SCHOOL NEWS
EXTENSION FACULTY READY TO SUPPORT LOCAL SCHOOLS
Each school year, University of Florida faculty located at the Wakulla Extension office in Crawfordville offer school enrichment programming to all our area schools. Programs include agricultural education, embryology, public speaking, nutrition, personal finance, horticulture, environmental education, civic education, and more. University of Florida Extension faculty participate in Project Learning Tree weeks at area schools on request.
Annual signature school enrichment programs offered by the University of Florida IFAS Wakulla Extension office include but are not limited to the following:
4-H Embryology: Our faculty supports classroom with equipment and curriculum to teach poultry science with an egg hatching unit.
4-H Public Speaking: Faculty provide curriculum, ribbons, and medallions for elementary and middle school-level classroom and school public speaking contests (formerly known as the Tropicana competition). A county level contest is held at the Extension office in Crawfordville in April. Youth advance to a district level contest in May.
4-H Ag Adventures: An elementary school partner is invited to bring 4th graders on the Annual Ag Adventures field trip to enjoy an educational day on a demonstration farm in Quincy.
Living On My Own: Financial education program that includes a facilitated personal budget simulation exercise. This program provided to middle and high school classes by request.
4-H Day at the Capitol: School age youth ages 5 to 18 are invited by 4-H to spend a day in Tallahassee during the legislative session. Youth meet with public officials, tour the House and Senate chambers, and participate in a legislative debate and voting simulation.
School Garden Programs: In previous school years, we have helped local schools plan and install school gardens and provide age-appropriate curriculum for teachers to use with students in addition to serving as guest instructors and facilitators.
Grant writing support: Extension faculty can help teachers prepare applications for Florida Farm Bureau mini-grants, Florida Agriculture in the Classroom and/or School Garden grants.
STEM Skill-a-Thon(s): Extension faculty have resources to support science units with hands-on activities and more.
4-H Service Learning: Extension faculty can help teachers implement service learning with youth that engages students from planning to hands-on service.
Whether teachers or schools want a credentialed guest speaker or an expert program facilitator, Extension faculty are only a phone call away at 850-926-3931. For more information about local Extension programs, visit us online at https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/wakulla/.