Special Activities Division

academic overachievers generally do not see huge rewards for the investment they have made in their academic careers. Overachievers, kids who strive to take the most advanced classes, get straight A’s, and participate in as many extracurricular activities as possible in hopes of getting into…

we think continuing to fund school sports is a great idea it gets students keep there grades up. School sports help students if there in a JROTC program it would help them be fit in that too! Sports are also helpful, according to many experts, sports help students brains function and think and sports also help challenge the brain so that way your brain gets stronger. School sports also help you get a scholarship to play collage sports then after that if your good enough you could go to the pro's…

Students, teachers, and parents are still arguing that kids have too much homework. Kids are arguing that it’s a waste of time. Parents are arguing that it takes away the time they could be spending with family. Teachers are arguing that it’s more work on them because they have to grade multiple sheets of homework they give out. Kids should have less homework because it takes away valuable time that could be spent with family and too much homework can cause a lot of stress and students barely…

Friday and Saturday as well as 2 p.m. Sunday. So pick a day and come take in a show. Or better yet, see all three. One of the special aspects of stage productions is that no two are exactly the same. There are some out there who may object. “But I don’t like musicals,” they’ll say. We’d question that statement. Did you grow up watching Disney movies? “The Lion King,” “Beauty and…

on the agree side . I agree school should be extended because we can have more school activities, more class time , and helps students succeed. A reason I agree with more time is because students enjoy electives so if we get more school time we can take more electives. An addition to having more time our classes could be longer. We could have more clubs because we have more time to participate in these activities. Also they could extend our lunch breaks because more time . Therefore more school…

we need to make our school a better place and a better learning environment. We think we need more after school activities because some kids don't have anything to do after school. We think that after school activities would boost our school spirit. Even if you're on a team you could come to the games and competitions. These are some of the reasons we need more after school activities. So if you keep reading there's more things we want to tell…

Ecomap’s is a diagram that maps out social and personal relationships within the client’s environment. These relationships can either have a positive or negative influences whether it is direct or indirect on a client’s life. For this ecomap, the focus is on an individual that is participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program at the client’s school. This client, on multiple occasions has discussed the outside influences that play on role on their life. When focusing on school, this…

students decide to join a club or take part in an extracurricular activity, and others do not. Since the principal made the decision to enact the requirement for all students to participate in at least one extracurricular activity, many more families have been complaining to the School Board. Admittedly, many students love school clubs. On the other hand, many students do not. Therefore, forcing students to take part in these activities in unfair. Taking something optional and making mandatory,…

classroom. Students are able to develop socially and mentally within other extracurricular activities. For instance, these activities can range from athletics, music, and other social clubs. Regardless of what activity a student may be involved in, the gain the ability to foster certain skills such as, organizational, communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and evaluation skills. An extracurricular activity gives students the chance to combine these skills of their social and mental…

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…