text: Extracurricular activities are essential because they will keep students engaged, they will show the importance of teamwork, and they will teach students how to make life long companions. It's important that students are active and extracurricular activities does just that. Also we need to make sure that students know how to work with one another and that is taught in extra curricular activities. It's also important for our students to make friends which they can do through extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities are so important that are schools would not be the same without them. Dear Senator,