Learn.Serve.Engage.

Lincoln Charter School believes in encouraging students to be civically minded and engaged in the community.  The Learn.Serve.Engage program mandates the completion of service hours each academic year.  Hours can be earned in the community and school.  They may be volunteer service or service-learning hours.

LCS Service Hour Expectations

In General  

• Students cannot receive payment of any kind for their volunteer service.

• Awards will be issued for volunteer service time only, not charitable donations.

• Volunteer service cannot be court ordered.

• Service hours are limited to 10 hours on any given day, which may include reasonable travel outside the Lincoln County area.

• Service hours performed as part of Beta Club and classroom activities may be included.

• Performances and competitions in athletics, band, chorus, dance, theater, and similar activities DO NOT count toward this award.

• Services to extended or immediate family members do not count.

Steps for Logging Your LSE Service Hours

LSE Log Site – x2Vol.com

It is with great excitement that we announce the new LSE Volunteer Website to keep track of ALL Student volunteer hours. x2Vol brings new features such as more flexibility in account management, input itemized volunteer hours, view LCS service hour goals and hours accumulated, access many LCS community volunteer opportunities and so much more!

x2Vol is for LCS Students grades 3-12 only due to accounts being associated with student email addresses.  Students in grades Kg. – 2nd Grade are encouraged use a paper log until they enter 3rd grade.

Please read the instructions below to complete your student account registration.

Steps to complete your student volunteer tracking account:

1. Go to www.x2VOL.com and click JOIN.
2. Type in your School Name or zip code and click Search.
3. Type in your Last Name and Student ID
4. Enter the remaining profile fields and click proceed.
5. Set your interests and skills and click proceed.
6. Set a password, select your group and check the required boxes to complete your registration.
7. Login and view your Dashboard.

DO NOT create a new account. All student accounts are created internally and are tied to your group goals.  Accounts for new students and rising 3rd grade students will be active mid-August.

Student accounts will remain active until a student graduates from LCS.  The account will remain active until July 15 of the graduation year. Graduates are responsible for downloading or printing their own service transcript for future use.   

Here is a video on how to register to x2VOL.com as a student.

*Note: All past volunteer hours have been transferred from the Presidential Website to the new x2Vol website as of 11/30/2017. Any hours accumulated or entered into the old tracking system will need to be manually entered by the student in the new system. See FAQ to help with this transition.

FAQ

Q: Will my old account in the Presidential website be deleted.

A: No, your account will not be deleted however, it will not be used any longer by LCS for tracking volunteer hours.

Q: What if I do not know my Student ID?

A: You can fill out the “Request LCS x2Vol Help Form” to request your student id.

Q: What information was transferred over from the Presidential website to the new x2Vol website?

A: Your cumulative hours by grade year (ex. 2016-2017) were transferred to the new system. Itemized information was not available for import from the Presidential website. The LCS Goal standards for each grade level have been entered into the x2Vol website. Your hours have transferred into the correct grade year goal. In your x2VOL dashboard, you will be able to navigate to a particular grade goal to see the hours that transferred.

Q: Who do I contact at LCS if I need other assistance with x2Vol website?

A:  Please fill out the “Request LCS x2Vol Help Form” to request and an LCS Staff member will be in contact shortly.

In addition to the LSE program, Lincoln Charter is pleased to be a Certifying Organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA). The PVSA is an award which recognizes individuals who demonstrate outstanding volunteer service and civic participation over the course of a 12-month period. Lincoln Charter’s service year runs June 1 through May 31st . Community outreach and improvement is the underlying intent of this award. A wide variety of volunteer service hours qualify, from environmental stewardship and education to disaster recovery, senior services, and sports & recreation. All activities must be unpaid and for the larger community.

Award Levels

Award period: June 1 – May 31 of each year

*It is each individual’s responsibility to keep age category up to date.  Age range is determined by age at time of award date.