Extension
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Enhance Life Skills of Youth Through School Enrichment and After School Programs
Growing Grayson County through Rural, Youth, and Community Development
Ewing Jones, K.
4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources
4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
Grayson County youth lack the necessary life skills essential for personal development. Youth must learn by doing in order to maintain that which is taught to them. Young people who learn life skills by practicing those skills at early ages will keep, hold and refine them as they mature into adults. As youth master life skills they learn. They gain not only confidence, but also a sense of accomplishment.
Life skills developed will cultivate a positive environment for continuous growth and add to the quality of life for youth in Grayson County with the benefits carrying on with them into adulthood.
Youth master life skills that will facilitate them in becoming productive citizens and self-sustaining adults. Youth will demonstrate knowledge learned through completion of projects and will enter 4-H competitions
Youth learn and obtain skills in areas that support positive youth development. Youth will learn the basics in many life skill areas with the possibility to further their knowledge through project work.
Initial Outcome: Youth will use 4-H Development projects to aid them in understanding classroom concepts. Youth will also participate in activities and projects outside of the classroom.
Indicator: Youth report increase in knowledge and skills which will be substantiated by parents and teachers.
Method: Youth will participate in experiential learning activities that reinforce classroom concepts and help youth meet state and local expectations.
Timeline: 4-H program year (August-September)
Intermediate Outcome: Youth master life skills important for them to become productive.
Indicator: Projects completed and entered into 4-H competition.
Method: Demonstrated knowledge
Timeline: Spring/summer
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Audience: All county youth; 4-H members
Project or Activity: Wide variety of curriculum based on teacher and youth requests for programming.
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky 4-H Youth Development projects and materials from National 4-H Council.
Inputs: paid staff and 4-H volunteers will provide teaching for school enrichment activities and after school programs. Classroom teachers will also do lesson follow-up and some presentation of materials when staff and volunteers are unavailable.
Date: Fall/Spring- school year
Audience: Youth ages 9-18
Project or Activity: County Talk Meet, Area Rally Day, State Communications Events
Content or Curriculum: Rules and content set by State 4-H Office
Inputs: 4-H Agent, 4-H Volunteers
Date: Spring
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Author: Kindra Jones
Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming
When Covid-19 struck Kentucky in early March, schools closed and programs came to a halt. The Grayson County 4-H Youth Development Agent began shifting programs to continue reach through social media. Working with the staff assistant that manages the county Extension Facebook page, they began planning out a “Beat the Boredom” Challenge open to all youth in the county. Initial program lesson and video planning was lined out for two weeks, but soon realized that there would be many mor
Author: Kindra Jones
Major Program: 4-H Science, Engineering, and Technology Core Curriculum
Each year, the 4-H Agent works with Grayson County 4th grade students at H.W. Wilkey Elementary and Oran P. Lawler Elementary schools supplementing SET activities into their science curriculum. The most anticipated activity of the year is the dissection of the cow eyeball among the two schools, additionally this year Caneyville Elementary was to do the dissection as well. The agent began preparing for the activity in January for roughly 190 students to take part in the dissection by ordering ove
