Looking to Get Involved at Your School ?... Join A Club !

School is not just for learning things in textbooks. Students also learn from having experiences outside the classroom, such as being involved with extracurricular activities.

I cannot stress enough how important extracurricular activities are for students with learning disabilities.  Extracurricular activities give opportunities for students  to shine who are not strong in academic subjects.

As a student with a learning disability, being apart of extracurricular activities has actually helped me have a positive outlook on attending my academic classes each day. In addition, extracurricular activities gives me the motivation to work hard in my academic classes.  Some of my activities that I am apart of in school require that their members have at least have a 2.5-3.0 GPA each semester.

Currently, the extracurricular activities that I am involved with at my school Michigan State University, are MSU Hillel (the Jewish student center on campus), Sigma Alpha Iota (a women's music fraternity), and a peer mentor for the Resource Center For Person's With Disabilities. From each one of these groups  I have been fortunate to gain a lot of leaderships skills, create wonderful friendships, and learn life skills that hard to teach in a classroom.

Below I have posted an article about the importance of extracurricular activities. I encourage  everyone to read it. In addition, I encourage parents and teachers who have or work with students with disabilities to assist them in finding an extracurricular that may be of interest. It will make school a lot more enjoyable for the student.

Extracurricular Participation

Good luck on finals and have a great winter break!