Service Learning Reminders

Service Learning is an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service to provide a pragmatic, progressive learning experience while meeting societal needs. Oak Hall students, faculty, and staff are engaged in service opportunities in our Gainesville community and often far beyond. These projects allow us to give back, help, and make a difference.

Oak Hall Upper School students through the class of 2027 are required to complete 40 service hours as a graduation requirement.

Upper school students in the class of 2028 and beyond will be required to submit 80 service hours as a graduation requirement.

All students have an account created for them with x2VOL, Oak Hall’s service-learning hours tracking system.  x2VOL allows students live access to their hours at any time needed, as well as the ability to track the status of submitted hours during their verification and approval process.  Instructions are listed below on how to LOG IN to your already created student account as well as how to submit your hours for verification and approval.  Please fully read through all instructions prior to your first attempt at logging in or submitting hours.

Students enrolling in Oak Hall after the beginning of the 9th grade year will have their service hours prorated to their time spent as a student at Oak Hall. An example of this is a student enrolling at the beginning of their sophomore year will have to complete 60 service hours as their graduation requirement, instead of 80 hours.

Deadlines for submitting service hours:

  • Hours can be accepted from service work, along with paid work hours, done in the summer leading up to the 9th grade through April of the 12th grade school year.
  • Hours completed in the summer and fall semesters have a December deadline (before winter break).
  • Underclassmen:  Hours completed in the spring semester will have a May deadline (the last day of school before summer break).
  • Seniors:  Must have all hours submitted by April 1 for graduation consideration.

For more information about Service Learning and how to get involved, please check your x2VOL account or contact Division Director, Jeff Malloy, at jmalloy@oakhall.org.  Questions regarding your X2VOL account please email upperschooloffice@oakhall.org

Annual Service Events

Annual Holiday Food Drive│November

Students in Upper School, Middle School, and Lower School collect food to deliver to local food banks, organized by the National Honor Society.

From Our Student Volunteers

"Service learning is a valuable way to learn about what it means to give back to your community, to be involved in helping others rebuild their lives, to show care to people you wouldn't ordinarily cross paths with. In the process of serving a meal, planting a tree, or painting a house, we learn about different people in the world, who may be limited by or struggling with things that we don't deal with on a day-to-day basis."

Claire Schofield

Student