Kids Are Our Future

A positive school experience is both academically challenging and rich in extracurricular activities for college preparation. Colleges like to see students who can balance outside class activities and maintain good grades.

Social skill, leadership skill and other interpersonal skills are all important for college preparation. By getting involved in school- and community-based extracurricular activities and gaining work experience will all help students develop these important skills, which bring them lifelong benefits.

Become involved in extracurricular activities
Many schools and communities provide activities outside the classroom for high school students to explore their interests and talents. For example, school clubs, the student newspaper, musical activities and volunteer work. If a student has excelled in one or more of these areas, she or he will stand out from the crowd.

Research summer programs are good for college preparation as well. Many colleges offer arts camps and college prep courses during the summer for high school students.

Gain work experience
Many colleges view community service and work experience as valuable experience that enhances a student’s college application.

By performing community service or getting a part-time job, students can gain work experience, which can teach them discipline, responsibility, time management, reliability, teamwork, and other skills. For example, students can participate in community service activities such as tutoring elementary school children or volunteering in a local hospital or a senior center. By such activities, students can make valuable contributions to society and in the meantime can help themselves to identify their career interests and goals. In addition, students can gain working related skills, and apply classroom learned knowledge to real-world problem solving.

Some schools offer academic credit for volunteer work. To get more information, talk with the school guidance counselor.

A summer job is also a good way to gain work experience. However, need to be very careful, not to affect other activities, such as school work. If you are interested in the topic please refer teens and jobs.

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