To volunteer literally means to freely offer to do something. That is what students at Lone Star are doing when they volunteer within their schools and out in the community. Frisco schools offer recognition towards students who collect one hundred hours of service throughout their four years of high school, a type of incentive to get student out and making a difference.

There are various programs and clubs that require students to collect a certain number of hours over the course of a year or two semesters. One of the programs includes National Honor Society, where students are required to obtain a total of at least ten Frisco ISD hours and ten non-FISD hours.

“I helped out Mrs. Engel, by helping decorate her room for the following school year,” Grace-Kelly Muvunyi, 2015, said.

The foreign language classes also offer a society in which students collect service hours. The National Spanish Honor Society, and National French Honor Society are examples of such classes. For these classes, a certain number of hours must come from service work dealing with that particular subject.

“I helped tutor a few French I students, to put towards my five hour minimum,” Paul Nsangu, 2015, said.

These programs are also a way for students to interact with other peers and make new friends.

“When we volunteered at the Gary Burns Fun Run, I had the chance to meet two girls from Liberty, we’re pretty good friends now,” Victoria Sicula, 2015, said.

When asked what volunteering meant to them, the responses were relatively similar.

“Volunteering means putting yourself out there to help others,” Robert Hall, 2016, said.

Some students have even gone past the Frisco community, helping out with various fundraisers outside the city.

“I volunteered with Kidd’s Kids, it was a fundraiser to raise money for kids with cancer and other disabilities to help pay for medical expenses,” Grant Whited, 2014, said.

These clubs and organizations offer various means of recognition at graduation. Seniors who have met the requirement to remain in Nation Honor Society receive a stoll. Other clubs give out colored cords in correlation with that particular subject.