Girl Scouts: Humane Society Trip Requests

Hello everyone,

First, as I guessed, there are a couple scouts who hadn't signed up for the Humane Society trip, but would like to go--so please, if you know you won't be able to make it, let me know so i can give your spot to someone else.

Second, I have a couple requests by families to switch from the 20th to the 13th for the Humane Society trip.  I can't switch them, unless someone who's scheduled from the 13th is willing to go on the 20th in their place instead.  

So, is anyone from this list:

Wednesday January 13th 6-7:45PM:

Jesi P.

Adrhia F.

Lauren P. (Plus Mom)

Lillian U.

Portia P.

Alison D.

Lia S.

Scarlett M.

Ashlee F.

Maya H.

Makenzie S.

Katie B.

Evie S.

Able and willing to go on  January 20th instead?

Thanks!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Happy New Year! So much to do in January!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you had an awesome break. January has a few big Girl Scout things going on.  Here's what you need to know!

1)  Meetings.  

The Sign Up Genius for the January meetings is ready to go.  Sign up here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-january1

As always, sign up for the meeting your scout will attend.  If a meeting is full, I can open it up to more scouts if we get more parents to help out.  And make sure to write a note on the appropriate day in your scout's agenda.  Last month we had a couple big saves because of properly marked agendas!  (Girls forgot they were going to scouts, but since it was in the agenda, they were able to figure out where to go!)

2)  Cookie Kick Off.

It's almost Cookie Time!  That means it's time for the Third Annual Cookie Kick Off Party!  Join scouts from all across Greendale playing cookie games, learning cookie songs, doing cookie crafts, and sampling all the Cookie flavors.  January 15th, 6:30-8:00.  Sign Up here to help me plan supplies:

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

3)  Humane Society Trips.

Hopefully you remember these!  We had to sign up and register earlier in the year because these filled up fast.  Here's who I have registered for each trip.  We'll need 1-2 more adults at each one, so if you can drive a couple scouts, and join us, that would be great! If you DID forget about signing up for this, and now can't go, let me know ASAP, and I can try to get someone to fill your spot.  (I bet there'll be someone--this sounds fun!)

WI Humane Society Program 6:00-7:45PM 

Wisconsin Humane Society Milwaukee Branch  

Go behind the scenes at the Humane Society of Wisconsin.  Interact with cats and kittens, and make a cat toy to take home.  Learn about dogs and dog training in "Dog Town!"

Wednesday January 13th 6-7:45PM:

Jesi P.

Adrhia F.

Lauren P. (Plus Mom)

Lillian U.

Portia P.

Alison D.

Lia S.

Scarlett M.

Ashlee F.

Maya H.

Makenzie S.

Katie B.

Evie S.

Wednesday January 20th 6-7:45PM 

Evie S. 

Mahi P.

Hannah S.

Liliana K.

Carrie J.

Lara E.

Aria K.

Dea S.

Olivia Kr.  

Kahlen W.

Alexis B. (Plus Mom)

Grace U.

Jane U.

Thanks so much everyone!  See you at school!

Aleks 

Girl Scouts: Meeting Tomorrow (for some of you!)

Hello everyone!

Just a reminder that if your scout's name is on the list below, I'm expecting her at the meeting tomorrow.  As usual, if you're a Highland View scout, make sure to write that your scout is going to the meeting in your agenda!  Tomorrow's meeting is at Highland View in room 103 on the lower level, below the Library for any scouts that may not have been to a Highland View meeting yet.

It should be a good one--we have an exciting chef coming to talk to us, and we'll be doing our food and wine pairing activity (snack and juice pairing) that's been a hit at the last couple meetings.

Alison D.

Ellen W.

Kendra P.

Portia P.

Liliana K.

Hannah P.

Kahlen W.

Lilly P.

Jane U. 

Grace U.

Lia S.

Alyssa S.

Aria K.

Evie S.

Kailee A.

See you soon!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: A couple things coming up!

Hi everyone!

Just a couple quick announcements:

1)  It'd be great if a couple more girls could join in the nursing home visit this evening (Monday 12/14).  We're down to 3 girls, and it works best with 5-8.  If your scout can go and make some people's lives a little brighter from 6:00-7:30 tonight, please contact Ms. Kelly at kellymatt8476@gmail.com or 627-8684 .  She can even give rides to a couple more scouts if needed!

2)  The Third Annual Cookie Kick Off Party is scheduled for January 15th in the Highland View Gym from 6:30-8:00 PM.  Its always a lot of fun, so mark the date on your calendars!  There'll be games, prizes, songs, crafts, and fun, and Girl Scouts from all across Greendale.

3)  Just a heads-up:  One of the 4th grade teachers let me know about an opportunity to help with Make-a-Wish, so I'm in touch with them about a possible service opportunity for our girls.  I'll let you know more as I know more!

Thanks, and happy scouting!

Aleks

 

Girl Scouts: Is that it for the 12/9 meeting? Also--save the date!

Hello everyone!

1)  Just making sure everyone who's attending the 12/9 meeting is signed up.  We have an awesome chef lined up to talk to the girls, and depending on the timeline we may do the food/wine pairing activity (ok ok ok juice/snack pairing) activity too.  Since that one's pretty supply intensive, it's important for me to have a good idea of numbers before the meeting!

Sign up here if you haven't!

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

2)  Save the date!  This year's Cookie Kick Off Party is 1/15/2016 so save the date!  There'll be games, prizes, crafts, activities, songs, samples, and a ton of fun.  Girl scouts from all across Greendale will be coming!  It's from 6:30-8:00 PM in the Highland View Gym.  Be there and be crummy! (From all the cookies!)

That's it for the moment, happy scouting!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Last chance to register for Taste the Future overnight event at Discovery World

Hello everyone!

Just a last minute reminder that if you want to register for the "Taste the Future" overnight event at Discovery World, today is the last chance to register.

Register here:  

https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home.aspx

Type "taste" in the search box on the upper right hand side, then click on the name of the event "Taste the Future Sleepover 12/18/2015 7:00PM"

Then click on the "Register Now" button on the bottom.

Here's who I have registered so far:

Hannah S. 

Lia S.

Genevieve S. 

Maya H. 

Megha M.

Alison D. 

Adrhia F. 

Happy Scouting!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Meeting Recap

Hi everyone!

Just a quick meeting recap--it was a fun one!

Super thanks to Mrs. Skibicki, Mrs. Amenda, Mrs. Wnuk, and Mrs. Pintar who all helped out, and to Catherine Celsor, a Middle School Girl Scout that helped out too!  Thanks so much--without all of you, this wouldn't be possible! 

Unfortunately the chef we were going to have visit couldn't make it--one of her cooks called in sick and she had to take his work on that day too.  She feels bad about it, and we're figuring out a good reschedule for her.

So, in her place we had three other food-related activities some filled with some fun, and some with learning!

First though, as usual this year, we started by making festive placemats for Meals on Wheels.  This time we made woven heart placemats.  If some of your girls brought home "U" shaped cardstock cut outs, that's the template we used.  They can explain how to make hearts from that design.

Then we moved on to our first cooking activity:  A food and wine pairing event!  (Ok, it was actually a snack and juice pairing event!)  Every girl got to choose 4 kinds of drink (they could choose from milk, tomato juice, red grape juice, white grape juice, or Sunny Delight.)   They also each picked 4 kinds of snacks to pair their drinks with.  (Turkey snack sticks, goldfish, oreos, animal crackers, grapes, dinner mints, or cheese curds.)

Then they filled in a grid after trying each snack with each drink that they had chosen.  They recorded their results as scientifically as possible, so we could compare and use the results to pick future snack and drink combinations.  They made some interesting discoveries!  We learned that some foods go together better than others (Mints and Sunny Delight? Yuck!) we also learned that combinations that some people like, other people might not like.  We also learned that sometimes foods we LOVE when we eat them alone, don't taste as good when they're put together.

Afterwards, since time was running short, the girls got to pick whether they wanted to do a food-related craft (make S'mores snowmen decorations) or do a food related game (a popcorn relay race.)  The girls seemed to have a lot of fun no matter which wrap-up activity they chose.

Happy Scouting everyone!  We'll see you at the nursing home visits!

Aleks