Many private-independent schools have not only included the completion of community service hours as a graduation requirement, but have also implemented year-long service learning programs. (Service learning includes those components of the school curriculum that support and complement your community service program.) Given the fact that students and their families tend to lead harried lives, it is your responsibility, as Head of School, to make certain that community service/service learning is not just one more burden added to an already hectic schedule, requiring excessive amounts of time on weekends and during the summer.