Faith Partner Guide to Girl Scouting

HOW GIRLS PARTICIPATE A lifelong leadership journey

There are many ways for girls to participate in Girl Scouts and benefit from the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE).

Girl Scout Tracks • Troops: Groups of girl members who experience the Girl Scout journey together • Juliettes: Individually registered girls who do not belong to a specific troop; these girls tend to be in grades 6-12 • Volunteers: Registered and background-checked adults who facilitate any Girl Scout activity/trip

Ways to Engage in Girl Scouting • Troop Meetings • Girl Scout Cookie Program • Camping

• Doing a Journey • Earning Badges • Attending Girl Scout Events • Earning Highest Award • Providing Community Service • Earning Faith Awards • Attending Faith-based Events

Girl Scout Grade Levels

Daisies K-1 st grades

Brownies 2 nd -3 rd grades

Juniors 4 th -5 th grades

Cadettes 6 th -8 th grades

Seniors 9 th -10 th grades

Ambassadors 11 th -12 th grades

Learn they can care for animals and themselves and to protect

Go on a quest to find the three keys to leadership. They explore their place in the wide world of girls.

Learn that leaders need power—their own, their team’s and their community’s. Juniors are encouraged to achieve their Bronze Award .

Develop relationship skills needed to be leaders in their life and their world. Cadettes are encouraged to achieve their Silver Award.

Have a vision and lead the world closer to it. Girls better the world by achieving their Gold Award, the highest community service award earned by a Girl Scout.

Raise their voices to advocate for an issue they care about. Girls are encouraged to achieve their

the earth’s treasures.

Gold Award, the highest community service award earned by a Girl Scout.