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90% of Girl Scouts developed healthy relationships. It looks like this: Girls learn to form and maintain meaningful and caring relationships, communicate effectively, protect their rights in relationships, and know when to seek help from others.
It happened when: As part of an on-going focus on building healthy relationships, Junior Girl Scouts had access to real-life advice on maintaining friendships through a Q&A session with two high school senior girls in 2013. As Brownies, the girls learned about respect, responsibility, caring and kindness from the school’s guidance counselor, and designed t-shirts for OMGirls Tween Magazine’s anti-bullying campaign.
In 2013, nearly 23,400 girls participated in volunteer-led troops.
88% of Girl Scouts promoted cooperation and team building. IIt looks like this: G recognize the value of working together and learn to make decisions that benefit the Girls whole group. They can build effective teams, learn to be accountable for shared goals, w and a show recognition for others’ accomplishments and outcomes.
IIt happened when: More than 160 girls in grades 4-6 became team players in the softball series Girls of Summer in 2013. Girls reaped the rewards of cooperation and learned to support one S another on and off the field as they developed softball skills and sportsmanship. a
92% of Girl Scouts could resolve conflicts. It looks like this: Girls learn to recognize and analyze different conflict situations and develop skills for constructive conflict resolution and prevention.
It happened when: Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies learned to identify the conflict resolution strategies that work best for them as individuals through the When Friends are Not Friends bullying curriculum in 2013. Designed by education experts and led by troop leaders, the curriculum teaches girls to use conflict strategies in various situations, and the differences in conflict communication with parents, teachers, siblings and friends.
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