Girl Scouts: Lllamas and Last Calls!

Hi everyone,

First things first: I have llamas!  18 llamas are at my house hoping to find good homes to girls that sell cookies.  If your girl was a cookie seller that got a "llama rain check" because they weren't available with the rest of the cookie selling prizes, let me know how you'd like to connect to get her her llama!

Next things next:  (IMPORTANT) I'm getting the programs for the bridging ceremony printed this weekend.  So this is the last chance to be in it for scouts continuing on to Cadettes.  Please sign up here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-bridging1

Last things last:  I'm excited to see so many girls are participating in their bronze project.  If you haven't yet, please sign your scout up for her part here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-bike

Thanks everyone!  We always have some summer activities too, so expect that information to roll out soon.  And way out there, in fall, the Service Area campout at Silverbrook is scheduled for September 8-9-10.  This year's theme is "Sun and Stars" with a space/science motif.  Our girls are also old enough to join in helping run some areas of the campout if they're interested.  I have to start registering now, so if your scout is interested in going this year, let me know which night (Friday-Saturday 8th-9th, or Saturday-Sunday 9th-10th) and I'll start getting everything in order.  As always with the campouts, this is one the troop covers, so don't worry about cost.

Aleks Skibicki

Girl Scouts: Attendance Today College Park Meeting

Hi everyone,

Here's who I'm expecting to the meeting after school at College Park today.  Missing anyone?

Lauren P

Jesialis P

Dea S

Sophia V

Hannah S

Lara E

Maya H

Madison M

Esabella K

See you soon!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Reminder--meetings are all at College Park on Wednesday

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that everything happening for scouts on Wednesday 5/17 is happening at College Park in the Spanish room (where we usually meet).

If you haven't signed up for the meeting yet, here's where to do that:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-maymeeting

Also, make sure to sign your scout up for the bike safety clinic that we've been preparing for for months!  That's here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-bike

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Bronze Award Bike Safety Clinic--Here it comes!

Hi everyone!

These are the activities the girls have been preparing for for the Bike Safety Clinic on June 9th.  The girls should have a lot of fun, and in addition to earning their Bronze Award, this should be something they can point back to as an achievement for the rest of their lives.  "Do you remember the time that we....?"

This is going to be for all of Greendale, on Broad Street in Downtown Greendale, as part of the "School's Out" event.  Since you've all been saving the date since we first got it way back when, now it's time to sign up for where your scout wants to put her time in!

The girls are the ones running this whole show, so please sign your scout up for a station for each shift.  It doesn't have to be the same station for all three--feel free to mix it up!  You don't need to be with them the whole time, but you are welcome to!  There'll be other stuff going on in the area that day (in order to get the girls the space for the clinic I had to create an entire Greendale event, hence the brand new "School's Out!" event in downtown Greendale.)  If we have enough girls working shifts, we'll be able to give the girls breaks to go do other activities like making kites, pinwheels, face painting, street chalk, bubbles, field games, etc.  

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-bike

Remember, the Bronze Award is a big deal.  In addition to the experience of having done something that made their entire community a better place, it puts the girls on the path to their Gold Award, which is the Eagle Scout award for Girl Scouts. (Which directly translates into real life recognition like advanced rank in the military, recognition by village and state governments--think about your scout having her own day in Greendale!--and scholarship and other opportunities exclusively available to Gold Award earning girls.)  In February there's a big banquet which recognizes all the girls that earn their Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards, and it's a very special event.

See you there!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Meeting recap--and lost-and-found!

Hi everyone!

First:  Who's missing a "Cookie Ninja" hoodie? 

Second:  Who's missing a backpack?

Moving on, what a fun time!  It was the last Highland View meeting of the year, so of course it was ice cream and pizza time!

The girls also had the opportunity to hold a mock Bike Safety Clinic for the parents that were there, including a bike helmet safety test with an unsafe helmet, and a bike safety check with an unsafe bike.  They made detailed lists of everything they need, including staff, for the various booths they want to have at the event (bike quiz, skills course, coloring area, police lecture, helmet check, bike check) and I'll get that Sign Up Genius list out tomorrow!  I think they'll be very ready for the All-Greendale Event on June 9th (which is great, since we've been talking about it for months!)

I think they're getting into it!  We did assign homework, and that's to study the materials that the girls have about bike safety.  Even though the girls talked the police and fire departments into being on hand, it's still important for them to know their stuff.

I've re-attached the flyer the College Park girls helped make, as well as bike-check and helmet-check lists the girls can study to make sure they know their bike safety.  Please take some time between now and the 9th to work with them on this so they can represent themselves, scouts, and their school properly.

Also, since the girls don't have school the afternoon before the event, we'll have a practice run through sometime that afternoon.  Remember, the event itself runs from 4-9PM, so if we set up between 1:00-3:00, we can have a dry-run from 3:00-4:00 to get all the bugs worked out.

Happy Scouting!

Aleks

Girl Scout Attendance May 10th Highland View

Hi everyone,

Here's who I have listed as going to scouts tomorrow (Wednesday 5/10)  Anyone missing?  sign Up here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-maymeeting

4th Grade HV

Eva M.

Quinn S.

Alison D.

5th Grade HV

Portia P.

Kendra P.

Ellen W.

Samantha S.

Lia S.

Alyssa S.

Liliana K.

Hannah P.

Kahlen W.

Isabel S.

Mahi P.

Makenzie S.

Other Schools

Katie B.

Teagan A.

Adrhia F.-M.

Girl Scouts: Reminder--No meeting today. All HV scouts on May 10th

HI everyone!

Just a reminder that since last month worked so well, the May HV meetings were consolidated too, and all HV scouts have their meeting on 5/10.

Here's the Sign Up again to let me know what numbers to expect:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-maymeeting

Aleks