After-school activity

Hi, my name is Bianka, and I am a 15 year old student-athlete at Linden Public Schools. I’m simply writing to you in effort to influence your thoughts regarding the new grade policy for student-athletes. It is my understanding that all athletes will now be required to have a B-average or higher in order to participate in after school activities, including sports. It is through my personal experiences that I feel that there new policy is too demanding. By merely demanding a specific grade, you

extracurricular activity, whether it be athletic, academic, artistic, or altruistic. Through these activities, students learn valuable life skills and build friendships that last a lifetime. However, a large amount of students do not receive these numerous benefits as they do not participate in extracurricular activities. For this reason, the principal has decided to mandate at least one extracurricular activity for all students. I strongly agree with this decision because extracurricular activities increase

Editor, High School is a very difficult and confusing time for most teenagers. Trying to balance schoolwork, family, social life, sports, etc., is very tricky. But learning to balance all of those things is what makes high school important. It sets the students up for life after high school. It teaches students very important life lessons that they will hopefully take into their lives after high school. High school is about turning into a well rounded person by doing well in school as well as balancing

Late Start School; Pleasurable in Theory Money.Schedule.Education.These words may seem to have nothing to do with each other, but they all describe ways that communities are negatively impacted by late start school. Late start school is not beneficial for students because it causes whole communities to change their schedules, limits money towards education, and reduces the amount of enrichment that students can obtain. Late start school has a negative effect on the whole community, not just the

You are attending a school and the same people that are into athletics getting all the fame. The Athletes are put on a higher pedestal, because everyone recognizes their talent. Deep in the shadows lurks people talented in other activities such as chess, dramatics, singing, video games, and plenty more other non-athletic activities. This is exactly the situation at East Jordan high school. At every pep assembly the athletes are recognized for their talents. Which they have deserved, but other students

The Effectiveness of Extra-curricular Activities on Access and Choice Charminta Brown Florida International University The process of choosing a suitable college varies among many. The ability to attend college is still seen as a luxury to most people today. People from all around the world compete for the opportunity to be accepted into the colleges and universities of their choice. However, some people are unable to attend their higher education institution of choice due to various reasons

Did you know that the school board wants to add an extra hour and a half to our school day? Its completely insane! It makes you think about something, how will this affect our lives if they actually add an hour and a half? Well three reasons they should not add more time are After School activities, our schedules, and all the student’s reactions. First of all, After School activities will be affected.Many students and teachers will have to spend less time doing their activities because of the extra

barely rising Victoria is already on the school bus going to Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson Arizona. Finally, by the time third period is practically over she begins to wake up and feel ready to learn, but the school day is already halfway at an end. Seventy percent of teens aren’t getting enough sleep and this could be contributing to why they can’t focus or retain information in their first classes like Victoria (O’Neill 1). Whether or not school should start later to fix this problem has

I Want to Know Extracurricular activities are a branch of the educational system that I have a personal connection to and I would hate to see them disappear. I chose to conduct my I-Search paper on the topic of how extracurricular activities affect students’ academic success. I believe that it is my participation in extracurricular activities that led me to be successful in middle school, high school, and college. When I was in middle and early high school, my home life was not ideal. My

barely get any sleep, but because my school starts at 8:30, I can just stay up longer and wake up at a later time. Having my school start at a later time is great, but the downfall of that is that school gets out later in the day than it normally would, but I still have extracurricular activities to do and complete all my homework the following day. Despite the fact that I do get to sleep in more, the only reason why I have to stay up late at night is because my school starts later, along with the end