Research with Extracurricular Activities

Excessive research has shown a high correlated connection between the level of students dropping out of high school, and the areas with high poverty.  Schools in which have high poverty rates, tend not to offer any extracurricular activities, and often times leads to an extremely high dropout rate within the school systems. 

 It also appears that when extracurricular activities are enforced, students become involved in school, and in turn become involved with their grades.  Sometimes, students are not A students in school, and might by C students, but when they’re involved with extracurricular activities, it gives them the motivation to complete their education, and to even excel further. 

In areas with high poverty, some community programs should be made available, since often times, schools cut funding to extracurricular programs, causing the dropout rate to skyrocket.   Extracurricular activities are essential factors to high schools, and are often partly the reason why some students vote in favor of completing their education. 

Extracurricular activities can range from the football team, cheerleading squad, basketball team, soccer team, debate club, key club, and even choir and band.  All of these extracurricular activities are extremely diverse; however, they all play a very essential factor in the success of a city’s educational system.  Having this information, I think everyone can agree that extracurricular activities can only positively benefit the success of a school.