2^nd Street School Recap

A local partnership was developed between Kentucky State University 4-H and 2^nd Street School.  Casey Townsend, Brian Walker, Danielle Kinder, Chelsea Walling, Janelle Hager, and Gifted Coordinator, Gretchen Vaught planned the program together.    The goal was to reach a maximum of 25 middle schools students at the Rosenwald Center for 4-H Youth Development for a 5- week period to develop their own experimental designs with the Back to the Roots system.  The Harmony System was utilized in addition as an extended lesson.  During the 5^th week of instruction, the students visited the Aquaculture Research Center to see explore careers in the Aquatics industry.  The vision is to follow these students over the years to come and develop a pipeline of them into the Aquatic Sciences programs at Kentucky State University.  

2^nd Street School Success Story and Survey Results

On March 7, 2023, 22 participants completed a pre-post survey after their visit to the Aquaculture Research Center.  They rated their interest on a scale of 1-5 stars, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.  Students rated their interest in learning about Aquaculture 2.48 Stars before the program verses 3.50 stars afterwards.  Their interest in pursuing a degree for Aquaculture was rated 1.64 stars before the program verses 2.76 stars afterwards.  Their interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics was rated 2.82 stars before the program verses 3.59 stars afterwards.