The Learn and Serve program addresses the need to (1) build intergenerational relationships between high school students and senior community members through a local history project that captures the community’s heritage in writing and through a multi-media presentation, in collaboration with the Newark Senior Center and Ferndell Historical Society, (2) organizing local history documents at the Charles B. Phillips Library and digitally archiving documents, (3) leading children's story hours with book talks and assisting children in locating resources. and (4) working with the senior citizen center to beautify the grounds. Service learning activities will become a part of students' portfolios and may be a component of their senior portfolio presentation as a graduation requirement.

Project activities include comprehensive project planning to expand upon current Learn and Serve project partnerships, incorporating a student portfolio as a graduation requirement, interviewing senior citizens and members of the Ferndell Historical Society to capture living local history, organizing and archiving the local history collection at the community library, conducting story hours and assisting children at the library, landscaping at the Newark Senior Center, and holding an intergenerational celebration for the community. View a photo gallery of past learn and serve projects.