SERV Information
2025-2026 SERV Advisory Council Applications
Due Date: Tuesday, May 20th
Rising Juniors and Seniors are eligible to apply for the 2025-2026 SERV Advisory Council. The Council will play an integral role in approving proposed service projects throughout the school year, promoting the 2026 international service trip in February, organizing the SERV induction in March, and assisting with other SERV projects throughout the school year. You will also be expected to maintain your commitment to service during the 2025-2026 school year, so that you can serve as a role model to other students.
Application is open to all rising Juniors and Seniors. Presidential Service Scholars will be given preference, but all applicants who have demonstrated a passion for service and leadership will be considered. Students interested in this leadership opportunity must be willing to dedicate time during and outside of school hours to the functions listed above.
To apply, you should write a letter addressed to me stating why you are interested in serving on the SERV Advisory Council and why you believe you would be a good member to the council. You should also include a description of your other extracurricular commitments that you anticipate during the 2025-2026 school year. Please see the letter requirements below.
Please email your letter so that it is received by me no later than Tuesday, May 20th. Send it to [email protected], and specify “SERV Advisory Council” in the subject line. I will send you a reply acknowledging receipt of your email application.
Application Letter Requirements:
- Typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, 250-500 words
- Save your letter as a PDF, and attach it to your email to [email protected].
- Your file should be named First Name, Last Name, SERVAC (Ex. LeslieLewisSERVAC)
- You must answer these questions in your letter:
- Why are you interested in serving on the SERV Advisory Council?
- What qualities/attributes will make you a valuable member of the SERV Advisory Council?
- What extracurricular activities do you anticipate being involved in next year? (The SERV Advisory Council meets once per month during club period on the first Thursday of each month. You must be available to attend these meetings to be on the council.)
- DATES: February 16-21, 2026
- APPROXIMATE TOTAL COST (includes airfare, meals, programming, etc.): $4,000
- TRIP HIGHLIGHTS: Community service projects in a local school, historic Quito landmarks and cultural exploration, Otavalo artisan market and La Mitad del Mundo, learn from and serve with local families in an indigenous community in the Andes mountains
- WHO CAN APPLY: Students who will be in grades 9-12 in the 2025-26 school year
- Student applications will be available in early August, here on the SERV webpage.
- Email Leslie Lewis ([email protected]) with questions.
Student SERV Induction eligibility is determined each year, according to the following guidelines:
SERV Basic Requirements
- Student must volunteer a minimum of 12 hours to be inducted into SERV each spring. A maximum of 25% of a student's total SERV hours can be awarded for volunteering for APA each year.
- 2025 SERV hours must have been completed January 1 - December 31, 2025.
- Documentation of these 2025 hours must be logged by student on APA’s Track It Forward website and are due January 9, 2026.
- The SERV Induction is held in March each school year.
- Students who earn 100+ SERV hours will be inducted as Presidential Service Scholars and will be recognized at the SERV Induction and the Senior Banquet.
- Seniors may wear their Presidential pins to graduation.
