Extracurricular Actives

One of my most enjoyed extracurricular activities is National Honor Society because it allows me to engage with the community around my school. It also gives me the opportunity to work with people from other grade levels by having projects that require the input of all the members. Usually the meetings are two every month but on special events like the special olympics or winter formal it can change up to 4 every month. One of the events that the group did this year was preparing banners for the special olympics. This small project allowed me to learn more about the special ed group that is on our campus and how there needs to be more effort to integrate them in our school community. This year I had the opportunity to work at my school's thanksgiving

In addition, Sarah quoted the principal, a principal excusing students because they’re busy with extracurricular activities. This shouldn’t have been added to the articles content as the whole point of extracurricular activities is that they are extra and should be done when students have extra time to do so. This same principal, Ms. Stiles stated that she hasn’t heard any teacher complain about the policy. That statement is not clear as just because someone hasn’t mentioned something about something does not mean that they are in full acceptance of it.

Schools today offer many after-school programs that the students of the school can participate in. Whether or not these activities are required or optional for the students is up for debate. Students have many duties in their lives that take up a lot of time. I believe that students should not be required to participate in school sponsored extracurricular activities. It is wonderful when schools offer many choices for clubs, sports, and groups, but it should be up to the student if they want to participate.

My high school is adopting a new policy in students who do not have a B average or above, can no longer participate in after school activities including any clubs or sports. Studies do show that students who are very involved in their sports and extra curricular activies would do, and work as hard as they can to keep their grade up to the required grade to do what they love most. Some students are not as motivated to keep up on their studies to keep their grade up to do the sport or club of their choice. While others, have no motivation what so ever but can still continue to do the sport or club of choice. Some kids are more athletic and can only focus on their sports and don't want anything to do with their education but because of how good they are at what they do, they still have the possibility of getting a scholarship to a college. Working to your full advantage and putting in your best effort noticeably, student should still be able to play/do the activity of their choice.

An intelligent man once said, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." That quote is not only found true with horse's but with humans also. Forcing students to participate in at least one extracurricular activity is absurd. Many students have activities that they very much enjoy after school, but forcing them to an activity doesn't mean that they will put in effort similar to the horse not drinking water. As a principal, I expect that man or woman to complete the tasks that come along with the role, also make a few changes here and there for the benefit of everyone. With that being said, the decision to force students to participate in at least one extracurricular activity does not benefit everyone, in fact it is a detriment to many.

bove is a screen capture of my acceptance letter into successfully switching from the recreation management program into strictly the program of management. This is very significant to me as it is confirmation that my hard work has allowed me to start the fall semester of 2016 in the program that I feel I am aligned with the most. In the management program, I am able to continue working hard to help me succeed in my future studies.

The policy proposing that "Students to maintain a minimum grade of 'C' or 'Average' in all subjects in order to participate in a sport" is unfair for three main reasons: kids spend effort and time during practices, sports are not related to school work, and that it simply wouldn't be fair for students who participate in the athletic world.

Having a mandatory extra curricular doesn't sound that bad right? Well in reality most kids would totally hate the idea of having to do more work or having to stay after school instead of being home on their phones. I believe that if principles did add a mandatory activity kids would be more active and healthier. They would possibly find something they love to do. Maybe they would stop caring so much about their phones. Most definitely they would be having a better time with friends then they would have being on their phones!

Throughout high school, I have been involved in many extracurricular activities. I have been on the basketball and track teams for all 3 years, and I am looking forward to continuing to play for the Norsemen during my senior year. I love being a part of the team atmosphere and getting to use my talents to make myself, and my team better. Along with that, I participated in off-season and in-season weights for a majority of the year all three years. This usually involves coming in before or after school, or in the mornings during the summer to get a good weight lift session in. I have also been a part of the big buddies program and have gotten to know many of the elementary school students along with getting to know the teachers. With this, I have really helped boost up my number of hours of volunteering and am close to completing enough hours to receive the silver cord award by the time that we graduate next year. I plan to keep volunteering and since have been involved in youth group since kindergarten and am now too old, I plan to help teach a class this coming year.

Another obstacle that public high schools face is their budget allocation. Many times schools are either under funded by their district, which is mainly found in low income communities, or they just do not manage their funds in a way that maximizes their efficiency. The latter of the two usually occurs in schools that have a large focus on their athletics, campus construction, or unnecessary field trips or extracurricular activities. This is where the situation gets tricky. There are many that see sports and extracurricular activities as being vital to a student’s experience and they argue that participating in sports can help improve a person’s ability to work together with others and to gain many other social skills. Even though they are not wrong, there has to be a limit to the amount of money and time schools spend on sports and other extracurricular activities. Again, the purpose of a high school is to prepare students for college and the best way to do that is to focus their resources on materials/people that will help them achieve that. So, for example, if a school wants to build a new track, they should first try to see if that money could be used in a way that directly affects their students’ academics first (new books, technology, better quality teachers, etc.). Even though that may seem to be an obvious thought process, many school districts out there don’t consider that. Districts still believe that, since athletics bring in more money and attention to their

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (150 word limit)

Have you ever felt like that one kid who just doesn’t do anything? The kid that was in just one extracurricular and a lame one at that. Well, that was me until fifth grade. I joined girl scouts when I was in kindergarten. I enjoyed it and made new friends, but suddenly, our leaders kept leaving. We got new leaders yearly until Katie's mom decided to stick with us. I had been liking it so far, but then in fifth grade, everything changed. When I was in fifth grade, I wasn’t really friends with anyone. The only people I knew was this guy I PREVIOUSLY had a crush on and Myra. I only knew Myra a little bit because we talked a minuscule amount in fourth grade. When the year started out, I had to make new friends. I also wanted to try a sport that year instead of just girl scouts. I talked to a few people and narrowed my choices down to either skating or basketball. I am the cheap kid in the family, so when I compared prices, I immediately went with basketball. Once I decided on basketball, I realized I had missed the sign-ups. I was freaking out because I really wanted to play, but I thought I had missed my chance. Bali and Olga, the two people who convinced me to join in the first place, reassured me that it would be ok and I would get to play.

In high school there are extracurricular activities and clubs that educators and parents feel offer many benefits to students. In contrary to this I do not believe that the school should make students participate in afterschool activities against their will. Reasonings for this are: Many students have work outside of school and have no time, Many students play sports which is already considered an extracurricular activity, some students will resent extracurricular if they are forced to participate in them. On the other hand, colleges require a well-rounded student who has taken extracurriculars.

Have you ever loved? Or perhaps have you ever found something that you love? How about feeling a burning passion to do something? If at one of these questions you have answered a yes, then there is a possibility you are driven with the desire to become a better person. How do we grow as a person? Learn? Listen? Or maybe by digging yourself into the pit of experience.

Jennifer A. Fredricks uses research from various studies to develop her own model of testing her over scheduling hypothesis. The author uses relevant resources that support and don’t support her hypothesis. Her main criteria in testing this hypothesis is breadth, and intensity, the author test her hypothesis of low to moderate levels of extra-curricular participation will display a positive increase in academic achievement, while high levels will begin to show a negative impact on academic achievement levels. Her data was accrued from a wide variety of data obtained in part from over 750 schools and 15, 000 tenth grade students. Although the sample is racially diverse, it still included over forty percent Caucasian Americans. The results concluded, after six years and three different surveys of the original sample that the hypothesis was proven accurate.