Table of Contents
- 1 What are the activities that you do in school?
- 2 How can you help your community as a senior high student?
- 3 What are you doing to help your community?
- 4 Do high school students want to work hard in class?
- 5 What motivates students to apply themselves in school?
- 6 What really drives student engagement?
What are the activities that you do in school?
Popular activities include sports, scouts, art, theater, music, and community service. Many children also join school-affiliated organizations like student council, competitive academic clubs (like Model U.N. or math club), and affinity groups that help connect kids with shared identities.
How can you help your community as a senior high student?
Seven ways you can help support students and high schools in your community
- Be a good neighbor.
- Organize a “back to school day” for adults.
- Offer your expertise.
- Become a mentor.
- Bring a problem that needs a solution.
- Make high school part of community revitalization.
- Consider running for school board.
What are you doing to help your community?
Even by donating your unwanted possessions, you could be helping someone in need. Consider donating unwanted items to charity shops, or contributing unused food to a food bank. You could also think of starting your own collection at your school, church, business, or community center.
How important is this activity to a student?
Extracurricular activities provide a channel for reinforcing the lessons learned in the classroom, offering students the opportunity to apply academic skills in a real-world context, and are thus considered part of a well-rounded education.
What do teens want from their schools?
Crux also convened several focus groups of high schoolers to hear more about what engaged them in school. The result is our newest report, What Teens Want From Their Schools: A National Survey of High School Student Engagement. Here are the highlights: Most high school students report being intrinsically motivated to learn.
Do high school students want to work hard in class?
Somewhat counterintuitively, our results indicate that most high school students want to work hard in class and figure out things on their own if possible. They ask themselves questions, check their book or other materials when things don’t make sense, and try to pay attention to things they’re supposed to remember.
What motivates students to apply themselves in school?
The vast majority (83 to 95 percent) report being motivated to apply themselves in school by thinking deeply, listening carefully, and completing assignments.
What really drives student engagement?
That’s a very important thing to know. Yet teachers aren’t the only sources of increased—or diminished—student engagement. Other factors include the subject matter itself, particular instructional strategies, extracurricular activities and sports, peer groups, and a student’s intrinsic motivation to learn.