CONGRATULATIONS! What a great time this weekend. The following 4-Hers participated in the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Consumer Decision Making Contest on Saturday, February 6th:
* Silver Saddle 4-H Club: Cole B, Roper W
* Argyle 4-H Club: Mattie M, Lauren K, Shelby K
* Northwest 4-H Club: Jessica P
* Trophy Club 4-H Club: Elizabeth M, Conner M, Christian M
The 4-H Conference Center will be holding the Texas 4-H Junior Leadership Retreat November 6-8, 2009 at Lake Brownwood! This workshop will focus on basics such as communication skills, leadership, team building, new 4-H projects, community service, types of recreation, managing groups and more.
It is the goal of the workshop to empower youth with the skills they need to become leaders in their community clubs and county programs. Texas 4-H Council members will provide leadership for this retreat, mentoring to the younger 4-H members to help them develop their leadership skills. Participants must be under 14 years of age.
Science With Attitude (SWAt) is a new approach by Denton County AgriLife Extension to reach school children. A team consisting of a Denton County Master Gardener and honored Friend of 4-H, Jenny Estes, an Elm Fork Chapter Master Naturalist, Cheryl Kesterson and a Denton County 4-H Leader, Susan Kilpatrick has collaborated with curriculum directors from Denton ISD to create a three-day intensive teacher training course on outdoor learning centers and horticulture. The class was taught by Master Volunteers and assisted by a few Denton County 4-H youth that have many years experience in the Horticulture project area; 2006 Junior Master Gardener of the Year, Shelby, Lauren and Kaitlyn Kilpatrick. Topics included native plants, worm composting, plant propagation, vegetable gardening, and creating outdoor learning habitats. Much of the class is hands-on. For example the first day is spent doing Junior Master Gardener activities so that the teachers have the opportunity to experience 30 activities that they can easily implement in their classroom. The Junior Master Gardener® (JMG) curriculum is tied to the TEKS and is multi-disciplinary. During the second day, the teachers actually built a raised bed, a compost pile, and designed container gardens. On the third day, the teachers had a "scavenger hunt" at four Outdoor Learning Centers (OLC) at local elementary schools to see first hand what works and what doesn't work in an OLC.
A new contest will be introduced at this year's State 4-H Roundup. Keep reading to learn more about the 4-H Food Challenge
The Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference is a first-of-its-kind,
multi-state 4-H conference created to bring together 4-H teens and adults to
empower and inspire them to make a positive change across the southern region
through youth-adult partnerships. The 4th annual conference will be held on
October 8-11, 2009 at the Clyde York 4-H Center in Crossville, TN.
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