T.A.S.C. FORCE
The Notre Dame High School Community Service Advisory Board, otherwise known as T.A.S.C. (Teaching, Advising and Serving our Community) is comprised of selected students, the Associate Director of Community Service Learning and the Director of Community Service Learning. Students apply for a position on the council and are selected by a committee of adults on campus. Members are predominantly upper-classwomen. The purpose of T.A.S.C. is to advise the Directors on ways to improve the Community Service Learning Program and to bring about awareness to the entire community at Notre Dame about service opportunities, social justice experiences and philanthropic efforts. The council provides constructive suggestions in order to better the program for the students, school and community at large. Council members work to create an in-house mentoring program that will assist students doing service.
Instead of having three separate leadership groups: T.A.S.C Force, Day Worker Leadership Team and the Committee on Service, we will have one large leadership group known as the T.A.S.C. Force. Within this group there will be three subcommittees, Advocacy, Service and Social Justice. These subcommittees will be responsible for what the three different leadership groups planned and organized this year but will now be under the large umbrella title of "T.A.S.C. Force." All three subcommittees will work together to support all the dimensions of the Community Service Learning Department. T.A.S.C. Force will be made of 20-24 students, including the ASB Commissioner of Community Service.
Subcommittee Descriptions
Advocacy Commitee (Formerly Day Worker Leadership Team)
The primary responsibilities of this group are:
- to promote a sense of global awareness around issues such as immigration, migrant workers, farm workers, day workers, refugees and other populations who may be more "hidden" in our society
- to create opportunities to address these global issues locally (for example, awareness campaigns, health fairs, bag lunch delivery, etc.)
- to create partnerships with local schools and agencies serving these target population (Washington School, Bay Area Sports Initiative, etc.)
Service Committee (Formerly Committee on Service)
The primary responsibilities of this group are:
- to plan all school-sponsored service events (8-10 frosh parties, 20 sophomore service parties, 4-5 junior service parties)
- to organize the frosh service days
- to orient the freshmen, sophomores and juniors to their service requirements and expectations
- to support students who need help meeting their service requirements
- to provide meaningful reflection sessions for all students regarding their service
- to communicate non-ND service opportunities in the community
Justice Committee (Formerly T.A.S.C. Force)
The primary responsibilities of this group are:
- to create awareness opportunities for the ND community (social justice campaigns, philanthropic drives, homelessness simulations, refugee simulations, etc.)
- to communicate about non-ND awareness opportunities in the community
- to support social justice and service learning trips
- to continually educate and highlight various current issues related to social justice
T.A.S.C. Mission Statement
Our mission is to expand Notre Dame's awareness of the greater community through service and the giving of oneself to others.
If you are interested in applying for the T.A.S.C. Force, please fill out and submit the CSL Leadership Application.
