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Grade Placement versus Age Placement
GSUSA, or rather the National administration of GSUSA, has determined that henceforth all girls will be assigned levels according to their grade not their age.

2008 National Convention
The 51st National GSUSA convention is being held in Indianapolis this year October 30th to November 2nd. As one Girl Scout leader put it, "this could be a major convention in terms of impact on the organization."

Summer of Controversy
The Girl Scouts are in the news this July, and the news is not all good. In fact, it is downright controversial. I am sorting out what I think of all the recent press, so I thought I would provide you with the links to some of the recent articles and if any of you have thoughts, please email me.

The New Journeys
The new Journeys are coming.... I keep hearing that and I still don´t know what it means.

College Scholarships and Girl Scouts
My older daughter´s troop is entering sixth grade and going to middle school. With that transition to middle school or junior high, there is often a drop off in Girl Scout membership. This fact has got me thinking about retention.

What's it all About?
When people think about Girl Scouts, they generally think about cookies. Common sense would suggest, however, that millions of young women do not become Girl Scouts in order to sell those boxes. The Girl Scout program has a foundation in the Promise and Law (see link) but also has four fundamental


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