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Show HOWE AND SCHOOL . School Activities Positive Effect On Students' Success What effect do students' high school activities-nr from membership in the chess club to dunking ba balls for the varsity team-have on Utah students? THE STATE Board of Education recently rele some findings on that subject after taking a yeat survey. According to an article on the survey, most re dents believed that student participation in schoc tivities has a positive effect on the students' acac success. t NON-PARTICIPATION? Students, parents andec tors expressed the belief that avoiding school acti, tends to have a negative impact on the students' atn:. toward themselves and school success. However, educators and parents voiced some cod: about too much student participation in activities much that students are losing out in other impc-areas. impc-areas. i THEN AGAIN, an earlier report showed large nuii. of students are not joining in tthese activities. i Some persons who were surveyed expressed cot' about costs to the students. One recommendation of j " survey committee is adoption of policies enaL students to eam the money to pay for these activities WHILE recommending that activities shouli ' ' recognized as a "valuable and legitimate" part of school program, the committee suggested thai terscholastic activities cease to proliferate. The committee also concluded that high schools si: have intramural programs that include a full sp program for boys and gir!s-and such activities . debate, speech, music, drama and chess. ANOTHER recommendation: That schools limi; number of activities in which a student may parties: School boards should adopt a uniform policy on a ' up work for lessons missed when students are ate because of school activities, the report said. ; IF YOU'RE interested in the number of these actit your local high school offers, you'll get a good ids looking through a high school yearbook. |