New Girl Scout Journeys

Grade Levels: Research shows that girls learn best and have the most fun when they are in the right development/social grouping. To accommodate these findings, GSUSA has reorganized just a bit!

Girl Scout Daisy: K-1 Girl Scout Brownie: 2-3 Girl Scout Junior: 4-5 Girl Scout Cadette: 6-8 Girl Scout Senior: 9-10 Girl Scout Ambassador: 11-12

Journeys: Journeys are the experiences Girl Scouts engages in to achieve leadership outcomes. GSUSA will create a new journey each year with sessions specified and tailored for each Girl Scout grade level. The launch journey is called "It's Your World--Change It!"

Pathways: Pathways are the ways girls and adults participate in Girl Scouting. Girl pathways include: Camp, Events, Travel, Special Interest, Virtual, and Troop.

Outcomes: While the mission of Girl Scouting has not changed, the new Girl Scout Leadership Experience now provides concrete outcomes that Girl Scouts can achieve.

A diagram of the new pathways

	Girl Scout Daisy Grades K-1 Six sessions on the journey with tips on how volunteers can easily add more sessions. Through a story, girls meet “flowers and critters” who guide them to explore Global diversity (people, plants, languages), Botany (the environment and stewardship of the land), Girl Scout history and values of the Law Session activities parallel the story. Girls explore the natural world, using their “growing skills” to make the world a better place. Girls can earn three awards: the Watering Can Award, the Golden Honey Bee Award, and the Amazing Daisy Award.
	Girl Scout Brownie Grades 2-3 Six sessions on the journey with an example of a special closing ceremony as a seventh session. Girls search for and find three keys. Sshhh! Girls will uncover for themselves how these are the keys to leadership. Along the way they uncover their special talents and qualities, lead their families in a healthy living activity, and participate in a Brownie Brainstorm designed to engage them in identifying their own Take Action project. Girls can earn three awards: one for each leadership key and, ultimately, a special lock. Seven sessions on the journey.
	Girl Scout Junior Grades 4-5 Girls explore real power! The power of one, the power of team, and the power of community. They explore the “herstory” of heroines. Girls practice teaming up and create a comic book style story based on steps for taking action. They then plan and carry out a Take Action project. Girls earn three awards as they journey from the power of one, to the power of team to the power of community. Eight sessions on the journey.
	Girl Scout Cadette Grades 6-8 Girls navigate the twists and turns of relationships. They use quizzes and team games to explore friendship dramas, first impressions, and coping with bullies. After resolving these “obstacles,” girls travel onward by creating a Take Action project which allows them to share their relationship savvy with others. Before girls exit the maze, they see themselves as peacemakers, advancing peaceful interactions one relationship at a time. Girls earn three awards as they travel through the maze: the Interact, Diplomat, and Peacemaker awards. Eight sessions on the journey.
	Girl Scout Senior Grades 9-10 Seniors explore problems impacting girls in the world. They create an art project based on their vision of a better world. Girls create a Take Action project that brings the world one step closer to their vision. They take turns guiding discussions or activities based on some of the topics/options in their books. Seniors earn one award on this journey: the Girl Scout Senior Visionary Award. Six sessions on the journey
	Girl Scout Ambassador Grades K11-12 Girls explore the rich and global history of women’s advocacy efforts. They engage in an eightstep process for identifying an issue and proposing a solution and consider how to use this process in their own lives. Ambassadors build their networks using their own Six Degrees of Separation. Girls take some time out for themselves, exploring their “many moods” and career possibilities. Ambassadors earn one award on this journey: the Advocate Award.

The Journey Begins October 2008

The current membership year 2008/2009 is a time of transition. By September 2010, the transition will be complete.

What's New?

The New Girl Scout Journeys

The Journey Begins October 2008