Why, yes you can (I am so glad you asked!). How? It's easy, and with links to the 4-H Home Page and the 4-H Youth Development Staff Resources page (look to your right) it's convenient too!
Now that you are on the gazette blog page you will just tell your browser to make this your home page.
If you are on Netscape just:
Click on Edit, then Preferences
A box will pop up - in about the center of the page it shows the address of your home page, click on the button that says Use Current Page, then OK
If you are on Explorer just:
Click on Tools, then Internet Options
Make sure the General tab is selected and click on the Use Current button in the Home page section and then select OK.
Any questions or problems, or if your computer is just plain uncooperative, feel free to call me at 862-2199. Michele
The dates of Teen Conference Orientations are as follows:
Belknap - June 14
Carroll - April 23
Cheshire - June 13
Coos - June 1
Grafton - TBD
Hillsborough - May 31
Merrimack - June 6
Rockingham - June 8
Strafford - June 12
Sullivan - May 17
Ice-breakers are a standard practice in effective meetings. "Brrr...Taking the Chill Off An Audience" is a new 24 page resource from the CYFERnet Parent/Family Advisory Board. An Icebreaker powerpoint and resource packet in Pdf is available at:http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/human/icebreakers.pdf
On May 23, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services will air the first of two Webcasts and satellite broadcasts on Preventing Gangs in Our Communities. (The second will be broadcast on June 6, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. ET.) Gang specialists from federal and local law enforcement agencies and community and faith-based organizations will join participants in discussing what law enforcement and communities are doing to share responsibility for gang prevention.
Resources: To obtain further information about these broadcasts and to sign up to participate, visit http://www.DOJConnect.com.
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Progams in the U.S. Department of Justice. TO subscribe to JUVJUST: Visit the OJJDP Web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp.
October 1 - March 30 - All data, including semi-annual data, is to be submitted by May 15th
April 1 - September 30 - All data including semi-annual data is to be submitted by November 15
To access your ECI reporting system:http://eci.ext.msstate.edu/
The 2006 4-H Entry Packets are now available on the Big E website at: http://www.thebige.com/detpages/agriculture11006.html
The State 4-H Dairy Show packet is now up on the web. Please inform your dairy members. If they have any questions they can contact Andrea Sawyer at 603-352-4550 or by email at andrea.sawyer@unh.edu.
NH 4-H Dairy Qualifying Event Rules
2006 Big E Dairy Cattle Entry Application
submitted by Maryann Kasprzak
Senior Teams
Halter Division
Sullivan
Cheshire
Rockingham
Hillsborough
Performance Division
1st Cheshire
2nd Sullivan
3rd Rockingham
4th Hillsborough
Reasons Division
1st Hillsborough
2nd Rockingham
3rd Sullivan
4th Cheshire
Overall
1st Hillsborough
2nd Sullivan
3rd Rockingham
4th Cheshire
Senior Individual
Senior Halter
1st Jackie St. Cyr - Sullivan
2nd Jenny Fogg Belknap
3rd Katie Howard Strafford
4th Sam Allen Cheshire
5th Leah Salloway Strafford
6th Rebecca Lake Sullivan
7th Erin White Rockingham
8th Kristen Brassard Hillsborough
9th Emily McCormack Merrimack
10th Jocelyn Tanner Merrimack
Senior Performance
1st Emily McCormack Merrimack
2nd Michael Ferreira Cheshire
3rd Nicole Escobar Rockingham
4th Jocelyn Tanner - Merrimack
5th Hannah Wiest Sullivan
6th Kylee Jones Rockingham
7th Rebecca Barnes Cheshire
8th Chelcie George Hillsborough
9th Jackie St. Cyr Sullivan
10th Jeremy Kelleher - Cheshire
Senior Reasons
1st Kristen Brassard - Hillsborough
2nd Leah Salloway Strafford
3rd Marissa Parenti Hillsborough
4th Chelcie George Hillsborough
5th Rochelle LeBlanc - Rockingham
6th Emily McCormack Merrimack
7th Erin White Rockingham
8th Jackie St. Cyr Sullivan
9th Jenny Fogg Belknap
10th Victoria LaBelle Sullivan
Senior Overall
1st *Emily McCormack - Merrimack
2nd *Jackie St. Cyr Sullivan
3rd *Leah Salloway Strafford
4th *Chelcie George Hillsborough
5th Kristen Brassard Hillsborough
6th Erin White Rockingham
7th Nicole Escobar Rockingham
8th Michael Ferreira - Cheshire
9th Rochelle LeBlanc Rockingham
10th Rebecca Lake - Sullivan
submitted by Maryann Kasprzak
Junior Individual
Halter Division
1st Megan Guarino Belknap
2nd Jessica Fogg Belknap
3rd Breeanna Brennman Hillsborough
4th Maggie Vogel Cheshire
5th Jessica Lowman Hillsborough
6th Melissa Murphy Belknap
7th Paige Sutton Hillsborough
8th Maggie Dana Strafford
9th Haley Paradis Strafford
10th Jessica Gomez Hillsborough
Performance Division
1st Lucy Thompson Cheshire
2nd Melissa Murphy Belknap
3rd Megan Guarino Belknap
4th Maggie Dana - Strafford
5th Maggie Vogel - Cheshire
6th Jessica Lowman Hillsborough
7th Jessica Stowell Belknap
8th Haley Paradis Strafford
9th Paige Sutton Hillsborough
10th Breeanna Brennman - Hillsborougfh
Junior Overall
1st Megan Guarino Belknap
2nd Maggie Vogel - Cheshire
3rd Breeanna Brennman - Hillsborough
4th Jessica Lowman - Hillsborough
5th Maggie Dana - Strafford
6th Jessie Fogg - Belknap
7th Melissa Murphy - Belknap
8th Lucy Thompson - Cheshire
9th Haley Paradis - Strafford
10th Paige Sutton - Hillsborough
Submitted by Maryann Kasprzak
Individual Top 8
1st *Samantha Wheeler Coos
2nd *Erin Morrison Cheshire
3rd *Kate Phillips Coos
4th *Jessica Allen Cheshire
5th Erin Greenhalgh Belknap
6th Ashley Welch Rockingham
7th Emily Chase Belknap
8th Ashley Jones Rockingham
*Team
Teams
1st Coos Amana Vander-Heyden, Kate Phillips, Samantha Wheeler
2nd Cheshire / Rockingham Erin Morrison, Jessica Allen, Amanda Cook
3rd Rockingham Katie Post, Ashley Jones, Bronwyn Field
4th Hillsborough Hannah Hebert, Linsay Bernard, Rachel Henderson
5th Belknap Erin Greenhalgh, Katie Ledoux, Cathleen Anderson
6th Rockingham Andrew Davis, Lester Barthelemy, Ashley Welch
7th Coos Dan Berry, Ashley Devost, Abra Wolin
8th Belknap / Rockingham Emily Chase, Matt Dodge, Mary Sandholm
Sunday, May 14, 2005 at the N. Haverhill Fair Grounds, N. Haverhill New Hampshire.
Registration: 7:30-8:30 a.m. Preregister by May 5 for discounts! Information can be found in the "What's New" box on the
4-H home page at: http://extension.unh.edu/4H/4H.htm
Riders 8 to adult are encouraged to participate in this fundraiser. Food booth on premises sponsored by the GC
4-H Horse Leaders Association.
Farm Kids Program
for youth, camp and scouting groups
Every child should experience life on a farm. Your group can visit with farm animals, try some farm chores and learn all about life on the farm when they participate in the farm kids program at the New Hampshire Farm Museum. This program is great for camp, scout and youth groups and takes approximately 3 hours including time for lunch.
Find out more at: http://www.farmmuseum.org/
As spring and summer approach, remember to distribute the Annual 4-H Group Activity Report to ALL 4-H GROUPS. The annual report forms are posted on the 4-H Youth Development Staff Resources page under 4-H Program Development and Evaluation: http://extension.unh.edu/4H/4HYDSR.htm
There are two parts to this annual report -
Form A - ACTIVITY REPORT - includes membership data, volunteer data, community service work, life skill development
Form B - ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT - includes bank information, and data on fundraising (Be sure this form is printed on one side only so that it can be filed separately from the Activity Report).
The completed forms are due back in the county office NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 10th. Volunteers are reporting on the school/program year ( September 1 - August 31 ).
All data from the annual reports are to be compiled in the county offices and submitted NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 1st on the COUNTY EDUCATOR SUMMARY located on Formbuilder at: http://cecf1.unh.edu/formbuilder/intforms/form86_ClubSumm.htm
Harvard Family Research Projects (HFRP) announces two new resources in the out-of-school time field: a research brief on youth out-of-school time participation, and an update to their Out-of-School Time Evaluation Database and Bibliography.
1. WHAT ARE KIDS GETTING INTO THESE DAYS? DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN YOUTH OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PARTICIPATION
This is a research brief on youth out-of-school time participation based on a study supported by the William T. Grant Foundation. It examines the factors associated with whether children and youth participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities. Building on previous work, HFRP is using national data to examine the many factors and contexts in childrens lives that predict participation. This new research brief distills findings from the first phase of the study on demographic characteristics of youth participants and includes implications for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. The research brief is available online at:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/demographic.html
2. OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME DATABASE and BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE
HFRP has written a new profile of an out-of-school time research project:
* The Massachusetts Afterschool Research Study
They have also added 8 new profiles about out-of-school time programs and their evaluations:
* 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Texas (a quasi-experimental and non-experimental evaluation design)
* Adventure Central (non-experimental)
* CHAMPS (quasi-experimental, non-experimental)
* Generacion DIez (quasi-experimental)
* KindergARTen Summer Camp (experimental)
* North Carolina Quality Enhancement Initiative (quasi-experimental)
* NYC FIRST! (non-experimental)
* Young Women's Leadership Alliance (Quasi-experimental, non-experimental)
You can access both the database and the bibliography at: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/evaldatabase.html
Two new 4-H Afterschool Resource Guides are available through the 4-H Afterschool web site. The first three guides included Starting 4-H Clubs in After-School Programs, Guiding Growth: Training Staff for Working with Youth in After-School Programs, and Extraordinary Learning Opportunities: A Sampler of 4-H Afterschool Activities. To review these documents, go to the 4-H Afterschool web site
- Increasing the Quantity of After-School Programs - A guide to help Extension/4-H professionals establish community-based After-School programs including sample letters, meeting agendas and forms.
- Teens as Volunteer Leaders: Recruiting and Training Teens to Work with Younger Youth in After-School Programs A guide to help Extension/4-H professionals deliver teen-led curriculum in after-school programs. It includes an overview of program delivery, recruitment processes and training outlines.
Source: March 2006 4-H Afterschool conference call
On March 25-30, 2006, more than 300 youth and adult delegates convened in Washington, DC, to determine the future of 4-H youth development programming nationally and in their communities. The theme of "Connect 4-H - Let's Get Together" helped shape the atmosphere into one where a united youth voice was able to be heard.
Read more about the 2006 National 4-H Conference at:
* National 4-H Conference Connects 4-H Youth from Across the Country
* 4-H Youth Voice Heard on Capitol Hill