text: Students should perform community service because they are helping out the community THEY live in. So its like helping a family member out and at the same time being polite and having manners. And some schools require community service. I know our school requires community service when you make it on to arista. But the problem is that when you actually make it onto arista you only need to perform community service if you want to be in the ceremony and be accepted into arista. I think community service should be required to graduate. That would have everybody making time for it.