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Encyclopedia > Extracurricular

Extracurricular activities are activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education. Extracurricular activities exist at all levels of education, from high school and college to university education. Such activities are generally are usually voluntary as opposed to mandatory, non-paying, tend to be social or philanthropic as opposed to scholastic, and usually involve others of the same age. Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... In education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses and their contents offered by an institution such as a school or university. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ...

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General

Band may mean: A musical band A band (electronics) is a range of frequencies or wavelengths between two given limits In anthropology, a band society A Rubber band In solid-state physics, an energy band The Band, a particular musical band See also: bandana This is a disambiguation page — a... Fishers of men; Oil on panel by Adriaen van de Venne (1614) Religion—sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, and institutions associated with such belief. ...

High School and College

Clubs (♣) is one of the four suits found in playing cards, marked with a black trefoil; the term is translated from the Spanish basto. ... Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space and change. ... Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. ... Students Against Drunk Driving is an after-school program aimed at keeping students from drinking alcoholic beverages and then driving, and also keeping them off drugs. ... Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. ...

University

A students union, student government, or student council is a student organization present at many colleges and universities, often with its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body. ... An honor society (or honour society) is an organization or rank, the induction into which recognizes excellence among ones peers. ... Law school is the term used in the United States to indicate an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees, mainly teaching using the Socratic method. ... Moot court (sometimes synonymous with mock trial) is an extracurricular activity in many law schools. ... A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, published by an organization of students at a law school. ...

Debatable Cases

Part-time jobs are sometimes, but not always, classified as extracurricular activities. Job is a term used to identify a means of daily work used in acquiring funds for living. ...


See also

ESIB, BEST, EURODOC Best is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. ... Eurodoc (www. ...


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Extracurricular Activities (1397 words)
Extracurricular activities give them pride in their accomplishments, and they learn that if an activity is worth doing, it is worth doing well (Rombokas 11).
Extracurricular activities give students positive activities in which to be involved, and they spend their time in a productive manner.
Extracurricular activities also allow students to meet and interact with peers that may not be within their close group of friends.
EXTRACURRICULAR AND (1263 words)
Certain extracurricular assignments require additional responsibility or time beyond that which is required of other employees who are on the same basic salary schedule.
Extracurricular duties include those duties performed outside of regular school hours which are not a part of the teacher’s instructional duties.
The failure of an exempt teacher to volunteer to perform extracurricular duties shall neither be appropriate grounds to lower the teacher’s evaluation nor just cause for less than satisfactory evaluation of an exempt teacher.
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