Special Kids)
• KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) St. Louis
• Great Rivers Greenway
• Seed St. Louis
• Forest ReLeaf Nursery and Arboretum
• Butterfly House
• Humane Society of Missouri
• Missouri House Rabbit Society of St. Louis
• Audubon Center at Riverlands
• St. Louis County Pet Adoption Center
• Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
• Animal Protective Association
• Zoo ALIVE Teen Volunteer Program
• Zoo Teen Summer Program
• The Moog Center for Deaf Education - summer volunteers needed (contact lfales@moogcenter.org)
• Local Medical Path Opportunities
• United Way
• Volunteen Nation
• Volunteer Match
• Volunteer Crowd - create a free account to search for opportunities

ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Students are often looking for experiences which will promote academic and/or personal growth.  Here are some examples of opportunities or resources available to find the best fit for your needs:

• Missouri Cadet Patrol Academy (summer; ages 16-18; apply by March 1st): brochure, application, insurance, uniform
• Heavy Metal Summer Experience - camp for careers in building trades
• Local Medical Path Opportunities
• UMSL Bridge Summer Academy
• Express Scripts Saturday Academy
• UHSP Healthcare Summer Immersion Program (must be 16 by first day of program)
• UMKC Pharmacy Camp
• BESt Healthcare Institute Summer Program
• Xploration Healthcare Summer Program (ages 11-15)
• Healthcare Camp - SoutheastHEALTH (rising 10th-12th)
• Wash U - High School Summer Scholars Program
• SLU Pre-College Summer Programs
• Missouri S&T Summer Camps
• Webster Univ Summer Camps (Media Arts, Science & Health, Art, Dance, Music)
• Bears Teach (Missouri State University)
• Aspiring Educators - Summer Learn & Earn Opportunities (compiled by Dr. Yeager of Spark! Teaching & Learning)
• Missouri Fine Arts Academy (Missouri State University)
• St. Louis ArtWorks (paid apprenticeship for ages 14-19)
• University of Kansas Summer Engineering Camp
• MEET Kelly - Summer Business Program (Kelley School of Business at Indiana University)
• Kansas State Summer Camps
• UIUC Summer Programs
• Indiana University PreCollege Programs
• Purdue - Summer College for High School Students
• Rhodes College - Summer Writing Institute
• University of Iowa - Young Writers' Studio
• Check out the PCHS Science page for a list of summer opportunities
• YSP - Summer Focus (Young Scientist Program)
• Outdoor Youth Corp (at MO Botanical Gardens) - paid internships!
• CRISPr (Cancer Research Inspiring Future Scientists Program)
• CyberUp - free cybersecurity training
• SIFT & TERA (Shaw Institute for Field Training & Tyson Environmental Research Apprenticeship)
• Young Women's Leadership Challenge - summer program for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors
• Solomon Leadership Program (Chesterfield Chapter)
• Lumiere Education - Research Scholars Program
• TeenLife - website to explore summer and gap year programs