The Polk County Cloverleaf (5th & 6^th grades) 4-H’ers held their annual District Project Achievement competition on January 22, 2022 at Georgia Highlands College.  

This event focused on researching a topic of interest and presenting it to an audience within 4-6 minutes.

It also teaches 4-H’ers public speaking skills and helps them gain self-confidence. 

There were a total of 17 participants from Polk County who competed with almost 400 4-H’ers from 10 counties in our Northwest District. This is the highest level of competition for the Cloverleaf 4-H’ers. 

The following is a list of Polk County 4-H’ers that placed at the event: 

1^st Place: 

Taniya Foster-Food For Health & Sport-Rockmart Middle School 

Bella Nesbitt-Creative Stitchery-Vanwert Elementary 

Sofie Runyon-Food For Health & Sport-Westside Elementary  

Brinkley Wallace-Flowers Shrubs & Lawns- Northside Elementary 

2^nd Place: 

Eliza Saunders-6^th grade-Art-Cedartown Middle School 

3^rd Place 

Harlee Baxter-6^th grade-Public Speaking-Cedartown Middle School 

Marley English-Herpetology–Westside Elementary 

Juan Lopez-Public Speaking-Northside Elementary 

Ashlyn Mundle-6^th grade-Public Speaking-Rockmart Middle School 

Esmeralda Sibrian-Computers-Westside Elementary 

Kaydence Staley-Human Development -Northside Elementary 

4^th Place: 

Jaycee Brand-Historic People-Eastside Elementary 

Xara Brooks-General Science- Eastside Elementary 

Amber English-Wildlife-Westside Elementary 

Ilya Fawcett-Dog Care & Training-Vanwert Elementary 

Gavin Hendrix-Sports-Team- Eastside Elementary 

Ashari Walker-Sports -Team-Westside Elementary 

Our Adult Volunteers for the event were Shannon Ridgeway & Grace Prince. Teen Leaders for the day were Minnes Smith, Lashenia King, Makenzie Droege & Anna Prince. 

For more information on Polk County 4-H events, teams, camps and other activities contact us at 770-749-2142 or email at polk.extension@uga.edu. Our visit our website www.ugaextension.org/polk.