Cooperative Extension:

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_____X____ County
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• An educational network
• Located in every county
• Direct access to University of Georgia
• Funded cooperatively by federal, state and
  local government
• Program areas include Agriculture and Natural
  Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H.

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Our Mission
To assist youth in acquiring knowledge,
developing life skills, and forming attitudes
that will enable them to become self-directing,
productive and contributing members of society.
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National Research documents that 4-Hers

• Perform better in school
• Are more motivated to
• help others
• Achieve more
• Are more educationally motivated
• Possess higher levels of self esteem

Sources Tufts University, Cornell University
and University of Georgia
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4-Hers also

• Place more emphasis on a value system
• Communicate at more of an adult level
• Are more civically engaged
• Are more likely to be a leader
• Are more likely to contribute
• to their communities

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Graduating students prepared for work or college
is job one for Georgia. Quality 4-H programs can
be a major lever in ensuring that more of our
students graduate with superior skills for the
workforce and college. We value this partnership.
- Wanda Barrs, chair, Georgia State Board of
Education
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Positive Youth Development

• Independence
• Belonging
• Generosity
• Mastery

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Student Achievement
How do we reach ___X____ County students?

• In school
• After-school
• Extra-curricular/Co-curricular

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In-school

• Lessons correlated to
  GA Performance Standards
• Peer elected officers
• Environmental Education
• (residential and day programs )

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After school

• Garden Earth Naturalist (GEN) _at_ YMS
• Disc Golf teams (LMS, YMS, CMS)
• Service projects
• 21st Century Grant programming
• _at_ CMS (Photography, nutrition)

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Extra-curricular

• Team events
• Poultry Judging, Wildlife Habitat
• Evaluation, Consumer Judging, Horse Quiz Bowl,
• Horse Judging, Hippology, Challenge Bowl
• Special Interest Clubs
• Horse, Goat, SAFE

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More extra-curricular

• Camps
• Conferences

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Project Achievement

• What is Project Achievement?
• Benefits of Project Achievement
• Improved Writing Assessment Scores
• Improved Mastery of Listening/Speaking/Viewing
  skills

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• 133 students in Walton County presented an
  illustrated talk
• during the 07-08 school year.

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4-H PSA
4-H is committed to developing young scientists
through concentrated programming, curriculum and
opportunities in Science, Engineering and
Technology.
Left click to play
http//www.4-hbrandnetwork.org/apply/kitsSETPrintA
ds.aspx
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Thank you for your support.
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Sources

• Lerner, Richard. (2006) The 4-H Study of Positive
  Youth Development. Tufts University
• June Mead, Eunice Rodriguez, Thomas Hirschl,
  Stephen Gogan. (1999). Understanding the
  Difference 4-H Makes in the Lives of New York
  Youth How 4-H Contributes to Positive Youth
  Development. Cornell Cooperative Extension
• National 4-H Council, Chevy Chase, MD

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