Below are the requirements for the current semester. These are the minimum requirements for each member and you are encouraged to exceed them. Requirements change every semester, you will be notified of second semester requirements in those respective time frames.
This year, we are making semester requirements for juniors and seniors different to reflect the parts of the school year that might be more difficult for the respective grade. However, the overall requirements for the entire year will be equal for both grades.
| Second Semester -- ends May 31 | Events | Tutoring |
| General Members | 21 | 7 (3 peer tutoring requirements + 4 other) |
| Operations Committee | 16 | 4 (2 peer tutoring requirements + 2 other) |
| Events Committee | 0* | 4 (2 peer tutoring requirements + 2 other) |
| Web Development Committee | 18 | 5 (2 peer tutoring requirements + 3 other) |
| Second Semester -- ends Jun 30 | Events | Tutoring |
| General Members | 17 | 5 (3 peer tutoring requirements + 2 other) |
| Operations Committee | 12 | 3 (2 peer tutoring requirements + 1 other) |
| Events Committee | 0* | 3 (2 peer tutoring requirements + 1 other) |
| Web Development Committee | 14 | 4 (2 peer tutoring requirements + 2 other) |
| Second Semester -- ends Jun 30 | Events |
| General Members | 21 |
| Operations Committee | 16 |
| Events Committee | 0* |
| Web Development Committee | 18 |
*Events Committee members don’t have a quantified hour requirement, but are expected to meet all responsibilities and lead a considerable number of events.
If demand for tutoring services changes, we reserve the right to amend the amount of requirement (increasing or decreasing) within a reasonable time frame.
Note: At least three credits of peer tutoring and seven credits of out of school events must be earned by all non-sophomore members in each trimester as part of their tutoring requirements and will result in a strike if this requirement is not met.
Events credits and tutoring credits will be rolled over one to one.
Second semester credits will not count for first semester credits.
Rollover credits do not apply over school years.
ARISTA membership is a privilege (you get to learn from the experiences of being a volunteer and a tutor, and you get the coveted gold stole at graduation!). If you do not fulfill your requirements, we unfortunately have to revoke your membership.
If an ARISTA member obtains three strikes, his/her membership in ARISTA will be revoked.
New: Failure to meet a credit requirement of any kind by the end of the semester will result in the revocation of membership in ARISTA.
Strikes may be appealed at the end of the semester through an appeal form sent out by the Executive Council. Strikes cannot be appealed through emails to a committee or to the EC. Strikes will carry over from your junior year to your senior year.
Cancelling tutoring or events commitments:
If you cancel any (capped or uncapped) event commitment more than 48 hours before, you will not be striked.
If you cancel any (capped or uncapped) event commitment less than 48 hours beforeand your absence is unexcused, you will be striked.
On excused absences: Event leaders must be notified of a specific excuse if cancellation occurs within 48 hours of the event. According to the discretion of the event leader, absence may be excused- if not, it will result in a strike.
Not checking out of an in-person event OR leaving without the permission of the event coordinator(s) in any type of event:
If, for any reason, you could not check out with an event coordinator, please email the events committee to resolve the strike.
Volunteers are expected to stay for the entire duration of an event. If you are late or leave early, you are at risk of receiving a strike.
Engaging in inappropriate conduct during an ARISTA event.
All ARISTA upperclassmen are required to complete 3 peer tutoring credits per trimester.
Tutoring credits can only be accomplished in-house, because the top priority of ARISTA will be being the academic support system for underclassmen and the entire Stuyvesant community. Tutoring opportunities for credits include:
Peer tutoring - tutoring another Stuyvesant student in across-the-board subjects, 1 on 1 -- guidelines
AIS - after school sessions led by teachers and supported by students
CS Dojo - after school sessions that aid in comprehension of computer science skills (only open to Dojo senpais and approved volunteers)
StuyPrep - after school sessions during which you tutor middle school students from across the city in SHSAT
...and possibly more TBA!
Note: Library Tutoring (tutoring middle school students at libraries all across the city) was previously a tutoring opportunity, but will now be an events opportunity, since it is more of a service to the community than most of our other in-school tutoring ops. This is because we are focusing on servicing our Stuyvesant community and making sure we do as much as possible to use our resources to help those in need of academic guidance at home, before we do so across the city.
ARISTA events are opportunities for you to venture out, into your communities, and volunteer!
Out-of-school events range from set up at a soup kitchen, to setting up at a run or a concert, arranging donated clothing for shipping to underprivileged children, planting trees in various environmental efforts, setting up at SummerStage, delivering warm meals to the elderly, caroling at a hospital, tutoring at a local library, the possibilities are endless! ARISTA has helped so many causes in its many years of existence, and events are truly an opportunity for you to get involved in the community while having fun!
Recurring events are a new addition: these are events of identical nature that will happen on a recurring basis. This is meant for you to be able to grow a connection to your place of volunteering, due to the constancy of the setting. We do expect you to not only do recurring events, so you get to experience all of the many different types of volunteering the Events Committee finds for you!
Criteria for Extra Credits
At the discretion of the EC - after it is discussed between the event leader(s) and the Vice President of Events and Service.
Regarding Multipliers
When several of the above conditions are met, the event may be listed as having a multiplier for convenient crediting. Please note that this is simply another method of adding extra credits and that multipliers apply to the hours listed on the event page on the website. In the event that, due to circumstances that occur during the event itself, extra credits in addition to the multiplier are given, they will not also be multiplied when going into the total sum of credits for the event. (Ex: An event originally worth double credits will not have 2 extra credits added to its worth for every additional criterion for extra credits it meets.)