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Grades 6-12

Welcome!

This section of the Web site was created by an interest group of older Girl Scouts, grades 6-12. Inside this section, you will find features created by girls, for girls.


Girl Scouts partner with Microsoft for online safety

Learn how you can get the first ever
Girl Scout digital patch!

The LMK ("let me know") is an online safety campaign created in partnership with Girl Scouts of the USA and Microsoft. With the escalating popularity, increasing access to the

internet and online technologies, it is important for teens and parents to be aware of the dangers that exist in cyberspace. The LMK campaign not only creates a space for internet safety experts and teen peer advisors, it also provides guidance about topics like cyberbullying and online sexual predators. The adult components of the campaign help teens to bridge the digital generation gap between themselves and their parents.

The campaign includes an interactive Web site for teens, as well as an e-newsletter and Web site for adults.

Being online, texting and IMing are a part of your life. You probably understand how the internet works better than your parents do. LMK was created by the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. in partnership with Windows to help you change the world every time you go online. Empower yourself so that you can educate others on the reality of being a teen online and help adults understand the real issues that affect you every day. LMK will provide you with the know-how to safely navigate your online life and even help your parents to understand it.

Go ahead: explore the site! Check out online safetly tips, take a quiz on how much you know about social networking, become and expert on cyberbullying, test your knowledge about online sexual preditors, meet the girls that make up the editorial team join a forum and so much more!


Join the network and learn how you, your friends and your parents can take advantage of all the great things technology has to offer...and do it safely!

Check out an interview about LMK with Jamie Joyce from GSUSA and “Health & Home Report.”

 


Cool & Confident Girl Dove go fresh

Win a trip to NYC! Enter the Cool & Confident Girl Contest by Dove go fresh Deodorant and Matching Body Mist! | Official rules

 


What Did You Do Today?

Girl Scouts at camp

Camp CEO is a new and exciting program bringing together executive women leaders with teen Girl Scouts to discover what it takes to become a CEO or Senior Executive; to connect with fun and accomplished business women who will act as your business guru! Take action by building your own “mock” business plan!

 


Free uniquely ME! Patch!

Uniquely ME! patchuniquely Me!Uniquely Me and Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta offer a free patch for Junior, Cadette and Senior/Ambassador Girl Scouts! Individual or troop Girl Scouts can earn a free patch by participating in one session (appropriate for your grade level). Once you or your troop have completed one fun uniquely ME! session designed to promote self esteem, just submit this uniquely ME! form to the Girl Scouts Badge and Sash Store nearest you to receive the free patch (one per girl).

 


GSUSA National Board allows local Girl Scouts to raise funds for Haiti

GSUSA National Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a special rule of order allowing girl members to support emergency relief for the January 12 earthquake disaster in Haiti. An approved list of agencies is available on Girl Scouts USA's Web site. Click to see approved list. »

Haitian people receiving humanitarian aid.

WAGGGS responds to Haiti and World Thinking Day (Feb 22)

 


GEICO

DASHboard Road Safety Patch Program

For Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors

It may come as a surprise to many that traffic accidents are the number one cause of death among teens. Moving vehicles pose more of a threat than guns, suicide or disease. Mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal accidents as all other drivers, and hundreds of thousands of teens are injured in traffic accidents each year.

For the above reasons, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, in partnership with GEICO, has created the DASHboard Road Safety Patch Program for Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors.  The program addresses a variety of road safety topics - everything from distracted driving to car maintenance to road safety careers. Find out how YOU can make a difference on the road by earning the DASHboard Road Safety patch. 

Download the DASHboard Road Safety Patch Program activity booklet here.


The following documents are worksheets that correspond with specific activities listed in the activity booklet.  You can pick up a hard copy of all of these documents from the Atlanta Service Center.

Video courtesy Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital)

Questions?
Contact Gloria Todd, program specialist at (770)235-3520.

 


Girl Scout Geek Squad Summer Academy 2010

Geek Squad logoGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta is partnering up with Geek Squad and Southern Polytechnic State University to bring you Geek Squad Summer Academy 2010!

Geek Squad Summer Academy is designed to bring Geek Squad agents into the community to teach youth about computing and technology in a fun and interactive way. Girls will learn about computers from the inside out. Learn the 411 about communicating online safely, and find out what the real differences are between Macs and PCs. Have fun shooting video footage with your friends and learning how to edit it. Participate in a Wii-lypmics or face off against Geek Squad agents in Dance, Dance Revolution and Rock Band competitions!

The 2010 program registration is full and the event is underway but we encourage you to enroll for next year's Geek Squad Summer Academy. Be sure to check our Program Events web page early in 2011 for details. For more information from Geek Squad, visit www.gssummeracademy.com.

2010 Geek Squad Summer Academy Activities

Courtesy Fox 5, WAGA Atlanta

 

More Summer Academy Activities:

  • Learning the Parts of a Computer
  • Building a Computer
  • Doing More with Facebook and Twitter
  • Techies Staying Fit with Wii™

Watch more videos!


February 2010 Lime Green Giraffe now available!

LGG is 5 years old!Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the Lime Green Giraffe. In addition to being the first issue of 2010 we are also celebrating GiGi’s 5th birthday!

This issue is filled with everything the Lime Green Giraffe represents, Girls Info, Reports, Activities, Fun, Friends and Excitement.

This edition features articles on topics from how to do the best on any test to how to have a memorable prom while sticking to a budget. You can also learn how to make a DIY Corkboard, sponsor an actual hippo, and enter the LGG 5th Birthday Party Contest!

We know you can’t wait to take a peak, so go on ahead and start reading. Don’t forget to share our link with your friends! Start reading!

BREAKING NEWS:
The Lime Green Giraffe is now on Twitter and Facebook!!! Become a fan of the only online magazine in Georgia written by teen Girl Scouts for teen Girl Scouts. Check them out!

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Enjoy!
-Ashley J.

 

Got a question about the Lime Green Giraffe?

Contact Marnye Hall at (404) 312-3668.

 


Other areas of this Web site in which you might be interested include:

If you would like to participate in helping develop and maintain this section of the older girls' Web site, please contact our Grades 6-12 program specialist.

 


Gold Award support - requesting forms

Where can I get the correct forms in MS Word so I can type and save my work? Contact goldawardsupport@gsgatl.org.  Specify which forms or logs you need and which version of the Girl Scout Gold Award you are working on: Studio 2B version or Leadership Model.


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