Life Skills Development (Santa Fe County)

Youth and adult Record Book trainings were conducted across the state, increasing knowledge and skills in record keeping and written communication. Ten youth submitted State Records in 2007.

Collectively, 188 (77%) of the 243 youth enrolled in Santa Fe Coutny 4-H participated in at lest tow of the following: project work, competition, camps, and record books. Please refer to short-term and medium term inpact reports for additional details.

Through-out the year 4-H youth keep accurate records of the projects, contests, and activities they participate in through the 4-H program. These records reflect the individual 4-Her’s gain in knowledge and skills in personal development, leadership, and various project areas. In 2007, 75 youth submitted record books for project evaluation and completion.

County fair provides youth with an opportunity to complete the experiential learning model. Youth receive feed back from judges on the project work they have completed throughout the 4-H year. In 2007, 79 youth submitted 341 exhibits in the 4-H indoor division. Of these 4-H’ers, 40 of them advanced 167 exhibits to the New Mexico State Fair.

The 2007 project day camp offered youth opportunities to participate in hands-on activities from the gardening, rocketry, macramé, and scrap booking projects. Learning about the water cycle, launching water bottle rockets, creating necklaces, and scrap book pages from the week were just a few of the activities in which the seventeen 4-H youth participated. Project day camp resulted in several of the youth’s new found interest in the four project areas. Several youth entered their project work at the county fair in the open indoor youth division and indicated they wanted to enroll for the projects for the next 4-H year.