Action
Action can include participation in individual and team sports and physical training outside the normal curriculum. It can also include carrying out creative and service projects as well as training for service. What this means is combining a service activity or a creative activity that requires some sort of physical activity or sport. Coaching a t-ball team for the Fayette Urban County Division of Parks and Recreation is action and service. Other activities can include school or community sports, skiing, gardening, martial arts classes or competitions, coaching, club participation, travel abroad, or any charitable activity participation such as a Susan E. Koman Race for the Cure. Action hours will be rewarded for competitions and not for practice hours. For example, if you are on the volleyball team or football team, you may receive Action credit for games but not practices. You also need to be aware that action is more than just meeting a friend to play tennis on a spring afternoon; it is joining a tennis league at a local park and competing against other individuals.
Individual creative activities must be documented and signed by the student, the adult supervisor/ coordinator of the activities. However, be careful: these activities may not be done as a part of any class for which you are receiving credit or is graded for course credit, nor can it be anything done for pay. Once again, these activities may not be done as a part of any class for which you are receiving credit or is graded for course credit, nor can it be anything done for pay. Remember: When in doubt, ask.
Note: These categories may overlap. You may use one activity in several categories, but you may not count the same hours twice. For example, if you dance 30 hours, you could use 15 hours toward creativity and 15 towards action. You could write one reflection that covers both areas, or write separate reflections.