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 What is 4-H Afterschool?
 For young people...4-H Afterschool provides opportunities to participate in fun, exciting programs while developing valuable skills with lifelong benefits.
For parents and family members...4-H Afterschool creates safe, healthy, enriching environments that enhance young people’s social, emotional, physical, and academic success.
For volunteers...4-H Afterschool offers an opportunity to share a special skill with young people.
For youth-serving orgnizations...4-H Afterschool offers extensive resources to help train staff, implement sound youth development practices, create new after-school programs, and strengthen existing programs.
For communities...4-H Afterschool is a partner that builds unique, customized programs around the diverse interests and needs of youth.
4-H Afterschool works with urban, suburban and rural communities to identify their areas of need and interest and then build customized programs to meet those needs.
These research-based, ready-to-use curricula set 4-H Afterschool apart and help young people to achieve social, emotional, physical, and academic success. Each curriculum provides youth with valuable skills such as leadership, collaboration, decision-making, civic responsibility, and critical thinking.
The innovative "learn-by-doing" curricula 4-H offers cover an impressive array of topics, including, CItizenship and Civic Education, Communication and Expressive Arts, Consumer and Family Science, Environmental Education and Earth Science, Healthy Lifestyle Education, Personal Development and Leadership, Plants and Animals, Science and Technology
4-H Afterschool provides training and technical assistance to help youth development organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
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Afterschool at Southside
Next Meeting December 10th
The Washington State University Mason County Extension Offce will be offering 4-H Afterschool at least one Wednesday per month in the gym.
The program will meet from 2:45 - 5:00 pm. The 4-Hers will be doing a variety of crafts during the year and will begin with making their own journals.
View the November WSU Mason County 4-H newsletter here.
For more information please feel free to call the WSU 4-H office at 427-9670, extension 685 or send an email to the 4-H agent, Mo MacCracken.
4-H Afterschool Resources:
Afterschool Information
Resource Guide
Fact Guide
4-H Afterschool statistics
POSITION OPENING
PART TIME ASSISTANT FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
WSU Mason County Extension 4-H Program is looking for a part-time Teacher Aide for our After School ProgramThis is a part time position, approximately 6-8 hours per week for the school year.
This person will work with elementary aged youth from Evergreen, Bordeaux and Mt. View Schools as part of the 4-H After School Program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15-5:30. Also at Southside School one Wednesday from 2:45 to 5:00.
Knowledge of the 4-H program is helpful but not required.Ability to speak Spanish is a plus. Applicant must have transportation and have good driving record. All applicants must also pass a WSP background check.
Salary: $12.00 per hour / no benefits Contact: WSU Extension Office, 427-9670 Ext. 685 or 689 for application information. |
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