Colquitt County 4-H

08/04/2026

🍀🍀Congratulations to James on his 3rd-place watermelon in the state contest!! 🍀🍀
🍉James melon weighed in at 47.6 pounds WOW!🍉
He competed against 4-Her's from the entire state and won with his watermelon. We are so proud of him!

The watermelon contest is held every year through Georgia 4-H, so be on the lookout for more information to get involved next summer!

08/03/2026

We will be at WJW open house today from 3pm-6pm! Stop by to learn more about how your student can get involved with Colquitt County 4-H!!

We can't wait to welcome our students and families back to campus for Open House! This is a great opportunity to meet teachers, reconnect with friends, explore classrooms, and learn about the many exciting opportunities planned for the upcoming school year. ✨

As we begin another year together, we're ready to Capture opportunities, Inspire success, Teach with purpose, and Serve every student. We encourage all families to attend and help us kick off a fantastic school year!

📌 Please note: To help ensure a smooth start to the year, elementary schools will release at 2:00 p.m. and GEAR at 1:30 p.m. during the first three days of school for bus riders only. Willie J. Williams Middle School, C.A. Gray Junior High School, and Colquitt County High School will release at their normal times.

For additional Back-to-School information, visit: Back to School https://ecs.page.link/5uU5M

08/03/2026

🐎Colquitt County 4-H now has a horse club!🐎

This is for students in 4th-12th grade who want to make friends, talk about horses, and even learn some new tips and tricks. You DO NOT need any horse experience to be a part of this group.

Horse club will be talking about teeth 😁 and doing a fun activity to practice floating their horses' teeth 🐴

The first meeting of the school year will be on Wednesday, August 26th, from 4pm-5:30pm.
We will be meeting at the county extension office.
To sign up, please give the office a call at 229-616-7455

07/28/2026

🐐🐖🐑Students interested in Veterinary science this one is for you!!🐴🐂🐖

🍀Southwest District 4-H is excited to partner with UGA’s College of Vet Medicine Tifton Diagnostic & Investigational Lab to offer an exciting workforce/career development opportunity for rising 8th-12th graders!

🍀Hands-on lab activities will provide in-depth knowledge of various careers in vet med — not just becoming a vet but also the many other roles needed to help research, study, diagnose and treat animal issues, illness, injury and disease in a laboratory environment. The need for large animal/food animal veterinarians remains constant.

Only 35 spots are available. See application for lab opportunities youth can rank in order of their interests!

Date: Monday, August 31, 2026
Time & Location: 9:30 am-3:30 pm; UGA Tifton Vet Lab (Brighton Road)
Cost: $15.00 per youth
Lunch will be provided.
Rising 8th-12th graders with medical/animal science/veterinary job interests

📅Applications Due: Friday, August 14 by 5:00 pm
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Students will be notified on August 20th if they will be attending!

07/21/2026

🐴🍀Horse Club at the NBHA Youth World Championship!!!🍀🐴

Our students who are in the horse club got to go to the NBHA Youth World Championship in Perry!!
Students got to watch the racing and even got to see how to shape a cowboy hat. Thank you to those at the American booth who took the time to talk to our students!

As the school year gets closer, see how you can get your student involved in our 4-H horse club. Contact us @229-616-7455

07/21/2026

Please fill out this form completely, information will be used to complete state entries. Choose a time slot based off of your location in the county. At least one individual must be present at time of tagging to identify animals and sign off on state entry forms. Please have all scrapie tags clean....

07/16/2026

Sending a big "Thank You" to Rocco's Ristorante at the Theatre for hosting our students for an ettiquet review session in preparation for State Congress. Four students will be traveling to Atlanta next week to represent Colquitt County & Southwest DIstrict 4-H at State Congress, by competing and presenting in their respective topic areas. We are so proud of our student's hard work and accomplishments! Wish them luck!

07/10/2026

🐐🐖🐑🐂It's the season for showing!!🐂🐑🐖🐐

Lamb and Goat practices will be starting on Monday, July 13th, from 6pm-7pm. Practices will continue weekly on most Mondays until the lamb and goat show. Students in 1st-12th grade are eligible to show sheep and goats in the county!

For more information, call the Colquitt County Extension office @229-616-7455

Colquitt Co. Junior Livestock Association

07/09/2026

🍉🍉The Watermelon contest will soon be coming to a close! 🍉🍉

This is your reminder that the weigh-in will be on July 28th at the extension office!!!!

If you have any questions, please give the office a call at 229-616-7455

It is that time again.....for the WATERMELON GROWING CONTEST!!!

Do you love watermelon? Has everyone always told you that you have a green thumb? Then participate in the Georgia 4-H Watermelon Growing Contest!

All 4-H'ers are eligible to compete (K-12th grade), and only one watermelon can be submitted for the competition. Caroline Cross is the recommended variety for the contest, but seeds are available at the office for pickup in the Congo variety. It is the student's responsibility to grow the melon. The official weigh-in day will be from 9am-4pm on July 28th, 2026, at the county extension office.

Contact the office so we can get you involved! @229-616-7455

06/23/2026

🐴🐎What a great Horse Club!!🐎🐴

🍀Our 4-Her's got to learn how to determine BCS on horses and then got to do some community service!!

🍪Students made horse-shaped cookies at the extension office and then delivered them to the Ag teachers at the local canning plant in Colquitt County.
🧩In the office, students learned the different points to look at when calculating the BCS on a horse, but then were challenged in a matching game at the end of the lesson.

We had so much fun!! If you would like to join us for our next meeting, be on the lookout for our flyer!!