Word: extracurricular
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...Only five percent of the affected students saw score increases of 100 points or more” said O’Reilly. “If their SAT score wasn’t quite strong enough but their high school record and their extracurricular activities were strong, then their SAT score wouldn’t have kept them out of college anyway...
...will impair the progress prefects have made in building a sense of community in freshman dormitories. Rather, freshmen will be best served by a separate peer advising program in addition to a modified prefect program.When prefects do their job, they are a font of knowledge on the House system, extracurricular activities, and College life in general. Effective prefects assist, on an informal level, in moderating small disputes between roommates and advising on blocking issues. Of course, they also constantly help over-worked undergrads relax and hang out with their fellow entryway-mates. The best prefects form friendships with their prefectees...
Committee member Joseph G. Grassi, who put the motion before the Cambridge Public Schools Committee, said that extracurricular involvement and academic success are linked...
...This is a way that we can better connect students with adults,” Grassi said. “Students that participate in extracurricular activities tend to do better in academics. That’s the intention of this policy...
Other school committee members said that the proposal would encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities for the wrong reasons...