4-H and the County Fair

We are very proud of Hannah, Jacob and James and their work on their 4H projects this year. 

Hannah made a dress for a first time sewing project.  She received an "A" on the project and  OUTSTANDING & HONORABLE MENTION awards for her efforts.  The photo on the right is taken at the fashion show at the county fair in which they had to walk a runway and model their outfit while an announcer gave information about her.

They all participated in judging this past weekend which included a 15-20 minute interview and skills assessment.  Here is a photo of them after that portion of the project.

 Here is James sporting his awards and projects.  He was selected by the judges to represent the county in the Ohio State Fair!  He also earned an OUTSTANDING award for his Rockets project.  For his Robotics project (that he is taking the statefair) he earned the BEST SCIENCE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AWARD (trophy) for the county!!

 Here is his robot that he built and programmed to run several courses on our basement floor.  We are very thankful to the county 4H extension office for providing the kits for FREE!!!(but,we have to return them:(

Jacob also advanced to the State Fair.  He built a birdhouse and a footstool using a variety of tools.  He earned an OUTSTANDING award and was selected from over 15 other peers to move on to the State level.  One of the things he will need to do on Monday will be a timed test of building an item out of wood using plans in 10 minutes of less.  They will be looking for accuracy, speed and completion of the task.  We already have the packet with the actual test, so we will be practicing, practicing, practicing over the next 5 days.