Word: extracurricular
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Students fill out a lengthy application modeled on many college applications: sections focus on academic achievement and test scores, participation in extracurricular activities and athletics, teacher recommendations or unique talents...
...kids make their bed, get dressed in their uniform of khaki pants and white polo or Oxford shirt, then line up single file to go to the cafeteria for breakfast. Classes begin at 8 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. The late-afternoon hours are filled with extracurricular activities that range from choir to flag football. After dinner, the students go back to their dorms for an hour-long study hall before a half-hour of "quiet time," then to bed. There are few behavior problems. "They don't have a lot of time to get into that stuff," says...
Martin also addressed the issue of integrating extracurricular activities—especially in the realm of public service and the arts—into the curriculum itself...
...stage. She left a job teaching children when she was 40 to study and teach drama. "I don't know how he does it," she says, teary-eyed after seeing Cold Mountain. "I can't see the acting at all." While still in school, young Jude did lots of extracurricular theater, and his parents weren't surprised when he dropped out at 17 to take a role on the British TV soap Families...
Martin also addressed the issue of integrating extracurricular activities—especially in the realm of public service and the arts—into the curriculum itself...