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(Need volunteer
hours?) Community service is very
important and colleges and scholarship applications
are looking for the activities that students have
done in their community to help others. There are
many opportunities for teens to volunteer in Shelby
County. Call Volunteer Memphis, 901-458-3288, or
check the web: Camp Volunteers!! MDA Jerry Lewis Summer Camp is in need
of volunteers for the camp held in Land Between The Lakes
in Dover, TN. June, 2008 Please call Norma Graham for more information:
901-748-3036. School
Is More Than Books Colleges want students with
sound academic records. They also want students who
have shown the energy to participate in
extracurricular activities, hold jobs, volunteer
for community activities, and travel. Furthermore,
they want students to show excellence in these
nonacademic activities as well as enthusiasm in
pursuing them. Although grades and test
scores are usually the most important
considerations for admission to college,
extra-curricular activities and work experience can
play an important role, especially for selective
schools. More than that, these activities can
contribute immensely to the personal development of
students during their high school years. There are
many scholarship opportunities involving community
service. Extracurricular activities
are a training ground for college and career. You
learn how to interact with other people as you
build floats for homecoming parades, run with the
cross country team every morning before school, and
play in the school band. You pick up very real
organizational skills by planning club meetings and
the Junior / Senior Prom or being the manager of a
sport. What's more, you learn how to meet
deadlines. The yearbook, Pathfinder, and the
newspaper, The Dragon News, have to be put out on
time, and minutes have to ready for club meetings.
There is also the opportunity to develop your
leadership skills. You don't have to be the
president of an organization to do this. You can
take charge of a committee to clean up after an
event or to make posters for a car wash. The more
practice you have at doing these things, the more
skilled an individual you will become. There is one
added dividend that you gain by participating in
extracurricular activities - they are a lot of
fun. For a detailed listing of CHS
clubs go to the school web site.