Essay On Extracurricular Experiences

Volunteering at local shelters by raking leaves and giving companionship always seems to put smiles on the faces around me. Being involved with 4-H for the past eleven years I have participated in countless activities from public speaking finals in Bozeman Montana, to the Montana state 4-H horse show in Lewistown Montana. Through 4-H, my horizons have been broadened and I have been given the experiences I need in order to grow. High school sports have taught me how to collaborate with others to achieve goals and reach standards, while my personal pioneered business has taught me how to push myself and learn how to be independent. I am currently Thompson Falls high school student body president, and continue to learn the responsibilities that coincide with being a leader.

to help young men and women get out of hunger and poverty, and they volunteered in different

Chino Hills High School has an amazing leadership and ASB program. The students and staff promote positivity in every activity that they host for CHHS. On January 11th, the Chino Hills High School leadership and ASB did an amazing activity where they invited another leadership group called CASL (California Association of Student Leaders). Leadership and ASB connected with CASL to help motivate some middle school leadership students who are incoming freshmen. The CHHS leadership students had an opportunity to not only motivate the middle students to become better leaders, but to also allow them to participate in some fun activities. They did many activities such as, wrapping themselves in newspaper and trying to create the best out of something

During my high school career, I have immersed myself in numerous clubs and committees, empowering my development as an avid leader. I have been involved in my school’s poverty club for four years. Currently as club president, I direct meetings and the implementation of our events and fundraisers for local homeless youth. Additionally, I am co-president for the organization of Moscrop Human Library, a school-wide event that breaks down stereotypes through dialogue. Being involved in the planning since 2015, I was in charge of finding speakers, gaining sponsors, and more. This year, I will be leading the event, delegating tasks, coordinating volunteers, and more. Furthermore, I have been an active member in graduation council for two years and

Please list any extracurricular activities or employment experience you have which you think demonstrates good citizenship and leadership qualities. These could include school involvement, volunteer experience, work experience, involvement in athletics or the arts, participation in student exchange or leadership programs, or other activities which show your leadership and innovation skills. You can respond to this question in bulleted/point form. (Max. 200 characters)

Participated as a mentor and leader to incoming high school freshmen by supporting academic success and character development.

My role as president of my high school’s National Honor Society also allowed to demonstrate my worth as a leader. I was in charge of the overall organization of the club, finding more volunteering opportunities

My leadership experience is a major component of my competence as an individual. As one who volunteers throughout the community, I am a role model for my younger peers. I volunteer at the local library, helping to care for the books and organizing the facility, and at University Christian Church, making prayer beads, which are distributed at the local hospital to those in need. I have also served as front ensemble section leader in the Colt marching band for two years.

In earlier stages of my career, I discovered aspirations for student success when employed as the 4-H Agent Assistant for Jackson County. Through the interaction with students of a diverse culture seeking guidance and leadership, I learned early on that I had the ability to touch a student’s life in a positive way. By teaching life-long lessons and leadership characteristics at the secondary education level, I watched these individuals begin to mature into productive citizens. This was the beginning point of my educational venture.

Through my participation in Mount Si High School’s scholastics and extracurricular programs, I have become more outgoing, more confident, and a better leader. It began in the classes where there were presentations and group projects. These helped me practice my communication skills as well as my leadership skills. Along with this, I continue to take honors or AP language art classes which also encourages becoming thinkers who look beyond the surface, as well as encouraging opinions, and teaches us how to express these ideas. As for the extracurricular activities, I have joined many clubs that also encourage me to become a better leader. I have been a member of Ceramics Club since my freshman year and am now the president of this club. When I started, I began working to include Ceramics Club in the Homecoming Parade and Rally. We made Homecoming medals/ornaments and sold them at the event.

As a four year member of Student Council and the Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT), I have always been eager to increase my leadership in both. At the end of freshman year I became president of my class and have remained so into senior year, now student body president as well. I lead the weekly student meetings and meet with school administrators on a biweekly basis. For the past two years I planned Homecoming, seeing it as a chance to test my communication and organizational skills. I continued to improve upon these skills when placed on a steering committee junior year for the SALT district-wide dodgeball tournament that raised $2,200 for the Lauren Hill Foundation. Some of my tasks included speaking at local elementary schools, designing the informational booth, and assisting in the raffle and ticket collection. This year, SALT is raising money to build a well in Africa and I look forward to taking a leadership role in this as well.

It is important for adolescents to participate in extracurricular activities. Student who participate in these activities improve their academic scores and social life. Extracurricular activities can also help reduce many peer pressure related problems. “They enrich the lives of the students, their families and our communities. These activities create well rounded children who learn what their interests and talents are because they have been exposed to such opportunities” (Extracurricular Activities, Blogadmin). For most adolescents extracurricular activities should be required among what they do outside of school.

them in a regular school setting. Academics tend to leave children and adolescents in a fearful state when thinking about their futures because they aren’t given much information on how it will be like. The transition from a sheltered high school to university, and more so adulthood, is confusing and unsmooth which is why co-curriculars help young people gain life experience and prepare them for what’s coming. This argument was exemplified in Javier’s thoughts when he said,

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.

YoU’VE GIVEN mE oNE morE pAGE to tell you about myself. Just one. There are only eight boxes for extra-curricular activities, only three lines to tell about my summers, just over two inches to write a note to my future roommate, and only one page to fill in all the holes, to color in all the blank space. Unfortunately both for me and for you, entire lives don’t fit into boxes and personalities can’t be completely sketched on paper. I have to do my best to show you who I am, and you have to do your best to find me in all this black ink. So, best of luck to you. As for me, I will write just one more page and hope it gives you a clearer image of who I really am. You have noticed, I’m sure, my list of extra-curricular activities. What you can’t see is the struggle that went into compiling that list. For one thing, my practice list was comprised of far more than eight activities, so I was forced to group things together and to leave things out. Every summer and winter, I travel with my youth group on a service trip, sometimes within this country, other times around the world.