Finally AJ is seeing the light at the end of this very long journey to completing her Silver.
She started on the path with the old requirements, halfway through the Journey requirements came out and in our council we were told since she hadn’t started the Silver project itself she had to follow the new requirements. Thankfully we had already been working on the Amaze Journey so it wasn’t too much of a gear switch.
She then decided to do her Silver project on Astronomy. She was going to plan/run/teach astronomy to younger Girl Scouts. Then she found out that it couldn’t be for Girl Scouts; ok, she’ll do it for Cub Scouts, but that got shot down too. So she pitched the idea to the principal at her old elementary school and they loved the idea!
At that point she’d spent over 40 prep hours on this project. By October 2010 the school came back and said no to the club idea but yes to teaching during school over her spring break (different from theirs) for all the 5th graders.
Today was another meeting with the principal and another bump in the road but she took it in stride! They realized that the week that she was going to come in and teach was the OAA prep week (state testing) so she’s back to an after school club for grades 4-6. She’s still doing the same program she planned for during the school day but will be doing it after school with the StarLab coming in on Friday all day for her to teach children grades K-6.
Now all we have to do is finish the paperwork after this week is completed and turn it in for her to get her pin!!
J
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