Chapter 1 Personal Development 13
You can develop interests in a wide variety of areas, 1-8. Each of these
areas includes activities that will give you chances to grow and learn new
skills. You can meet people and learn about their interests, too.
As you mature, you will have many opportunities to develop new interests.
Keep an open mind and take advantage of these opportunities. Many hobbies
you start at a young age will continue throughout your life. The more interests
you develop, the more chances you have to improve your self-esteem.
Try Something New
School Activities
Special Interest Courses
• Art
• Computer programming
• Drama
• Music
• Photography
• Trade and industrial
Clubs and Organizations
• Activity planning committees
• Band
• Cheerleading
• Chess club
• Choir
• Computer club
• Drama club
• Foreign language club
• Glee club
• Mathematics club
• Robotics
• School newsletter/website
• Science Olympiad
• Speech and debate team
• Yearbook
Student Government
• Class offi cer
• Student council
• Offi cer
• Representative
Athletics
• Baseball/softball
• Basketball
• Cross country
• Football
• Gymnastics
• Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track and fi eld
• Volleyball
Other Clubs and
Organizations
• Book club
• Community volunteer work
• Park district youth programs
• Athletics
• Exercise programs
• Field trips
• Hobby instruction
• Family, Career and
Community Leaders of
America (FCCLA)
• Hospital organizations
• First aid and child training
programs
• Volunteer services
• Religious organizations
• SkillsUSA
• YMCA/YWCA
Hobbies and Recreation
• Bicycling
• Boating
• Camping
• Computers
• Cooking
• Crafts
• Collecting
• Dancing
• Fishing
• Gardening
• Hiking
• Ice skating
• Inline skating
• Knitting
• Model building
• Needleworking
• Quilting
• Reading
• Robotics
• Sewing
• Skateboarding
• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Surfi ng
• Woodworking
1-8 Some of these school activities, organizations, and hobbies might be of interest to you.
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