The Community Central team is excited to welcome Dana Dotson, our new 4-H Community Central Professional in Portland! “4-H was an integral part of my upbringing and I am glad to be able to share it with the youth of Greater Portland. It is a privilege to serve Cumberland County as it’s new 4-H Youth […]
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We’re back! Over the past few months, Maine 4-H Community Central has been in a transition period from working primarily in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programming with elementary youth to a focus on workforce development with high-school-age youth. Meeting with 4-H staff twice per month, teens 14 and older participate in workshops focused […]
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Over the past two months, sixth graders at McMahon Elementary School have been working on designing public parks for the city of Lewiston. Students were able to experience much of the same process that a city planner would need to go through for a park plan to be approved for development. Students began by brainstorming […]
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A big thank you to the Summer of Science Interns for all of your work this summer. It is hard to believe summer is almost over! The Summer of Science interns visited forty sites across Androscoggin and Cumberland counties to bring Discovering Your Inner Engineer to hundreds of kids. This summer, interns also mentored teen leaders in […]
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This summer, Community Central Teen Leaders are joining teen leaders and interns across the state to teach the UMaine EPSCOR Summer of Science program. The Summer of Science program consists of science sessions taught weekly at over 40 sites for six weeks. This year’s theme is Find Your Inner Engineer. Youth participants across the state will help interns […]
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Over their school break in April, Community Central Teen Leaders took the cities by storm. The Portland High School 4-H club, including CYFAR Teen Leaders, went to the Big Apple! The teens take the trip to visit an urban college and to learn American history and civics. There were eleven juniors and seniors who went […]
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Last week was the final classroom session of the year for 3rd-graders at McMahon Elementary in Lewiston. The youngest members of 4-H Community Central spent a couple of months learning about Force and Motion through a wide range of fun 4-H projects! Several 3rd-graders also attend the 21st Century afterschool program at McMahon and […]
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Portland The Portland High School 4-H club, including members of CYFAR Community Central, spent January conducting their winter service learning project. The club members planned two meals for 50 people at the Ronald McDonald House in Portland, Maine. The House is a place for family members whose children are patients at the Maine Medical Center. […]
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This summer, teen leaders from Lewiston and Portland taught youth across the two cities using the Summer of Science curriculum developed by UMaine Extension and Maine EPSCoR. The summer began with youth enjoying time at Bryant Pond 4-H Camp for a two-day training. Time at Bryant Pond included learning the activities, team building exercises with […]
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Community Central youth have begun looking at climate and weather. Can you make it rain, inside? Yes! Sort of. Using a few easily found/recycled materials youth found that when several forces work together a storm occurs: humidity, temperature, wind, and high/low-pressure systems. Several of these activities use supplies that you might have at home! Information about […]
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