Special Activities Division

The Benefits of Extracurricular Activities Extracurricular participation promotes motivation in students’ lives by helping them gain self-actualization by using the proper skills of discipline, determination, and respect to accomplish their goals. Extracurricular activities are considered voluntary afterschool programs such as athletics, fine arts, and educational clubs that provide experiences which are not taught in formal courses of study. Participating students’ learning goal is oriented in…

It has been said that homework takes up too much time in a person’s schedule that they cannot do any extracurricular activities or just relax. However, Homework is an extracurricular activity. When we go to our after school sports or activities, it is mandatory to show up and participate. That is just like finishing your homework. Homework shouldn’t just be something tossed around, but something we take our time on and enjoy doing…

Parents think it will push back or even cancel their sport practices or any other extra curricular activities. Also they might rely on their teens to watch their younger siblings after school while at work. The problem is parents are only thinking about the negative things. They don 't think how it could help teens with more sleep. Another problem we’re…

I believe that I fully embody the four qualities of scholarship, leadership, service, and character that are necessary to be qualified as a member of the National Honor Society. I feel that one of my strongest qualities of these four is scholarship. I feel that this is one of my strongest qualities because I love to learn and help others grow in their learning. I have maintained a 3.94 GPA throughout my past 5 semesters at this school and I have participated in many AP and Honors classes such…

assume the role of leader in many group projects, which I actually enjoy doing. Helping others and working with other people to achieve a set goal is something that I genuinely enjoy. Swimming- If I had to pick the most influential extracurricular activity in terms of developing my leadership skills, it would be swimming. Swimming takes up about half of my life during the school year because it is a full time commitment, being on the swim team as well…

Some of my most important life goals are to be a programmer and start my own company and to be leader at my mosque. I have a lot of background experience that will be help me in my first goal. Since freshman year, I began to learn more about computers than just surfing the internet. I started learning to code on websites such as codeacademy.com. At my old school, where I studied for 9th and 10th grade, a computer science course was available. I took the class in 10th grade but our teacher…

London is my home away from home. If America was my greatest adventure and my greatest fear, being a Pirate was my greatest journey. A thirty-hour exhausting flight physically transported me from Vietnam to a foreign land - Corpus Christi, as well as figuratively transformed a childish girl to a young adult at the age of fifteen. From the moment that I stepped out of the airplane, a new chapter of my life began without me being aware. After a chain of uplifting and exciting feelings, the reality…

Many parents put in a lot of work to ensure their children’s success. Other parents are less involved in placing their children in several activities to ensure their children’s success. What is the best way to raise children? What are some factors that affect child rearing? Several factors are known to affect how a child is raised, and determining a superior child rearing method is complex, with many pros and cons associated with each method. There are two primary ways to raise children:…

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…

While attending the College of Coastal Georgia I have worked very hard to balance my time between class, school, work and extracurricular activities. My first year at the college I was a Freshman Senator in the student Government Association, a member of the Seaswell’s Literary Magazine, and a member of the Urban Gaming club. I’ve always tried to be involved in volunteer services in the community, so I continued to help out with the Satilla River Clean-up, which I had done throughout high school…