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History
of the Girl Scout Silver Award |
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 The
Girl Scout Silver Award, the highest recognition a Cadette Girl
Scout (ages 11-14) can earn, is symbolic of the accomplishments
in Girl Scouting and community activities, as a girl becomes her
best self and builds the world around her. The Girl Scout Silver
Award project should benefit a girl’s community, which can include
school, Girl Scout council, city or town, or more global community,
and can be earned as an individual or as a part of a group. The
Girl Scout Silver Award was designed originally to help girls focus
on four areas: skill development, leadership, service and career
exploration. |
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Girl
Scout Silver Award Project Requirements |
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- Step 1: You must be at least 11 years old and a registered
Girl Scout
- Step 2: Complete the following prior to beginning your Girl Scout Silver Award:
- Earn 3 Interest Project Awards
- Earn a Girl Scout Silver 4B's Challenge Award
- Earn the Girl Scout Silver Career Award
- Step 3: Plan your Girl Scout Silver Award Project. Workbook
- Step 4: Implement your Girl Scout Silver Award project. Workbook
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Two
Choices for Requirements |
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The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri allows two different sets of requirements for the Girl
Scout Silver Award.
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Girl
Scout Silver Award Workbook |
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The Girl Scout Silver Award Workbook is available to assist you
with the planning and implementation of earning the Girl Scout Silver
Award through requirements released after 2004. Information on requirements
released prior to 2004 can be found in the Cadette Girl Scout Handbook.
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Girl
Scout Silver Award Process |
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Cadette Girl Scouts are encouraged to work with an advisor
to create their own plan for completing the award's requirements.
The plan must conform to guidelines established by GSUSA and the
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri.
The Girl Scout Silver Award is designed to be completed within
one or two years and is an extension and combination of all that
she has learned in her previous Girl Scout experience.
Collaboration with the community is an important part of the
Girl Scout Silver Award project.
If girls elect to work collectively on a project, each participant
must complete the minimum number of hours required for earning
the award.
The Girl Scout Bronze Award is not a prerequisite for earning
the Girl Scout Silver Award. Likewise, the Girl Scout Silver Award
is not a prerequisite for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award. |
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Girl
Scout Silver Award Recognition |
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Recognition of Girl Scout Silver Awardees is an important component
of the Girl Scout Silver Award process. Girl Scout Silver Awardees
of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri are recognized
each year at the annual Reflections Ceremony along with 10 and
13 year Girl Scouts, graduating Girl Scouts, and Girl Scout Gold
Awardees.
In order to be recognized at the current year’s Reflections Ceremony
the Girl Scout Silver Award project must be complete and approved
by the troop leader/advisor before March 1. Troop leaders/advisors
are asked to submit the names of girls who have earned the Girl
Scout Silver Award (by March 1) through the spring issue of Connections
and Leader Program Bulletin as they would like their names to
be printed in the ceremony’s program. At the Reflections Ceremony,
girls will be presented with a Girl Scout Silver Award Certificate.
The Girl Scout Silver Award Pin is purchased and awarded on a
troop/group level. Girls and their leaders/advisors are encouraged
to create a ceremony specific to the talents, interest and accomplishments
of the girls receiving the award – expanding on a Court of Awards
is a great start. |
