Keyword: «volunteer activity»

In article reveal the theoretical bases of formation the social activity of a high school student. The analysis of psychological aspects of the concepts activity and social activity is presented. Social activity is considered as integrated quality of a person which under certain conditions nas possibility of successful formation in educational and non- educational activity of students. One of such conditions is involving the students in to the social activity.

The article examines the activities of the volunteer movement in the Smolensk branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics during the epidemiological period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The significance of students ' voluntary initiative is described.