Rockcastle County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
| 4041 - Family and Consumer Science | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4041.1) | 92 |
Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in FCS 4-H Programming |
| 4041.2) | 8 |
Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in FCS 4-H Programming |
Success Stories
4-H Entrepreneur
Author: Alyssa Cox
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
The Rockcastle County 4-H Homeschool Club meets once per month to learn a new type of skill within the seven different program areas that Kentucky 4-H has to offer. In November of 2024, the goal of the 4-H Homeschool Club meeting was to learn about crochet. During this club meeting 4-H Agent, Alyssa Cox, taught participants about the history and uses of crochet while demonstrating how to begin a crochet project. By the end of the club meeting, participants were on their way to completing a croch
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Stitching Together Skills and Heritage
Author: Alyssa Cox
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
A unique partnership between Rockcastle County Schools and Rockcastle County Cooperative Extension gave a group of 8th grade Gifted and Talented students the opportunity to blend creativity, culture, and hands-on learning—one stitch at a time.Over the course of five months, these students took on the challenge of sewing their own quilts, guided by 4-H Youth Development Agent Alyssa Cox and Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Hazel Jackson. What started as a blank piece of fabric quickly tra
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Stitching Together Skills and Heritage
Author: Hazel Jackson
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
A unique partnership between Rockcastle County Schools and Rockcastle County Cooperative Extension gave a group of 8th grade gifted and talented students the opportunity to blend creativity, culture and hands-on learning - onestitch at a time.Over the course of 5 months, 28 students took on the challenge of sewing their own quilts. The students weretaught each step by 4-H agent, Alyssa Cox and FCS agent, Hazel Jackson. What started as a strips of fabric quickly transformed
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