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College Month Lesson 3: ExtraCurricular Activities Lesson Description The purpose of this lesson is to help you student understand the importance of extracurricular activities, and provide help with recording or planning these activities. Introduction Questions Why do you think extracurricular activities might be important to a college? Activities Work with your student to help fill in the sheet. If you have internet access, you may want to consult the school’s website to see what activities exist and help your student make a plan to become more involved. Questions How do extracurricular activities differ from grades and tests?

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Page 1: College Month Lesson 3: Extra Curricular Activities · Extra‐curricular activities are those activities beyond your normal curriculum and classes. A Extra‐Curricular Transcript

 

         College Month Lesson 3: Extra‐Curricular Activities   

          Lesson Description  The purpose of this lesson is to help you student understand the importance of extra‐curricular activities, and provide help with recording or planning these activities.  

 Introduction Questions  Why do you think extra‐curricular activities might be important to a college? 

   

Activities  Work with your student to help fill in the sheet.  If you have internet access, you may want to consult the school’s website to see what activities exist and help your student make a plan to become more involved. 

  Questions  

How do extra‐curricular activities differ from grades and tests?   

   

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My Extra‐Curricular Transcript   Extra‐curricular activities are those activities beyond your normal curriculum and classes.  A Extra‐Curricular Transcript is an important document to fill in and update through your high schools years.  Colleges put a lot of importance on your extra‐curricular activities.   

Instructions:  Use this sheet to fill in some of the activities in which you are already involved, or plan to be involved.  Look at the sample attached for ideas.  Don’t wait until you are submitting applications to try to remember what you have done!  It is important to keep this list (or your own list) and continue to fill it in through 12th grade.   

 1.  School Involvement (field trips and clubs)  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

 2.  College Trips  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

 3.  Community Involvement (service learning, after school programs)  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

 4.  Professional Development (internships, job shadows, after school jobs)  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

 5.  Educational Development (projects, concepts learned, novels read, LACC classes or classes from other institutions etc...)  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

 

 

 

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My Extra‐Curricular Transcript Continued….   6.  Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Nominations Received  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

 7.  Scholarships  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

  8.  Conferences  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

  9.  Skills, Languages  

9th  10th  11th  12th 

  10.  Other    

Goals for future grades: (what activities do you foresee yourself being involved in?)  

  

   

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 SAMPLE Extra‐Curricular Transcript Grades 9‐12  1.  School Involvement (field trips and clubs): 

9th Grade  Field trip to Reebok Human Rights Awards.  Museum of Tolerance  Spoke at Women's League Meeting  Girls' Soccer with HOLA  Catalina field trip for My So‐Called Digital Life Project  Completed Los Angeles Marathon with Students Run LA 

10th Grade  American Apparel  Eco Village  Gagosian Gallery Presentation  Completed Los Angeles Marathon with Students Run LA 

11th Grade  Girls’ Basketball Team Captain  Co‐ed Flag Football 

 2.  College Trips 

9th Grade  USC, UCLA 

10th Grade  Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Dominguez Hills 

  3.  Community Involvement (service learning, after school programs) 

9th Grade  College tour with HOLA  Camping trip to Yosemite with HOLA 

10th Grade  12 hours of service at Gabriella Charter School 

11th Grade  Total of 40 hours of service at Last Chance for Animals 

   4.  Professional Development (internships, job shadows, after school jobs) 

9th Grade  Job Shadow at Capital Group 

10th Grade  Job Shadow at Sony 

11th Grade  Intern at Cut Cute Clothing Design  After school job at Subway 

 

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 5.  Educational Development (projects, concepts learned, novels read, LACC classes or classes from other institutions etc...) 

9th Grade  Lord of the Flies  Completed iDiscover LA project  Completed speech on Social Justice 

10th Grade  Night  Studied water cycle  Completed project on Industrialization  Scale Models  Mock Trial on GMOs  Photography class at art center 

11th Grade  American Revolution  Created Movie Poster on Civil Rights Movement  Calculus at LACC 

  6.  Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Nominations Received 

9th Grade  Most Improved, second semester  Principal's Honor Roll 

10th Grade  Cesar Chavez Award for greatest impact in Service Learning  Mock Trial 

11th Grade  Honor Roll, first semester  Invited to go to Chicano Leadership Conference 

  7.  Scholarships 

10th Grade  Korean Grocer's Award for $1000 

  8.  Conferences 

10th Grade  Latino Youth Leadership Conference, Summer of 2006 

  9.  Skills, Languages 

Proficient in Spanish  Proficient in Microsoft Office  Proficient in Photoshop  Advanced in Dream weaver. 

10.  Other