Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday. August 9,2006 - Page 3
4-H and Morrow County school districts, working together
Morrow County
Extension
has
been
cooperating in three schools
in
Morrow
County-
Boardman, Heppner and
Ione-to provide educational
opportunities for their
students.
The schools in
Morrow County are on a
four-day school week. 4-H
has been providing a Friday
morning “4-H Fun Friday”
for the Sam Boardman
Elementary
Students.
Working with three school
program assistants and
planning with the principal,
they decided to supplement
math and reading skills in a
fun and relaxed atmosphere.
It includes providing a
nutritional snack for the 40-
50 students involved every
Friday. The students also
learn about the importance
of good nutrition and
exercise during the 4-H Fun
Friday.
At Heppner High
School, high school students
have an opportunity to learn
about GPS/GIS technology
through a cooperative effort.
4-H received a grant to
purchase GPS/GIS software
and curriculum, which is
used by a technology teacher
in the high school for
students interested in
technology. Students using
this curriculum will also be
4-H members. Twelve GPS
units were provided by
Morrow County Court to
help with this project. There
is also an opportunity to
cooperate with the OSU
Range Department in the
future to provide assistance
to farmers or ranchers
interested in having their
property mapped.
The lone School
District is providing natural
resource education in K
through 12th grades. They
had a greenhouse and some
projects started, but were
severely under funded. With
a grant, 4-H was able to help
lone Schools complete some
of their projects so students
could start receiving the 4-
H model of “hands on
education” in natural
resources. The students
involved in this project also
become 4-H members as
group
in
school
participation. We are excited
about the opportunity for
participation at fair with
many of the plants they are
growing.
Both the Heppner
and lone projects have a
large community service
component in the programs.
4-H expands programming
Morrow County 4-H
has a total of 258 members
and 41 leaders participating
in the
4-H
youth
development program.
There are 269 members
utilizing 4-H programming
in areas of school
enrichment, after school
programs and leadership.
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This is truly a win-win
situation for 4-H, the schools
and the communities.
Bill Broderick, 4-H
faculty member in Morrow
County, is working with the
schools to provide 4-H
educational programs for
both high school and
elementary students in
Morrow County.
For many years. Morrow
County 4-H served the needs
of its youth with the
traditional 4-H program. In
the past, that was
appropriate and additional
programming was not
needed. Three years ago an
outreach program for
underserved youth, coming
from
different
socioeconomic and cultural
backgrounds, was added to
address the changing
demographics at the north
end of Morrow County.
As our county
continues to change, we
found a real need to add “Ag
in the Classroom" to the
curriculum for all of our
small rural towns. As we
watch
the changing
communities in Morrow
County, we see most of the
youth going to school living
in town and not on farms or
ranches as in the past. “Ag
in the Classroom" will help
to keep all the youth in our
small rural communities
aware of agriculture and its
contribution to society.
Volunteers
needed
a farmer-owned cooperative.
Visit us at the Morrow County Fair and
sample some o f our award-winning cheese.
The Fair always
needs volunteers to help the
Superintendents in each
department. If you would
like to volunteer your time
you
can
call
the
Superintendents listed in
each department or call the
Fair Office at 676-9474.