The Standards are coming!

No, not the British this time, it's The Standards. And we are welcoming them!!! If you've never heard them perform, you are missing out!! Don't despair, they'll be here in Henderson on the 20th, at 7pm, at Freed-Hardeman University Auditorium . Tickets are only $10.00 and children under 3 are free as long as they sit in someone's lap. The concert is a benefit concert to help raise money for a handicap accessible playground in Henderson. What a great cause!

Please come out and enjoy a night of fun and wonderful Christmas music. You can check out the group at www.thestandards.com. I have had the wonderful opportunity to see their concert they do for middle school children and it is one I won't soon forget. Even the Chester County High School students are still talking about how much they enjoyed the high school show. This is a wonderful, down to earth group that actually stayed after the school concerts and talked to each and every student that wanted to meet them. I can't say enough good things about this group. You definitely won't regret coming out on the 20th! Hope to see you all there!

Call Katrina at 607-7933, Heather at 989-5148, or me to get your tickets!

We have a Winner!

Ha! Everyone is a winner in 4-H! But seriously, first place in the Trash 2 Treasure contest is ... Jacob Massengill! Woo hooo! Congrats Jacob, your sock puppet is quite adorable - you even used CCJHS colors! Great job, I'll be calling on you this Summer to help with the art workshop - plan on it! :D

Just so everyone knows, there are 7 more school days left in 2008 (only 4, if you're at CCJHS and can exempt your exams! What are your plans for all that free time? Leave a comment about what you plan to do over the Christmas holidays & a random poster will win a prize!

Trash 2 Treasure

OK, so we had 4-H Club meetings at CCMS today. The contest this month was Trash 2 Treasure, which fit in perfectly with what Mrs. Hatch's Science classes were discussing! So Mr. Brian and I were a bit thrown off when we walked into class to see two table tops and the back part of the room covered with a carpet of recycled art!! :)

Mr. Brian ran out of ribbons!! Good thing I was across the pod in Mr. Kirk's class & didn't need what I had brought. :( (I thought I might get to judge at lest one entry!)

Here are just a few pix, I will post more tomorrow. Be sure to join our group on Facebook, you know I'll be posting there too!

On My Own, Writing Checks

Yes, it's me again! I forgot to add that the 7th grade 4-Hers at CCMS also learned how to write checks! And we did learn that it is not OK to keep writing checks as long as we had checks in the checkbook but there had to be money in our bank account to cover those checks!

On My Own

How many time have you though, "As soon as I turn 18, I'm outta here!!" Well, 7th grade 4-Hers at CCMS are getting a chance to put those thoughts into action as we continue with our activity called On My Own. Everyone has taken a personality survey to see what personality type they were dominant in. Then everyone got to choose a career based on their personality. Yesterday and next week we learned the difference between gross and net pay!! Welcome to the real world - Ha! For some of us, learning about all the deductions was a shocker! Federal taxes, state taxes, social security, medicare, 401K, and insurance??? It's a wonder there is ANY money to bring home!