melmichigan Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) I'm wondering if I should/could wrap the 100+ hours my daughter has into her recent leather working into an 0.5 credit arts elective? She studied extensively on the different types and methods of leather working, and then sewed a pillow by hand from five different pelt scraps. She took it to 4-H and won grand champion in sewing. (The judges comments where what got me thinking about this.) She received other awards in 4-H this year, but I would never consider those to be school credit. I am counting those as extra-curricular activities (all related to dog obedience and rally). Speaking of extra-curricular, do we need to keep track of hours? Edited August 6, 2016 by melmichigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) She's only a junior this coming year, and now that she will be part of the middle college she will have access to the college arts program, so I'm going to add it to her extra-curriculars and plan on having her take a look at their offerings for second semester this year. We will need to start tracking her volunteer hours, luckily I keep calendars, so I've been writing everything on those. Thanks! That list of awards must get pretty long for some of the 4-H kids! Edited August 7, 2016 by melmichigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 Yes, it does! We only list Grand Champions. 4-H, Youth City Council, and Scouts are life-savers when it comes to college apps. Lots of leadership, student government, and public speaking! Did you track all the individual special events, or did you just label it 4-H Volunteer 20xx? I could see the events getting out of hand quickly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I agree. I'd put it in extracurriculars. One of mine did piano including piano competitions, two years of for-credit studio art with an outside teacher, hours and hours of oil/marker/paintings that won awards, and sews up a storm. I put the two years of studio art on her transcript and rolled the sewing into a "home arts" course that included cooking, finances, and health. Everything else went into extracurriculars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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