GSEM Bronze Award Project Catalog

Saying Bye to School Stress

Bronze Award Team: Troop 774

Issue: Students often experience stress and anxiety during school. Root Cause: Things such as tests and grades places pressure on students and they don’t know coping skills.

Project Details: After experiencing first-hand how stress and anxiety can affect students in the classroom, Troop 774 wanted to relieve the pressure their peers experience. They determined the importance of learning proper coping skills at a young age and the effect it could have on a student’s academic success. For this reason, the Juniors created Calming Kits for each classroom in their school. The kits contained tools to help students that may be having a rough day. Items included glitter jars, squeeze pillows, fidgets, breathing technique cards, and much more.

Target Audience: Students at their school.

Placing an End to Bullying

Bronze Award Team: Troop 746

Issue: Bullying negatively impacts the lives of children and adults. Root Cause: Stressful life situations can cause initial bullying, but bullying can cause more bullying.

Project Details: Knowing that bullying negatively impacts the lives of children, Troop 746 decided to take a stand against bullying to earn the Bronze Award. They wrote and filmed skits that depicted real-life scenarios of bullying and the cycle it causes. The scenes show a bullying incident in the classroom, which then led to the victim bullying students in the lunchroom and on the playground. The videos also include interviews from the bullies and victims to find out why they picked on the other child and how they felt about being bullied. The Juniors submitted the video to their school principals and counselors for their use.

Target Audience: Students at a local elementary school.