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Involvement in school activities improves students' lives.(Originated from Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Hey, parents _ listen up. Have we got a deal for you. ...
Would you like your children's grades to improve? Eliminate their truancies? Increase their odds of graduating from high school? Bolster their self-esteem, responsibility and time management? Keep 'em off the streets and out of trouble? Maybe even save their lives?
The universal answer: Yes.
Well, it might be easier than you think _ and, no, it doesn't involve waving a magic wand, making a pact with the devil or chaining your kids to a desk in the cellar. The simple formula: Encourage your children to participate in school activities.
It's the truth. High school students involved in extracurricular activities do better academically, attend classes more regularly and have higher graduation rates than their nonparticipant peers, national studies say. Moreover, kids who become involved strengthen their self-esteem and responsibility and tend to enjoy safer, more productive teen years. In theory, that also places them on the path to safer, more productive adult lives.
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