Activity
The aim of the “Activity” strand is to promote lifelong healthy habits related to physical well-being. Pursuits may include individual and team sports, aerobic exercise, dance, outdoor recreation, fitness training, and any other form of physical exertion that purposefully contributes to a healthy lifestyle. Students are encouraged to participate at an appropriate level and on a regular basis to provide a genuine challenge and benefit.
Some excellent activities are not sporting or competitive but involve physical challenge by demanding endurance (such as long‑distance trekking) or the conquest of personal fears (for example, rock climbing). It is important that schools carefully assess the risks involved in such activities.
Alternatively, a student’s activity may be physical exertion as part of a service activity, such as the Walk for Life or Habitat for Humanity.
Suggested Activities
These ideas come from a number of different sources, including Millbrook's own organizations, student activities, CAS and IB coordinators from around the world. Ideas can be taken from this list and conducted as such, or they can be used as sparks for creating new ideas and new activities.
Some excellent activities are not sporting or competitive but involve physical challenge by demanding endurance (such as long‑distance trekking) or the conquest of personal fears (for example, rock climbing). It is important that schools carefully assess the risks involved in such activities.
Alternatively, a student’s activity may be physical exertion as part of a service activity, such as the Walk for Life or Habitat for Humanity.
Suggested Activities
These ideas come from a number of different sources, including Millbrook's own organizations, student activities, CAS and IB coordinators from around the world. Ideas can be taken from this list and conducted as such, or they can be used as sparks for creating new ideas and new activities.
- Coach at Raleigh Recreation, the YMCA, or other youth-group sports organization
- Join a high school athletic team
- Join the high school marching band
- Work as a camp counselor at a local summer camp
- Participate in a physically oriented fundraiser such as Relay for Life, Walk to Cure Diabetes, or Race for the Cure
- Ride a bicycle across North Carolina (or the United States)
- Hike the Appalachian Trail through North Carolina or another state
- Participate in a trek through a Costa Rican jungle, up a volcano, or through a national park (or other international adventure)
- Compete/participate in one of the many North Carolina triathlons to raise money for national causes
- Take a summer NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) course
- Begin a systematic individualized exercise program