- Bridging: The transition from one level in Girl Scouts to the next, (e.g. Daisy to Brownie). Girls have the opportunity to complete activities and earn a Bridging Award each time they move from one level to the next. Even if you don’t have a ceremony when the girls reach a new level, they will bridge automatically when the new membership year starts on October 1.
- Brownie Ring and Daisy Circle: A circle formed by members of a Girl Scout Brownie troop or a Girl Scout Daisy troop for discussing troop business and planning activities.
- Buddy System: A system of having girls do things in pairs as a safety precaution. No girl travels alone. She is always accompanied by a “buddy".
- Destinations: Nationally sponsored travel opportunities open to girls ages 12-18.
- Early Bird: A time of year, (usually May to June), when you can register early, with incentives, for the next membership year.
- eBiz: A Girl Scout site where you go to register for council sponsored events and learning opportunities. This site can be accessed through our webpage (gswo.org) and can be used by volunteers or parents.
- Friendship Circle: A circle formed by Girl Scouts standing and clasping hands (before they reach for each other's hands, girls cross their right hand over their left). The circle represents the unbroken chain of friendship among Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all over the world.
- Friendship Squeeze: A hand squeeze that starts with one person and travels around a friendship circle from one person to another.
- Girl Scout Week: The week containing March 12, (the Girl Scout birthday and anniversary of the first troop meeting in the United States in 1912). This observance is celebrated each year, starting with the Sunday on or preceding the 12th.
- Highest Awards: The three Highest Awards in Girl Scouting are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. These awards ask girls to take a look at the issues facing their community and/or world and develop a Take Action Project to make a big change. Girls focus on sustainability, education, and leadership to complete these prestigious projects.
- The Girl Scout Gold Award is to be completed by individual Seniors or Ambassadors.
- The Girl Scout Silver Award may be completed in small groups or by individual Cadettes.
- The Girl Scout Bronze Award is completed by Junior troops.
- Investiture Ceremony: A ceremony that welcomes new members, (girls or adults), into the Girl Scout family for the first time. Girls receive their Girl Scout, Girl Scout Brownie, or Girl Scout Daisy pin at this time.
- Juliette Gordon Low: The founder of the Girl Scout Movement in the United States. Also known as Daisy.
- Kaper Chart: A grid system, wheel, or table showing the job assigned to each girl or group of girls for any given project. Useful for meetings, camp-outs, and special events.
- Quiet Sign: Raising the right hand over the head to signal for attention and quiet at any Girl Scout gathering. When the hand goes up, mouths go quiet, and everyone joins in giving the quiet sign.
- Service Unit: A specific geographic area and the Girl Scouts within it—all volunteers, leaders, troops/groups, and girls. The service unit is supported by a service team of adult volunteers who provide support to volunteers and to girls. A group of service units is called a Circle.
- S.W.A.P.S: Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere. These are small tokens of friendship that girls exchange with other Girl Scouts they meet.