Frequently Asked Questions
Who We Are?
Who We Are?
We are a new Girl Scout Troop #4467 established in the fall of 2012. We part of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (GSCNC) is association area 60-5. The "home" school for most of our students is central Arlington (Swanson - Williamsburg - Hamm Middle Schools and Washington-Liberty and Yorktown High Schools) in Arlington, Virginia. More information about our scouting program can be found at www.GSCNC.org.
We are a new Girl Scout Troop #4467 established in the fall of 2012. We part of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (GSCNC) is association area 60-5. The "home" school for most of our students is central Arlington (Swanson - Williamsburg - Hamm Middle Schools and Washington-Liberty and Yorktown High Schools) in Arlington, Virginia. More information about our scouting program can be found at www.GSCNC.org.
Through the GSCNC, our Troop shares governance with Girl Scouts from the entire Greater Washington Region metropolitan area, including Washington DC; in Virginia: the cities of Alexandria and Arlington, and Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Prince William, Shenandoah and Warren counties; in Maryland: Allegany, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's and Washington counties; and in West Virginia: Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan counties. The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital Area has a combined girl and adult membership of over 90,000!
Through the GSCNC, our Troop shares governance with Girl Scouts from the entire Greater Washington Region metropolitan area, including Washington DC; in Virginia: the cities of Alexandria and Arlington, and Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Prince William, Shenandoah and Warren counties; in Maryland: Allegany, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's and Washington counties; and in West Virginia: Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan counties. The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital Area has a combined girl and adult membership of over 90,000!
What do Girl Scouts do?
What do Girl Scouts do?
Girl Scouts earn badges, hike and camp, participate in the cookie program, and much more. They improve neighborhoods, protect the planet, design robots, and establish sports clinics and much more: they dream big dreams and make them come true.
Girl Scouts earn badges, hike and camp, participate in the cookie program, and much more. They improve neighborhoods, protect the planet, design robots, and establish sports clinics and much more: they dream big dreams and make them come true.
What are the Girl Scout Promise and Law?
What are the Girl Scout Promise and Law?
The Girl Scout Promise and Law are shared by every member of Girl Scouting. The Girl Scout Promise is the way Girl Scouts agree to act every day toward one another and other people, and the Girl Scout Law outlines a way to act towards one another and the world.
The Girl Scout Promise and Law are shared by every member of Girl Scouting. The Girl Scout Promise is the way Girl Scouts agree to act every day toward one another and other people, and the Girl Scout Law outlines a way to act towards one another and the world.
The Girl Scout Promise
The Girl Scout Promise
On my honor, I will try:
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
The Girl Scout Law
The Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be
I will do my best to be
honest and fair,
honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
responsible for what I say and do,
and to respect myself and others,
and to respect myself and others,
respect authority,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.
be a sister to every Girl Scout.
What is a Junior Girl Cadette Scout?
What is a Junior Girl Cadette Scout?
Girls in the sixth-eighth grades participate in Girl Scouts as Cadette Girl Scouts. They will spend the next three years learning new skills, learning about themselves, completing "Journeys" and making new friends. Scout programs are fun with purpose! Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
Girls in the sixth-eighth grades participate in Girl Scouts as Cadette Girl Scouts. They will spend the next three years learning new skills, learning about themselves, completing "Journeys" and making new friends. Scout programs are fun with purpose! Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
What is a Senior Girl Scout?
What is a Senior Girl Scout?
Girls in the ninth and tenth grades participate in Girl Scouts as Senior Girl Scouts. They will prepare for their Gold Award and pursue leadership opportunities.
Girls in the ninth and tenth grades participate in Girl Scouts as Senior Girl Scouts. They will prepare for their Gold Award and pursue leadership opportunities.