UGA Extension Office

Project Achievement

Georgia 4-H Project Achievement empowers young people with skills for a lifetime. 4-H’ers develop leadership, creativity, public speaking, record keeping, and other skills. As students become older, a record keeping component that promotes independent thinking, research and implementation is added. 


Cloverleaf DPA

Cloverleaf (4th-6th grade) participants choose a project area of interest, research the topic and present an illustrated demonstration. Speeches should be 4 to 6 minutes in length and students may use posters or other visuals to emphasize key points. Please note some exceptions to speech listed on the project list.


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Jr/Sr DPA

Project Achievement for junior and senior (7th-12th grade) 4-H'ers is a two part competition. Again, the student chooses a project area of interest, researches the topic and presents an illustrated demonstration. Speeches should be 7 to 9 minutes and the students may use posters, PowerPoints, or other visuals to emphazie key points. Additionally, the student will create a portfolio, which is a two page document listing the activities the student has participated in within the calendar year. Please note some exceptions to speech listed on the project list.