Paulding County 4-H’ers Recognized at District Competition

Paulding County Senior 4-H’ers going to state (L to R) include Rhiannon Perrien, Erin Gilroy, Erin Kenney, Olivia Senra, Samantha Reynolds, Madison Thomason, Jamie Babecka, and Joshua Kudwa – good luck in July to these 4-H’ers!

Paulding County 4-H had 34 Junior and Senior level 4-H’ers compete at the Northwest District Project Achievement (DPA) at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Georgia on March 10-12, 2017. Project Achievement is one of the four core programs in Georgia 4-H which is a self-directed individual competition including presentations; and for 7 th -12 th graders, a documented record of project work, leadership and service based on experiential learning activities. This portfolio is the second part of DPA which highlights students’ talents, hard work and success. This year’s Project Achievement areas ranged from horses, communications, various science and history to workforce prep, several cooking areas, and sports.
We are proud of our Paulding County 4-H’ers who competed in this year’s DPA. For the Juniors, 7 th and 8 th grades, there were five 1 st places, two 2 nd places, and one 3 rd place ribbons. For the Seniors, 9 th -12 th grades, there were six 1 st places, three 2 nd places, and one 3 rd place ribbons. Eight of these high schoolers qualified for 4-H state competition in July (*). The following Paulding County 4-H’ers competed at NW District DPA: *Jamie Babecka (Home School), Michaela Boschker (PCHS), Hannah Bower (SPHS), Kelly Bray (SPHS), Emily Brooke- Powell (SPMS), Madison Clemente (SPHS), Madison Clevenger (NPHS), Colleen Gilroy (EPHS), *Erin Gilroy (EPHS), Kimberly Hadaway (PCHS), Kinsey Hamlin(HHS), Nathan Hill (Home School), *Erin Kenney (HHS), *Joshua Kudwa (PCHS), Michael Kudwa (HJMS), Kaci Lewis (Home School), Juliette McKinley (Holy Spirit Prep), Nicholas McKinley (Holy Spirit Prep), Chernice Montgomery (PCHS), Gina Notorfrancesco (McClure MS), William Notorfrancesco (McClure MS), *Rhiannon Perrien (Home School), *Samantha Reynolds (EPHS), Audrey Rogers (Ritch MS), Kimberlee Rosemond (SPHS), Grace Senra (Moses MS),*Olivia Senra (EPHS), Christopher Seufferlein (Home School), Michael Seufferlein (Home School), *Madison Thomason (PCHS), Braden Turner (Home School), Abby White (HHS), Quadriyah Williams (Dobbins MS), DJ Winkles Jr (Scoggins MS). The 2017 District Project Achievement for Juniors and Seniors as well as the competition in February for the Cloverleaf 4-H’ers, grades 4-6, was sponsored by Cobb EMC Community Foundation.
For more information about Project Achievement and other 4-H programs in Paulding County, please contact UGA County Extension 4-H agent, Patty McIver, at 770-443- 7616, come by the county office at 530 Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA 30132 or visit http://ugaextension.org/county-offices/paulding.html.

Paulding County 4-H’ers who competed at the Northwest District DPA for Junior and Senior levels. Madison Clemente was also elected to the Northwest District Senior board during DPA weekend - Congratulations!