Ala-Tom RC&D Council
RC&D: Resource Conservation and Development based on community-driven collaboration and communication.
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Time for Tech is a fun, hands-on approach to teach students at Sparta Academy Math, Science, Social Studies and phonics for a technology-rich environment. This form of technology will also allow students to connect to other classrooms to expand the learning environment.
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November 7 and 8 2019, 1,555 students from Monroe, Baldwin, Clark, Conecuh, Escambia, Washington and Wilcox counties attended a two-day event at Rikard’s Mill in Beatrice, Alabama. The students experienced living history demonstrations and saw how rural Alabamians lived many years ago. They observed a working gristmill, blacksmith shop, cane syrup making, candle making, a potter making vessels at his wheel and other demonstrations. The demonstrators were all dressed in period clothing and the students were able to see first-hand what pioneer life was like.
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Kids experience 4 H through in-school and after-school programs, school and community clubs and 4 H camps.
The Conecuh County 4-H program would like to have the opportunity to offer a wide variety of experiences to the children of our county. We believe that learning by doing is the most effective method of educating children. We would like to purchase materials to create a Makerspace that will aide in the development of the following skills: geospatial technology, robotics, coding & computer programming, and culinary science. Makerspaces are interactive, community-oriented spaces and projects where one can create and learn skills using a variety of different tools and materials. In a makerspace, you can explore science, technology, engineering, mathematics and your creativity! It’s about teaching children to think for themselves, think creatively, and to look for do-it-yourself solutions.
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The goal of this project is to provide a PA system to the Conecuh County 4-H to utilize during programming. The goal of 4-H is to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills of youth through experiential programs and a positive youth development approach. The Conecuh County 4-H is seeking to enhance the 4-H experience for the youth of our county. It is our mission to provide hands-on experiences and learning as an educational method that directly involves the learner, by actively encouraging them to do something in order to learn about it. In short, it is ‘learning by doing’. In order to provide the students of our county with the best possible education, we needed to purchase a PA system that will be utilized with every animal science, S.T.E.M., and after-school event. Prior to purchasing this system, our county had to travel to surrounding counties to borrow PA systems for our programs. By purchasing this system, we were able to provide larger activities this year that involved more children.
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HIPPY Conecuh had four projects with our grant from ALA-TOM RC&D. The first project was 45 School Supply Boxes for our HIPPY participants. These were school boxes filled with supplies such as scissors, glue, crayons, markers, erasers, pencils, pencil sharpner, construction paper. The second project was Family Literacy Night where we distributed books and homemade props to go with each book for the children to role play with at home. The third project was Graduation. Supplies and decorations were purchased to decorate with an “Ocean Theme” this year. Sand buckets were purchased and filled with end of the year practice items for the summer. The fourth project was Curriculum Supplies and Props for the HIPPY families. The supplies and props make it possible for the families to complete their weekly packets in the areas of Science, Math, and Language Development, and fine and gross motor skills.