How can Girl Scout councils prepare for the future of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards?
Girl Scout communities eager to begin planning for the updated approach to the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards prior to spring 2009 may note the following: Grade Levels for Earning the Awards: Bronze Award: Earned by Juniors (4th-5th grade) Silver Award: Earned by Cadettes (6th-8th grade) Gold Award: Earned by Seniors or Ambassadors (9th-12th grade) Anticipated Prerequisite Steps: The It’s Your World-Change It! journeys have been intentionally designed to engage girls in a critical thinking process related to identifying and researching issues they care about, developing community networks, and creating and implementing plans to take action. Upon completion of the journeys, girls will be prepared to carry out substantial award projects. Based on this, Girl Scouts of the USA anticipates that when girls complete the journeys in this series, they will have completed the prerequisites, at the relevant grade levels, for Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award projects and ultimately earn the awards.
