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Being Active and Having Good Grades - By Ali Reeve
Many people feel like they have to choose between being active/playing sports and maintaining good grades in school. You don't have to choose! Everyone should be able to stay active and have good grades! Deer Park has many sports teams, but being on a team is a privilege. If your teacher finds that your grades are lowering, you can be removed from the team. That's why it is so important to focus in school and get your work done.

__Here are some tips to help you with your marks:__

1. Be Organized! Always keep your school work organized and use your agenda. Your agenda helps you organize your homework and make sure that you get it done! You never want to get a bad mark by losing your homework, so you have to stay organized. Staying organized will help you keep good grades and be active! When you are organized, it is easier to get things done quicker, therefore more time to play sports and be active.

2. Use your class time wisely! If you use your class time and focus in class, you can get all of your work done and have no homework. When you have no homework after school, you can focus on other things like sports. And, you can free up time for work from other classes!

3. Be prepared for class! If you are prepared for class you will be able to get your work done easier and you will be less stressed. It will also help you to not fall behind.

4. Listen to the teachers! Always listen, because if you don't, you could miss some crucial information.

Those tips will help you with your grades, and if your grades are good, you will have a lot of time to play sports!

__Here are tips that will help you with being on a Deer Park team:__

1. Do your best to attend every practice! You have to remember that the teachers are volunteer coaches and they are volunteering their time to be at practice, so you should try your best to be there! Also, the practices will help you get better and if you go to more practices, you will probably get more playing time. If your marks are good, you will be organized and have time to attend every practice.

2. Work your hardest and know that you are very lucky to be on the team. You will benefit from working hard, you may get more playing time, and more physical exercise.

3. Always tell the the coaches if you are unable to attend any practices or games! If you don't tell why you couldn't come, the coaches may assume that you are not committed to the team and that you don't want to be on the team. So always tell the coaches!


 * R****emember! School does come first, but you should be able to fit in daily exercise on a school team or outside of school!**