Girl Scouts: We have parents! AND an opportunity!

Hello everyone! (again)

1)  Thanks to Isabel's mom and Kennedy's mom who can help out at the meeting today.  It should be fun!

2)  There's an open spot for a scout on the trip to Noah's Ark on the 14th, so let me know if your scout wants to go.  (So far I have Evie, Lia, Hannah, Kayla, Kaylin, Gretta, and Kahlen on the list.)

That's all for now!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Need Another Parent for Thursday

Hi everyone!

Ms. Kelly can't make it to the meeting on Thursday.  Is there anyone else that can come and help out?  (Please?)

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Three Important Things and One Super Important Thing

Hello!

1)  Don't forget the meeting this Thursday for girls who didn't go to College Park the first week in May.  This meeting is at Highland View, in our regular location.  If you're not on the SignUp Genius page, and didn't send in a permission slip, please let me know whether to expect you or not!

2)  Early Bird Registration for Girl Scouts is on right now!  If we can get 80% of our girls re-registered for next year before June 11th, we have a chance to win a 2-night stay at any of the Girl Scout properties next year.  So let's see if we can do it!  You can register here:  https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/VP/Default.aspx?pid=3  Just log in, click on the scout's name, then click the green button in their management page that says:  "Renew membership."

3)  Next week has a lot coming up too.  Thursday June 5th, we have our last meeting of the year.  We'll be in Mrs. Bushman's room, but we'll be watching a movie, eating ice cream, and playing games outside to celebrate another great year.  We'll also be celebrating the "graduation" of our 3rd grade scouts from Brownie to Junior (Green).  (So I hope all our 3rd graders can be there!)

And of course that Friday will be the first day of our first Troop Campout this year!  In addition to having a ton of fun, making an oven out of a cardboard box, and a stovetop out of a tin can, we'll also be earning our insect and first aid triangles!  BUT, since Ms. Kelly can't make it, it looks like I only have one other parent signed up for the night of the 6th-7th.  Kathleen can make it late that evening too, but it would be super, incredibly, amazingly, helpful if another parent could join us for the time after school until bedtime that night (or overnight if you can!)

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FA5AD22A13-greendale3

I'm finishing up the specific timeline, and will get that out to everyone signed up for this first campout weekend ASAP.

Thanks!  And see some of you on Thursday!

Aleks

 

Girl Scouts: Lost and Found and Don't Forget!

Hello!

I was cleaning out the van, and tucked away under a seat was a bag with a butterfly pattern swimsuit and a robe that kind of looks like a flower.  If anyone's missing those, let me know and I'll send them over!

Second:  Don't forget our meeting next Thursday (5/29) and if at all possible, try to send your scout to the meeting with a bag of a day's worth of garbage so we can sort them all out into "reduce" "reuse" and "recycle."

See you there!

Aleks Skibicki

Girl Scouts: Congratulations to a couple scouts, and some quick updates

Hello again!

Just a couple quick congratulations to Kahlen and Evie!  Their patch designs for the Service Area campout in September were chosen as finalists!  We'll all get to vote from a slate of 5 patch designs and 5 t-shirt designs as soon as the service area folks email me scans of all the finalists.  (I'll let you know which ones are Kahlen's and Evie's!)

Second, a lost and found bit:  I have a Spongebob towel, and a polka-dot swimsuit left behind in my van after the trip this weekend.  Let me know if you're missing either (or both!)

Third:  not lost, but found:  There was a lot of food left after the trip.  If you sent something along, and want it back, let me know what it was, and I'll check to see if it was an item with leftovers.  If you don't want it back, and it's perishable, let me know ASAP and we'll figure out something to do with it.  If you don't want it back and it's non-perishable, let me know and we'll earmark it for a GS meeting snack or for use at the campout, beach cleanup, or other upcoming event.

That's about all.  Our next to-do is our 5/29 meeting.  Then we have the first campout weekend June 6-8 .

Keep having fun!  

Aleks 

Girl Scouts: Free Wisconsin Weekend June 7-8

Hello,

Just a quick bit of information that I think a lot of our scouts might enjoy:

June 7-8 is a DNR Free Wisconsin Weekend.  What that means is that there's free admission to all state parks and forests, free use of DNR trails, and you can go fishing for free without a license (you still have to follow all the fishing rules about catch limits, etc.).

Details are here if you want to take advantage of the opportunity!

http://dnr.wi.gov/news/features/feature.asp?id=8&article=2

That also means we might be able to add fishing to our campout activities that weekend!  Woohoo!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Super (Epic?) Mis-Typing! It's JUNE 6-9 or JUNE 20-22!

Hello again,

Thanks to a very astute parent who reads better than I proofread, I learned that I typed July 6-9 and July 20-22 for some unknown reason in that email.  Our campout dates are JUNE 6-9 and JUNE 20-22.  (The link has the dates right!)

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FA5AD22A13-greendale3

Sorry sorry sorry sorry!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Troop 8035 Campout in Whitnall Park--Coming Up Soon!

Hello again!

I just wanted to remind everyone to sign up for a campout spot!  We'll be back at Ross Lodge in Whitnall Park (across from the golf course on 92nd Street) and have a couple weekends to choose from. (July 6-9th, and 20-22nd)    You can choose to stay overnight, or just join in the activities on Saturday.  Since it's so close to home, feel free to come and go if you need to.  Parents are welcome, but not required--we have our safety-wise kid-to-adult ratios well covered.

The signup page is here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FA5AD22A13-greendale3  If you sign up for a Saturday, let me know if your scout will be staying overnight to Sunday, or going home Saturday night since we're able to stay until Sunday at 11:00.

We've had amazing times in the past, and as the girls get older, we can do more and more.  I've already let the cat out of the bag on some of our projects:  We'll be making ovens from cardboard boxes and actually cooking in them, we'll make hobo-stoves from tin cans, we'll do storytelling, and singing, and nature hikes and scavenger hunts.  And of course we'll do all the marshmallow roasting and s'mores cooking that we can!  We'll also have some indoor crafts to work on when it's time to wind down, and a midnight-glow-stick-hike to see what it's like at night in the woods.

Aleks Skibicki

 

Girl Scouts: Last Chance to Submit a Design Idea for Next September's Camp Shirt

Hello!

I have to bring any finished designs with me to the May 15th Troop Leaders' meeting, so if your scout wants to get creative and submit a design for the September Service Area Campout T-Shirt, send it to me quickly! (Last year's was the waving pineapple t-shirt we tie-dyed.)

Keep it just black and white, and keep in mind this will be the shirt we tie-dye.  The theme this year is "The Wild West," so keep that in mind in your design.  I included the template as an attached .jpg.

Aleks

Girl Scouts: I hope we didn't miss anyone else

Hello everyone!

Thanks to one super-diligent family, I just realized that yesterday was the 2nd Thursday in May, which means we missed the first Bay View Beach Cleanup.  This April and May have been so busy!  If you were there and were looking for us, I'm sorry that we weren't there.  BUT, as with all our Girl Scout events, I do have a patch for you.  So let me know if you went, and I'll get the patch to you.  Also, College Park scouts, keep an eye on your take-home folders for your "Recycling Rocks" patch that I'm dropping off in the office to go home today.  

Kelly will be sending an email out soon too with details and information about the Key Lime Cove trip next week Friday-Saturday, and we'll make sure rides, etc. are arranged, so look for that too.

Finally, speaking of waterparks, a while ago I mentioned the June 14th Girl Scout Trip to Noah's Ark.  A few of you said you might be interested.  I need to get registrations in by May 15th, so here are the details again.  Let me know if you want me to sign your scout up:

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Noah's Ark Bus Trip-Franklin/Oak Creek Park & Ride 6/14/2014 10:00 AM 

June 14, 2014 10:00 AM-05:00 PM 

(Registration Closes at 11:59 PM ET on May 15, 2014)

Noah's Ark Waterpark

Wisconsin Dells, WI

Troops that increased the number of girl members this year are elibigle for discounted admission. Visit the Wisconsin Dells and enjoy a day of splash-tastic fun in America's Largest Water Park. $27.00 per person; includes bus transportation, admission to waterpark, and lunch (hotdog, chips, and soda). A bus schedule, including pick-up and drop-off times, will be sent to you in your event confirmation.

Bus space is limited, we ask that troops only register the required number of adults to meet Safety-Wise ratios. No Tagalongs*.

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As with everything, if you want the troop to help cover the cost, let us know!  

(*Tagalong is Girl Scout speak for siblings/friends that aren't registered Girl Scouts ) And, while they say space is limited, looking at the reservations in the troop management system.)

Aleks Skibicki

Girl Scouts: Tonight and Tomorrow

Hello everyone!

I just got back from picking up a bunch of patches for girls who come to see democracy in action tonight at the joint Village/School Board meeting.  It starts at 6:00 at the Safety Building--hope to see you there!  I would love it if parents could stay too--since they're discussing things that affect our schools, you might even want to say something and show your scout how easy it is to be an active part in the way our community is run!

I also picked up the patches for the Innovation Creator event on Wednesday at Discovery World--there's still room for one girl to go.  You can either bring her to Discovery World at 5:00, or we can drive her if you meet us at highland View at 4:20.  We expect to be back at 8:30-ish, after learning about how real designs turn into real inventions and using real design and machine tools to turn our personal ideas into actual inventions.

Aleks.  

Girl Scouts: An open spot for Discovery World on Wednesday

Hello everyone!

A few months ago some of you signed up for the Discovery World "Innovation Creator" workshop coming up this Wednesday.  Space at Discovery World filled up fast, but one of the girls who had planned to go from our troop can't now, so there's one spot available.  It's already paid for, so whoever gets back to me first can go.  It's from 5-8, at Discovery world.  There is room in our car to carpool if needed.  We're meeting in the Highland View parking lot at 4:20, and anticipate getting back a little after 8:30 (based on how these events have worked in the past.)

Here was the event description: "Turn your idea into a real-life product and become the next big innovator. Learn the design process and use professional design tools to turn your ideas and sketches into products."

Aleks Skibicki