Activities Overview By Shaunda Brown

1. Activities Overview By Shaunda Brown “The IHSA serves member schools by providing leadership for equitable participation in interscholastic athletics and activities that enrich the educational experience.” Presi link

2. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown The IHSA offers state series in 37 sports and activities and governs the interscholastic competition of all emerging sports and activities.

3. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown IHSA activities such as music (solo & ensemble and organizational contest), speech (individual events), drama/group interpretation, debate, journalism, chess, bass fishing, scholastic bowl, and spirit activities (sideline cheerleading, dance, poms, drill, & flags) are where young people learn lifelong lessons.

4. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown At a cost of only approximately 3 % (or less in many cases) of an overall school budget, high school activity programs are one of the best bargains around! There are no entry fees for our activity state series and only a few have minor event fees to cover the cost of judges.

5. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown • Activities foster citizenship. • Activities support the schools mission. • Activities are inherently educational. • Activities develop success later in life.

6. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown Students who spend notime in extracurricular activities are 57% more likely to drop out of school, 49% more likely to use drugs, 37% more likely to become teen parents and 27% more likely to be arrested.

7. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown • Students involved in interscholastic activities stay more involved in the community after graduation. Students are more socially involved. • Interscholastic participation is correlated to a positive impact on female and minority students.

8. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown • Interscholastic activities provide: • Boundaries for students • Achievement motivation for students • Planning and decision making skills for students

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10. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown • Each activity home page contains specific contest terms and conditions and competition information

11. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown • Questions can be addressed to the specific administrator • Entry questions can be addressed to Tammy Craig at tcraig@ihsa.org • Check the activity tracker to follow your entries

12. Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown “The IHSA serves member schools by providing leadership for equitable participation in interscholastic athletics and activities that enrich the educational experience.”