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Here are 5 key reasons why.
Students need periodic breaks from heavy academic workloads to refresh and perform at their best. Extracurricular activities offer positive outlets for stress relief. Pursuing passions reenergizes students to tackle schoolwork with renewed vigor.
While academics teach core subjects, activities strengthen creativity, time management, leadership, teamwork, communication, and other critical skills. Students able to juggle both academic and extracurricular demands exhibit strong work ethic.
By tapping into personal passions, activities boost student engagement which filters to academic motivation. Students invested in school culture through activities take more agency in their studies.
Activities allow students to explore potential college majors and career interests like sports medicine, education, arts and entertainment. This real-world experience helps academics feel more relevant.
Students able to achieve academically while pursuing other passions demonstrate well-roundedness that colleges reward. Prioritizing academics while benefiting from activities supports healthy work-life balance.
Academics must stay the top priority, but well-chosen extracurricular activities often reinforce students’ academic success. Students able to juggle both demonstrate the work ethic, time management and well-rounded character that breed excellence.
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