Sports at Commonwealth (Boston)

Pharmingturtles
Thu, 29 Dec 2022 02:49:02 +0000

Many schools require a “team” activity but that doesn’t necessarily always mean a sport. We have understood many places consider activities such as school play, orchestra/band also constitute “team” requirement. Driving all over greater Boston is nothing. Many New England schools travel various states just to get to their competitor. Many schools will also work into their schedule “game day” so no classes are missed. Practice time is part of the student’s schedule and there are plenty of students who have never played some of the sports they take on. Think of it as part of the learning and growing the child does while in school. It will not kill them to learn something out of their comfort zone. It teaches them to use time between classes wisely to get their studies done so they have less to work on on the the bus to the games. It teaches students balance and time management while also allowing them to apply skills they learn in a classroom such as trajectory, strategy, planning, teamwork, research, and so much more. One major skill students learn is acceptance, accepting people willing to learn a new sport, accepting others who may not be as good as themselves in a particular sport, accepting the fact that you are not always going to be the best at everything you do. It is part of the private school experience that has to be accepted in order to have a well rounded student body. Most of these high level academic schools would never be able to field a team without the requirement in place. Traditional HS call this requirement “PE class”. It is what makes these schools more than schools but communities instead.