COMMUNITY SERVICE is a major tenet of the Riverhead School District and is part of the District's Character Education Program. Riverhead's students not only strive for academic excellence but also perform many acts of kindness and community service throughout the year. THEY'VE GOT HEART!

Partial Overview: Students from RHS help plan and implement many of the activities at the Relay For Life which raised over $200,000 in 2007 for the American Cancer Society. They often sponsor a Spooky Walk and Halloween celebration for younger students. The National Honor Society trivia contest fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital raised over $1,600 for St. Jude's Children's Hospital last year. Students also participate annually in a Key Club "Be Homeless" fundraiser to raise funds and awareness about the homeless on the East End; they also help organize a special Health Awareness and Essential Work Skills Day. The Interact Club works annually on a Habitat for Humanity House, sponsors a Sr. Citizen Prom, and participates in several other efforts throughout the year including the holiday food baskets.

NJROTC cadets perform over 300 community service hours a year. During the holidays they coordinate a massive food basket program.

Almost all of the clubs at RHS participate in the "Angel Tree" program initiated by the student government, which helps make the holidays a little happier for needy children.

The RHS Council for Unity is dedicated to providing a safe learning environment for all of the schools' students. In the 2006-07 school year, in addition to their service activities in the school, they were instrumental in starting Council for Unity programs at the Pulaski Street School, the Middle School, the Riverhead Jail, and in a variety of other locations, including three nearby school districts.

All of the schools were involved in raising funds for the victims of the Hurricane Katrina in the 2005-06 school year.