by Scott Fowler
Photo by Jeswin Thomas on Unsplash
Whether a part of a sports team, a robotics project, or a quiz competition, club activity is vital for uplifting the students of a community. Especially at the age of a high school student where the rest of your life is ahead of you, club membership can propel you physically, mentally, and socially as you make leaps and bounds in your high school journey. High school students have been able to reap the benefits of clubs for a long time as today’s celebrities were huge on high school extracurricular activities. Besides enriching your life outside of the classroom, clubs can incite unity between students and students, students and teachers, and students and their respective communities.
Social connections are a great way to remove the cares and stresses of everyday high school life from the forefront of the mind. What better way is there to meet new people than to join a club in which people with common interests are drawn together? Through mutual hobbies, you can form friendships and connections that will ultimately make high school life a more pleasant and enjoyable experience.
Friends can last a lifetime; however, they are not the only long-term benefit of clubs. Clubs have a strong capability of building character through student leadership and dedication to a hobby or event. In the future, this character continues to be reflected in the mindset of a young aspiring person who is applying for college, applying for a job, or enlisting in the military. This kind of maturity and leadership is what high school extracurriculars intend to inspire. On top of the character building, club participation and leadership looks great in the eyes of universities. Clubs can boost your chances of success as you go to that next step in life towards higher education by bolstering your resume with recognition of your extracurricular accomplishments.
Lastly, I would like to finish by mentioning some celebrities whom we look up to and the extracurricular activities they engaged in at your age. Picture a young George Clooney in the Drama Club in High School. Clooney’s young passion eventually turned him into a highly touted Hollywood actor and producer. On top of this, Clooney played sports: an activity that he credits with building his character. Another famous example is former Vice President of the United States, Hillary Clinton. Her leadership is something that may have always been a part of her as she was in the student council in high school prior to her political career. Furthermore, she was in the school newspaper, a club that would have led her to make many social connections. Both Clooney and Clinton were active in high school and solid students who were accredited with receiving good grades. This participation in school clubs and teams likely contributed significantly to the building of their characters, which took these people far in life within their chosen careers.
All in all, this article serves as an invitation to all current high school students to push past your comfort zone and make connections with other students, teachers, and your greater community to prepare for your future outside of this school by joining a club or trying out for a sports team. Although most are online right now due to the pandemic restriction, there are many highly intriguing extracurriculars (eg. STEM Clubs and sports teams) here at SAS for you to explore. The opportunities remain tall and possibilities endless.
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