The Gold Award is the highest award a girl can earnin Girl Scouting. It's a national standard that acknowledges a girl's accomplishments, leadership, commitment, creativity, and personal effort to make the world a better place. Each Gold Award is a significant achievement in a girl’s life and an extension and compilation of all she has … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Emily Elbaum, Cassidy Gard, and Riley Hearon
Gold Award Girl Scouts are world changers. They put their hearts, minds, and go-getting spirit into addressing pressing issues and creating lasting solutions that make their communities—and the world—a better place. We're sharing three more stories as part of our ongoing series of how Gold Award Girl Scouts made an impact in their communities. Gold … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Noemi Lopez, Alexandra Melton, and Kayla Horton
The Gold Award is much more than a community service project. It is the culmination of everything girls have learned over years as a Girl Scout. It is the innovation, perseverance, and ambition of a girl combined with the knowledge and skills gained from patch programs, mentors, and troop leaders to produce lasting and sustainable … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Samantha Bynder, Katherine Hodges, and Laura Vetter
Here at Girl Scouts, we believe education is one of the most powerful tools used to unlock our future. It can be the key to ending gender discrimination, supporting those with disabilities, or keeping our bodies healthy and well. Today, we are sharing with you three stories of Gold Award Girl Scouts who use education … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Q Licht, Esmeralda Romero, and Vanessa Castrejon
Critical thinking and problem solving are fundamental parts of the Girl Scouts experience. Girl Scout Gold Award recipients Jasmine Winter, Susan Belik, and Millicent Hoffert demonstrate they are no strangers to these skills by navigating arising problems like pros. Gold Award recipient Jasmine Winter For Jasmine Winter’s Gold Award project, Hillcrest Math Learning Games and … Continue reading Gold Award Girl Scouts Jasmine Winter, Susan Belik, and Millicent Hoffert
Lauren Markus, a current junior at Newbury Park High School, wanted to make a difference in the lives of foster children. Her passions for both baking and working with children effortlessly combined to spur the inspiration for her Gold Award project: Baking and Bonding. “I have so many fond memories of baking with my parents,” … Continue reading Baking and Bonding – Lauren Markus
Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo, CA, is unique to the other schools in its area. The institution utilizes Project Based Learning (PBL), an instructional approach that shifts away from teacher-centered instruction and instead emphasizes student-centered projects. Instead of the traditional lecture format where students are often left wondering, “Why are we learning … Continue reading Leadership Competencies for High School Students – Riley Dart
It’s no secret that this up-and-coming generation of girls is empowered and independent, embodying the true spirit of a G.I.R.L. (Go-Getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader). They envision a future family structure where they are fully engaged in financial decision making and planning, and a great majority feel that gender is no barrier to what they can … Continue reading Economic Empowerment
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