.... Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Probably a strange question for this forum... :o (like all of my questions) My teens spend one morning a week volunteering at an equestrian facility. They've been working there for a couple of years. They do a ton of stuff with the horses: barn chores, moving the horses out of the pasture or the barn, grooming, cleaning the horses' hooves, stretching/walking the horses, putting on their tack/saddles/etc and then helping teach riding classes to special needs adults and kids. As you can guess, they know a ton about horses. They know which saddles work with different physical therapy needs, etc. They know horse body language, anatomy, etc. I'm actually thinking about giving them some kind of high school credit for all this. ?? We're in Texas, so there is a ton of ranching/farming stuff around us anyway, so I guess other kids have things like this on their transcripts? If I did give credit for this, what would I call it? Even though they have a ton of work hours, I just plan to give them one credit if I do. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Edited January 16, 2018 by Evanthe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I would rather use this as an extracurricular. That way it can carry more weight, and they have an opportunity to elaborate on the college application. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Thank-you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I agree with regentrude. It is going to look really good as an extra curricular - but colleges may find it odd as credit. I know many teens in our area who have done something similar and they always just took it as community service hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Agreed, it will stand out more as an xc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thank-you all for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel-in-CA Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 We counted some of the stable time as PE -- shoveling, exercising horses, riding. The rest was community service. One of mine earned a presidential service medal from her many hours of stable service! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 One of mine earned a presidential service medal from her many hours of stable service! A bunch of people have tried to talk me into pursuing this with my kids, but we haven't really had the time to look into it. It might be too late, anyhow. But, my kids do a ton of volunteer work. Besides the equestrian center, one of them works with a dog rescue and I mean she does a TON. She helped run their 5K last year, she sews bandanas and ribbons for the dogs, she works every weekend at their adoption events, she travels to their facility and cleans the kennels/walks the dogs/etc, she fosters puppies several times a year, she has some kind of online social media thing where she connects dogs in kill-shelters with rescues in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 My daughter works a few days a week at a horse farm and I combined this with a college level Equine Science text for 1 credit of Equine Science. But in your case, I agree with the others and would use the once a week volunteer position as an extracurricular. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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