What are SKJAJA Clubs?
“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most Chapel Hill-Carrboro High Schools have a student-led SKJAJA Club. The purpose of SKJAJA Clubs is to build community through service. Student clubs lead, organize and participate in SKJAJA service projects in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community throughout the year, providing students important social and community connection, collaboration skills and servant leadership opportunities.
Clubs are guided by a teacher/mentor and co-led by SKJAJA students. All students grades 9-12 are welcome to join.
What do the Clubs do?
The SKJAJA Clubs get to plan their own adventure!
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Plan and lead SKJAJA Service Days, typically on one Saturday per month throughout the school year, providing CHCCS high school students opportunities for service-learning hours required for high school graduation;
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Organize fundraising activities to support the work of SKJAJA Fund, allowing all students access to meaningful extracurricular and enrichment opportunities;
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Engage in service-related leadership development training with SKJAJA partners.
What are some activities of a SKJAJA Club?
Past clubs have been involved with:
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Planning SKJAJA Service Days with community partners, in projects ranging from working at a local food bank to beautifying a community garden;
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Supporting young students at SKJAJA Service Days;
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Serving as tutors and mentors to student scholars at Communiversity Youth Program, SKJAJA’s partner at UNC-CH’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center;
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Volunteering at local camps, elementary schools and nonprofits;
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Leading fundraisers, such as the Color the Hill Fun Run 4K;
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Engaging in multi-club team building and social activities.
For more information about SKJAJA Clubs, please email us.
SKJAJA Club Advisor, Chapel Hill High School Teacher