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Girl Scout-ese...

Association=A geographic area consisting of several Girl Scout Service Units.
Badges=Small patches that represent the accomlishments of a Junior or Cadette Girl Scout. Each badge has requirements that must be completed to earn the badge.
Bridging=Name used for the advancement from one age level of Girl Scouts to the next.
Brownie Girl Scout=A registered Girl Scout in grades 1, 2, 3, or who is age 6, 7, or 8.
Brownie Try-It Patches=Small patches that are triangular in shape that represent the accomplishments of a Brownie Girl Scout. Each Try-It must be earned.
Brownie Ring=A governing ring or circle (girls sit in a circle) in which all memebers of a Brownie Troop take part in planning. This is the suggested form of government for a Brownie Troop.
Cadette Girl Scout=A registered Girl Scout in grades 6, 7, or 8. Or who is ages 11, 12, 13, or 14.
Council=Local organization chartered by GSUSA to organize and maintain troops and administer the Girl Scout program.

Daisy Girl Scout=A registered Girl Scout who is in kindergarten or 1st grade or is 5 or six years old.
Fly-Up=A patch awarded to Brownies when they "fly-up" to Junior Girl Scouts.
Friendship circle=A Girl Scout tradition. Everyone stands in a circle, right hand over left holding the hands of the people next to them.
Girl Scout Birthday=The first meeting of Girl Scout in the United States was held on March 12, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia. Today Girl Scouts celebrates it's birthday each March 12th to honor that first meeting.
Girl Scout Handshake=Shake hands with your left hand while making the Girl Scout Sign with your right.
Girl Scout Promise=A pledge made by all registered Girl Scouts, both youth and adult.

The Girl Scout Sign= Used when saying the Girl Scout Promise and as a Girl Scout Greeting.






Girl Scout Week=Celebrated the week of March 12th each year.
GSUSA=Girl Scouts of the United States of America is the corporation chartered by the Congress of the United States of America to direct and coordinate the Girl Scout movement.
Investiture=Special ceremony at which a new member says the Girl Scout Promise and agrees to live by the Girl Scout Law.
Juliette Gordon Lowe=Founder of the Girl Scout movement in the United States.
Junior Girl Scout=Registered Girl Scout in grades 3, 4, 5, or 6 or ages 8, 9, 10 0r 11.
Kaper Chart=A chart that shows each girl their job at each meeting or with each project. An aid in fairly rotating jobs.
Motto="Be Prepared."
Policy=A rule which must be followed.
Quiet Sign=Made by raising the right hand while keeping the all five fingers up to remind others of the fifth part of the Girl Scout Law, "I will do my best to be friendly and considerate." Each person who sees the sign stops talking and raises their hand until everyone is quiet.
Rededication=Formal ceremony at which a girl, or adult, who was previously "invested" renews their Promise.

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