Is there a way to make high school more fun

Since there are 5 hours of free time and only 2 hours of class, I feel like it's most fun if you use the break time to do whatever you feel like doing. Building a friend group, skilling, pulling pranks, practicing a sport or hobby with a partner, skulking off to the convenience store across the street, messing around in the shower, or doing whatever other activities you see fit to place in a customized school. The school in my Aliens save has a science lab; the one in my San Myshuno save has a basketball court and indoor pool.
The checkbox tasks in the top left panel are a lot more boring than the ones in the GTW careers, and as far as I can tell, they don't affect performance that much, compared to doing homework and attending class. I prefer to ignore them.