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“extracurriculars” is often related to activities such as sports, clubs, etc. Although there is a wide variety of school activities to join, they result in achieving the same goals and developing the same skills down the road. The activities someone chooses to do in their free time reveals a lot about a person, that test scores cannot do. These different activities offer promising results in the shaping of children. Participation in extracurricular activities can positively affect a child’s…

Throughout the past year, a few key extracurricular activities have played a significant role in my social, academic and work life. One of those activities has been my position as a leader on the youth leadership committee for my high school's band program. My work with this group consists mainly of developing and maintaining a sense of community within the band through organized bonding events and social media outreach platforms. Working alongside a group of dedicated individuals who care not…

What is an extracurricular activity that has been meaningful to you? The most meaningful extracurricular activity to me has been the FFA Organization. Entering high school as a freshman not knowing anyone is very intimidating. I went into the ninth grade thinking that the next four years wouldn’t be good. On my schedule my second period class was Agriscience Applications. I grew up on a farm all my life so I thought that this class would be fun and interesting. A component of being in an…

Positive Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities Color guard is a part of the marching band and it is just as much a sport as football. Marching band has evolved over the years. In 1956 the VFW (Veteran of Foreign Wars) Post 342 corps became the first recognized competitive drum corps called the Phantom Regiment, with an all-girl color guard called the Phantomettes. By 1970 the group included a 24-person color guard. As color guard continued to evolve, color guards looked for ways to outdo each…

The 2014 US Census report about after-school activities is a detailed account of the kinds of activities and some of the factors that may influence what a child does outside the classroom after school. The most common activity is sports, which is at 35 percent, with participation in clubs (e.g., chess, math, and science) and lessons (like music, dance, and language) each at 29 percent. However, 43 percent did not participate in any after-school activities, with key factors such as living…

Extracurricular Activities ONLY 20! Community High School allows their students to have only twenty days off that can be contributed to extracurricular activities. Once all of the twenty days have been used up then they can no longer participate in extracurricular activities that require them to leave school early or stay overnight anywhere. This is a huge problem in a lot of schools it is taking away from a chance for students to give back to their community and learn lifelong lessons.…

ABC-(Activity Based Costing) a system designed by a company to assign costs to products by their use of activities-which company performs to make and/or deliver their product. Steps involved with Activity Based Cost Management- Step one-Activity analysis which is done to analyze key activities and their costs. There are (6) steps: 1. Identify customer wants or expectations from their products or services, including price, and quality. 2. Chart the company’s activities for completing the…

school these days are involved in after school activities. Whether those activities are student government, sports, debate team, volunteering, etc. these activities require a significant part of a students ' day, so why aren 't students getting school credit for these sort of activities? Activities beyond the classroom teach students life long lessons that cannot be taught in a classroom, and a significant amount of effort and time is put into such activities, and Therefore, students should be…

The principle deciding that all students must participate in one extracurricular activity or more is, in my opinion, a bad decision. -Hook- Forcing students to take an extra curricular activity will do far more negative than it will good, for example it will cost the school more money, and take away time from both the students and teachers. By forcing students to take an extracurricular activity you would be depriving them of much needed time at home. Time that could be used with the…

St. Pius x Questions What extracurricular activities, in or out of school are most important to you? Have you received any special recognition or awards for performance or service in these activities? Please describe. Activities that I enjoy and find most important to me are soccer and basketball. I’ve been playing soccer for a long time and over the years I have won several tournaments. The most recent one was a tournament this fall. We won two games and tied one We beat a GSA Athena A team…