It’s time to start keeping records for your 2023-2024 Projects. Keeping records is a great way to hold on to your memories about your incredible adventures in 4-H. Record keeping is also a great way to develop skills in time management, communication, setting goals and deadlines, money management and project evaluations. In an effort to update the current recordbook system a committee has developed an online program with a data entry system that easily allows for updates, editing and printing.
Recordbooks are due May 31, 2024 @ 5:00pm.
Recordbooks are a simple way to keep your 4-H career together in one booklet and can be beneficial when it comes time to apply for scholarships or creating a resume for college or a job.
- There will be three (3) levels of recordbooks based on 4-H age (junior, intermediate, and senior). Information requested for each level will progressively add on to each other. The junior & intermediate books are significantly simplified from past recordbooks. The senior level book is similar to the past record book with some minor edits.
- Parts of the report form will be standardized to allow for ease of completion and judging.
- Much of the data from previous recordbooks that a member may have saved on their home computer may be “cut and pasted” into the new form
- All 4-H members will begin using the new online forms or a new paper form that will be available for download from the Texas 4-H website.
- Recordbooks will still be printed and turned in (in hardcopy form) to be judged by the deadline in June to the County Extension Office.
This system is available for use at: Record books – Texas 4-H (tamu.edu)
- The link above also has numerous resources and training guides for families who don’t know where to start or who need to make sure they have all the correct information when editing their recordbooks.
