: Teacher of the Year nominees Brandi Breneman, Jason Eaton, Michelle Slusher

 4-H members are invited to the reception by winning first, second or third at a county contest or by representing Rutherford county at a regional, state or national event. 

Outstanding 4-H’ers were given awards in each of five divisions:  Explorer (4^th grade), Junior (5^th grade), Junior High (6^th – 8^th grade), Senior High Level I (9^th – 10^th grade), and Senior High level II (11 – 12^th grades). 

Outstanding 4-H’er is determined by a point system for project involvement, competition, leadership and citizenship activities. 

Those members were: 

• Explorer – Savannah Sandlin of Murfreesboro,

• Junior – Scott Ayers of Christiana,

• Junior High – Olivia Gum of Readyville,

• Senior High Level I – Ariel Chism of Murfreesboro,

• Senior High Level II – Jonathan Belcher of Rockvale

The School of the Year was also recognized and was selected by the amount of participation in three projects:  Public speaking contest, Demonstration contest, and Exploring 4-H book (4^th grade)/Project activity sheets (5^th grade). 

Our 2010 School of the Year was Brown’s Chapel Elementary. 

Teacher of the Year was also honored.  The nominees were:  Brandi Breneman 5^th grade teacher, Brown’s Chapel Elementary, Jason Eaton 5^th grade teacher, Smyrna Elementary, Kay Monroe 5^th grade teacher, Barfield Elementary, Mike Perry 5^th grade teacher, Walter Hill Elementary, Michelle Slusher 5^th grade teacher, Brown’s Chapel Elementary. 

The 2010 Teacher of the Year was Kay Monroe. 

The Reader publisher, Pete Doughtie, and his family was honored as a business or individual who has been very supportive of the Rutherford County 4-H program as our Friend of 4-H.

Rutherford County 4-H has an enrollment of 4,570 youth in 4^th – 12^th grade in 237 clubs (including in-school), project groups or classes.