Program Updates
**NOTE: Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada does not endorse any program, event or commercial enterprise referenced here. Troops, groups and individuals should research and determine which activities they will participate in.
Homeless Youth Project
For the month of August the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada Shop will collect Back-to-School Supplies for Nevada Partnership for . Girls will receive a patch for donating 2 items from the supply list below.
No. 2 pencils, pencil sharpener, pens, backpacks, 3 ring binders, spiral notebooks, erasers, crayons, scissors, pencil boxes or pouches, highlighters, tabbed dividers, pocket folders, markers, glue sticks, colored pencils, dictionaries, staples, book covers, rulers, index cards, weekly/assignment planners, pocket calculators, scientific calculators, loose leaf ruled filler paper, mechanical pencils, thesauruses and staplers.
Get Moving! Yahoo Group Journey
Do you like to connect with your friends and fellow Girl Scouts online? Would you like to try a new way to work on your Bronze Award? Keep your summer productive by completing a Girl Scout Junior Journey online! Join our private Yahoo group to create your vision of what Get Moving looks like. Keep your schedule open with no set time, date or meeting place for participation! Check in once or twice a week and to stay active with this secure online only group. Our group will be made up of girls from all over the council!
Check out this new way to experience a Girl Scout Journey. Participants MUST have a Yahoo email address to participate. Submission of registration for your daughter serves as acknowledgement and permission for them to participate in this online program even though they may be under the age of 13. Once girls are registered (must provide a working e-mail) an invitation will be sent to the private, unsearchable group. The group will only be able to be seen by participants. This event can be used as Girl Scout Bronze Award Prerequisite! At the close of the session, girls who have completed the Girl Scout Journey will receive the Get Moving! Journey patch.
July 23 thru September 30, 2010
Online - Yahoo Group
$5.00 per girl
Girl Min: 5 Girl Max: 35
Registration deadline: 7/22/10
Contact: Heather Murray 385-3677, ext. 229
Summer Robotics Series
Have you ever wanted to program your own Robot, then put your skills to the test against the other Girl Scouts in an FLL tournament style competition?
Come and spend a week programming your very own robot! Work with other girls to customize your robot by "building" it with legos, then program your robot to do various maneuvers on a competition field!
At the end of the week, there will be a friendly competition FLL Robotics style! Lots of fun! And did I mention you can use this knowledge to create your own robotics team?
Dates: Monday, August 16 thru Friday, August 20, 2010
Where: Girl Scout Service Center, 2941 Harris Avenue
Time: 8 am to 3 pm daily
Who: Girls in Grades 4-8
Cost: $75.00 per girl only
Min: 12 Max: 40
Registration deadline: 8/2/2010
Adult supervision is provided.
More information please contact Heather Murray at 385-3677, ext 229.
Horsemanship Summer Series
Have you ever wanted to learn to ride and care for a horse? This is your chance! Come and participate this summer in a week long series focused on building your riding skills! This includes, semi private (no more than three girls to one trainer) lessons based on your skill level, and introduction to equestrian careers.
Girls need to wear riding attire:
· jeans or riding breeches
· polo shirt, t-shirt, or equivalent not tank tops or sweat shirts
· boots with heels, no tennis shoes for safety reasons
· gloves (optional)
· riding helmet (some are available but it would be preferable to have
your own).
Sunday, August 8, 2010 to
Friday, August 13, 2010
Talisman Farms,
6225 Maggie, Las Vegas NV
Daily from 8 am to 12 noon
$360.00 per girl
Min: 3 Max: 12
Registration deadline: 7/26/2010
Contact: Heather Murray 385-3677, ext. 229.
Hispanic Heritage Family Celebration
Come and celebrate the Hispanic culture with your Girl Scout sisters! See what makes the Hispanic culture different and the same all at once. Find out what kinds of food are eaten, what kinds of games children play, learn a little of the languages, and of course some history and traditions, including music and dance! It is a fun and interactive way to become more aware of other cultures!Thursday, September 16, 2010
Girl Scout Service Center
6 to 8 pm
$8.00 per person
Min: 50 Max: 200
Registration deadline: 9/2/10
Contact: Heather Murray 385-3677, ext. 229.
Rollout of Program Resources for 2010-2011
Girl Scouts of the USA is currently at work on The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting, which will provide updated badge activities and handbook information for girls.
It will be available beginning in September 2011. There will be a Girl’s Guide for each of our six grade levels. From September 2011 forward, as girls transition into new levels, they can begin enjoying the new badges in The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.
What do you do between now and September 20011? In Girl Scouting, you do journeys and badge activities! Help girls choose a journey and continue enjoying the current badge activities. The third journey, It's Your Story - Tell It! is scheduled to be out Dec. 2010. Check out the online “Journey Maps” for examples of using journeys and badges together for a great GS experience!
Please note that there are no further details to share at this time because the work is still in progress.
Check out the Great News! Handout
By June 2012, it is expected that everyone will be fully on track with the journeys and the Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting. All former program pieces will be retired.
Girl Scouts at Talisman Farms
- Talisman Farms has created a special 12 week semi private horse lesson package for the Girl Scouts with a focus on vaulting! Come and learn everything you need to know about how to safely move from stationary vaulting through the progression to the real thing! This is a new and exciting offering from Talisman Farms! Every Saturday beginning September 18 to December 4, 2010
- Talisman Farms has created a special 12 week semi private horse lesson package for the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada. Come and learn everything you need to know about horsemanship and riding with a three to one ratio. The girls will not only learn how to ride, but will learn about the care of horses and equestrian career paths. Every Sunday beginning September 19 to December 5, 2010
Girls need to wear riding attire:
· jeans or riding breeches
· polo shirt, t-shirt, or equivalent not tank tops or sweat shirts
· boots with heels, no tennis shoes for safety reasons
· gloves (optional)
· riding helmet (some are available but it would be preferable to have
your own).
Talisman Farms @
6225 Maggie, Las Vegas NV
Daily from 12 noon to 2 pm
$360.00 per girl
Min: 6 Max: 9
Registration deadline: 9/3/2010
Contact: Heather Murray 385-3677, ext. 229.
Journey Connections to State Curriculum Standards
The content of both journey series have been correlated (by grade level) to the Health & PE, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies standards for all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.
To find out how the journeys support curriculum standards, use the drop-down menus to choose the journey series (either It's Your World - Change It! or It's Your Planet - Love It!), grade level and state.
100th Anniversary Celebration
Girl Scout Singers, GreenBloods, Scouts, Alumni, and others,
The 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting is fast approaching, and a team is exploring options for a 100th anniversary celebration.
The idea: We are considering a large-scale event, most likely to include a large sing-along (similar to the one held at the National Mall in Washington DC, as well as possible additional entertainment and fireworks.) Many, many details are yet to be determined.
Are you interested? This is what we would like from you:
- We are collecting an email distribution list of supporters who would like to learn more as the details develop. Please let me know if you would like to be included.
- If you have the interest and willingness to serve on a committee to help plan the event.
- Ideas for additional activities, places to hold the event etc.
For more information, or to get involved, please contact April Holly Smith at (702) 385-3677, ext. 238.
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