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 * __ Student Based Clubs (High School Clubs) __ **

Student based clubs presents many opportunities and some issues that can be sorted out through discussion. The opportunities student based clubs is that it can present a leadership role for senior students of De La Salle Ashfield while also encouraging enthusiasm for the junior students for subjects they enjoy.


 * __ Pros __ **
 * Club’s offers the chance for senior students to have a leadership position allowing them to gain experience in the role of leading other students and management skills


 * Club’s will allow students to contribute in different area’s like fundraising, community service, career interest, and interpersonal dynamics making them more involved in school life


 * Club’s will give students who join a sense of belonging and can dispel any anti-social behavior from being isolated from other people


 * Club’s will help junior students find friends and people who share the interests as them so they could form a close community who help each other


 * Club’s will allow a philanthropic opportunities as they can try to make the wider community better with there smaller community fundraising and community service


 * __ Cons __ **
 * Club’s will require a room to base there activities in


 * You will need a reliable student to run a club and will need a certain amount of members for the club to continue to run


 * School resources may be used in some activities like art


 * Student leaders of the club will need to be held with most of the responsibility of any mishaps of the members of the group but this could also teach the student leader to learn responsibilities of leadership and how to lead other people


 * __ Statistics __ **

Statistics from Public Schools in America have shown that participants in extracurricular activities are more likely to aspire to higher education than nonparticipants and are expected to complete a bachelor’s degree.

This can be shown here: These statistics show that students who participate in extracurricular activities like student based clubs are more likely to have no unexcused absences, less likely to skip classes, have a higher chance of a GPA over 3.0 (A GPA over 3.0 is a B), be in the highest quartile in composite maths and reading assessments and have a higher chance of earning a bachelor degree.


 * Credits: Marc Vincent, Kagan Aydin. **