Chatham County 4-H Youth Development
Chatham County 4-H Program collaborated with a local school seventh and eighth grade parent committee to put together a Discovery Program for their students. This program allowed students to have more elective courses to chose from and allowed teachers, volunteers, and community leaders to teach a topic of their choice using some 4-H curriculum (Partner in Learning, Rivers Edge, and CareerSmarts) and others who wished to share a trade, teach a class or create something.
	The discovery program was held one hour per week in a small classroom setting at the school for twenty weeks . After the first ten weeks, students were able to select another elective course of their choice. There were 292 students and 36 volunteers involved in the two ten week sessions of this excellent program.
IMPACTS: post evaluations given to youth at the end of each ten week session. “THINKING ABOUT YOUSELF, HOW OFTEN DO YOU …”
92% - Set goals for yourself. 87% - Follow rules, listen to instructions 81% - Try new things, even if they are difficult. 79% - Talk to adults about what you learn or do in school. 94% - Enjoy other school work such as reading, school projects, computer games, etc. 97% - Show respect for adults. 87% - Participate in community activities. 1-4 - How many community activities (4-H, scouts, church youth groups, sports teams, etc.) do you participate in.

Chatham County 4-H is a United Way Agency through the United Way of Chatham County.

This page was created by Paulette Thomas, County Extension Secretary II

Date created: August 21, 2002 updated: April 21, 2005