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Apr 10 2015

On Your Own: STEMosphere®, Apr 11

On Saturday, April 11th, The George Washington University is hosting a great, FREE event called STEMosphere®, which is part of a larger event for educators called Share Fair. STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math. STEMosphere® is a huge expo of fun, hands-on, interactive STEM-inspired activities and education methods for a PreK-12 audience. Exhibitors include NASA Aeronautics, Discovery Education, the Smithsonian Science Education Center, First Robotics and more.

Participants are encouraged to register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/share-fair-nations-stemosphere-dc-2015-tickets-15996665457

QUICK RECAP
What: STEMosphere®
Who: All levels
When: Saturday April 11, 2015, 9:30AM – 4PM
Where: Foggy Bottom – Charles E. Smith Center
George Washington University
600 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20052
Cost: Free

Tagged engineering, George Washington University, math, science, STEM, technology

Apr 09 2015

Troop Meeting This Friday, Apr 10

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The next regularly scheduled troop meeting will be this Friday, April 10, 6 – 7:30PM, inshaAllah.

BROWNIES

Brownies will be having a jewelry workshop.

JUNIORS

Juniors will be taking a Green Energy Tour of the Embassy of Finland this Friday at 11AM.
Juniors will complete the last step of the Customer Insights badge. Girls should bring in their Customer Insights Badge homework.
As a part of their Simple Meals badge, Juniors will be discussing ways to make easy weekday breakfasts.

CADETTES

Cadettes will be starting the First Aid badge. Girls should come prepared to learn the following:

Bring a bandana to the meeting to practice different bandaging techniques and making splints.
Learn standard precautions and hand hygiene.
Create emergency contact cards and practice giving concise instructions in emergency situations.
Practice making 911 calls in case of emergency.

Some girls will finish this badge at encampment while others will finish at the second troop meeting in May inshaAllah.

MULTIPLE LEVELS

Permission forms and money for the SU Encampment at Camp Letts on 1 -3 May, are due THIS FRIDAY, April 10.
The Spy Museum event has been rescheduled for April 25 at 2PM inshaAllah. We will meet at New Carrolton Metro at 1PM and return to there at 4PM. Girls should wear their vest, pack a lunch and bring Metro fare.
Brownie & Daisy Wegmans cooking class, May 9. Parents need to inform troop leaders of your girl’s intentions to come ASAP and choose whether they plan to make a bean or chicken (non-zabiha) taco.

PARENTS

Please contact Sister Rolanda at this Friday’s troop meeting to sign up to bring snacks. Troop managers request that parents provide snacks for at least one troop meeting during the Girl Scout year.

Tagged customer insights, first aid, simple meals, snacks, troop meeting, wegmans cooking class

Apr 07 2015

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Badges, Character, Confidence, Girls Scouts

Cadette Corner: Busy Bees

Asalaamu Alaikum

The Cadette Troop has been very busy this year, Alhumdulillah, from completing multiple badges (Cadette programing) to camping (Girl Scout traditions) to team building and just fun. Here are some highlights:

Science of Happiness. Sis Nazaahah Amin-Saahir gave a great yoga class at our lodge camping weekend in January. Sis Nazaahah, owner and operator of Ama Designs, helped our girls use yoga as a way to promote happiness and stay positive through life’s highways and byways.

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aMaze Take Action Projects. We have 15 girl that are currently working on their aMaze Journey Take Action projects. A Take Action project — the final step in all Girls Scout journeys — is the sustainable project that a girl or group of girls can do that deals with the subject matter of the Journey. The aMaze journey teaches girls about relationships and how to navigate them.

Breathe Journey. Eleven girls attended the GSCNC Cadette Breathe Journey weekend in March with 150 other girls at Potomac Woods to fulfill requirements of the Breathe Journey. These girls are now eligible to complete the Breathe Journey with a Take Action project focusing on air and the environment.

cadetteLodgeCamping

Media Journey. In April, some Cadettes will be participating in the Media Journey at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum where they will complete the journey that night. For those girls who cannot attend, Sis. Hakeemah Cummings will discuss Muslim Women in media and blogging with the girls.

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We are not done yet!

Sis. Kesha

Tagged aMaze, breathe, cadettes, hakeemah cummings, Journeys, media, Nazaahah Amin-Saahir, science of happiness, take action project, volunteers, yoga

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