Extracurricular Activities Welcome back to school! This booklet is intended to give students and parents information regarding the extracurricular offerings at Seisen this academic year and help with planning your schedule so that choices are well informed and suitable for each student. Please note that dates may be subject to change. Keeping in line with Seisen’s mission, extracurricular offerings cover Academics, Athletics, Fine Arts, and Service allowing students breadth of choice and many opportunities to develop diverse skills. Students are encouraged to find experiences in which they are truly interested and want to develop or further their skills. Seisen’s activities are open to all students; however, some may require a certain ability that students must demonstrate through auditions and tryouts. Criteria are set out by the supervising teachers who can also provide advice to students who may not qualify but want to work towards joining those clubs in subsequent years. We emphasize that keeping a balance with other responsibilities is important. Students should not be burdened by their extracurricular choices. Please see the changes being made to extracurricular activities this year on the following pages. We hope these changes will help you and your daughters make suitable decisions and also ensure that students show growth and success across everything that they are doing at Seisen. Good luck with all your choices! Things to remember before you sign up for any activities: ● ● ● ● ●
participation in an extracurricular activity at least once over your grade 9-12 years is required for graduation choose things that interest you you have homework and school assignments to complete; you also need time to rest – balance is important. CAS does not require overloading on activities – choose things that can be double counted in several of the three strands. some students find joining the DofE a useful way to manage their activity load and gain enough variety of experiences to satisfy university and scholarship requirements.