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Girl Scouts to explain new age groupings
By My Westside Sun
Aug 23, 2008
A few big changes are coming this fall for Girl Scouts on the Westside and around the country.
After hearing from Scouts and volunteers nationally, Girl Scouts of the USA is readjusting its age groupings, according to a news release.
Community meetings will be held to explain the new groupings, which are: Daisy, grades K-1; Brownie, grades 2-3; Junior, grades 4-5; Cadette, grades 6-8; Senior, grades 9-10; and Ambassador, grades 11-12.
The new program levels are designed to reflect the age groups girls identify with socially and developmentally, the release said. Such changes had not been made since the 1980s.
In addition, the familiar Girl Scout Handbook will take a back seat to Journeys , a new series of books that will be used to track girls' progress in leadership activities.
For more information, attend one of the following meetings at area schools. They start at 6 p.m.
-TUESDAY:Enterprise Learning Academy, 8085 Old Middleburg Road S.; Ortega Elementary, 4010 Baltic St.; Timucuan Elementary, 5429 110th St.; Stonewall Jackson Elementary, 6127 Cedar Hills Blvd.; and Jacksonville Heights, 7750 Tempest St. S.
-THURSDAY,SEPT.4: Chimney Lakes Elementary, 9353 Staple Mills Drive
- TUESDAY, SEPT. 9: Gregory Drive Elementary, 7800 Gregory Drive
If you can't make it to a meeting, call (866) 868-6307 or go to www.girlscouts-gateway.org.
-Heather Lovejoy
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