Silver Award
The
Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest national award that a Girl Scout
in grades 6-8 can earn. Interested in learning more about the Girl
Scout Silver Award? You've come to the right place!
View the GSCNC Silver Award PowerPoint to help you get started!
Pathway GSLE
GSLE
stands for the "Girl Scout Leadership Experience," where girls
discover, connect and take action to become leaders in their
communities. Before starting work on your Silver Award under Pathway
GSLE, you must:
To
ensure that girls develop the planning, problem solving and critical
thinking skills that they will need in order to create and complete a
successful Silver Award project, GSCNC strongly recommends that girls
follow the steps for each of the sample sessions outlined in the Advisor
Guide for their chosen Journey. This includes completing a take-action
project, which will serve as great practice for their Silver Award!
While
it is possible to work through a Journey in a shorter amount of time,
in order to be fully prepared to work on the Silver Award (and
eventually the Gold Award), working through all of the sessions is
advised.
Once you have completed your Journey, you must engage in a
Take Action Project that addresses a root issue that you're interested
in, has an impact outside of your immediate community, and is
sustainable. It is suggested that you spend a minimum of 50 hours on
the project. The 50 hour guideline does not include time spent on your
Journey. Your troop leader can approve your Take Action project. You
do not need council approval.
To complete your Silver Award using Pathway GSLE, please use the following resources:
- Silver Award Girl Guide (PDF) (Word)
- Silver Award Adult Guide (PDF) (Word)
- Silver Award Final Report Form--Pathway GSLE (PDF) (Word)
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions about Pathway GSLE awards.
Click here for Girl Scout Silver Award Project Steps to Completion.
Eligibility
- The Silver Award can be earned by any registered Girl Scout Cadette.
General Guidelines
- The
project should meet a need in the community. The project can be someone
else's idea, but it must be planned, organized and implemented by you.
- You must
plan your project carefully, identifying those whom you will help,
those who will help you, and those who will work with you to complete
the project.
- You may design and complete a Silver Award project
with one or more Girl Scout Cadette partners. Each of you must be
responsible for doing one specific piece of the project, and each must
spend the full number of required hours on your portion of the project.
- Projects
must adhere to all GSUSA and GSCNC standards. You should consult
Volunteer Essentials and the Safety Activity Checkpoints. Please
remember to pay particular attention to the sections on permission
slips, food allergies, and having a first aider present at your event.
- If you choose Pathway B, you may count up to ten hours spent on the Silver 4Bs Challenge towards the Silver Award Project.
Completion Procedures
- You may begin working on the prerequisites as soon as you bridge to or register as a Girl Scout Cadette.
- The
Silver Award project can be approved by the troop advisor. It does not
need council approval. However, if a troop advisor has questions about
whether a project is appropriate or should be approved, she/he may
contact the Teen Program Specialist at (202) 237-1670 ext 236.
- Complete the Silver Award Report Form. You must use the current form.
- Return
completed form to any GSCNC Shop to purchase the Girl Scout Silver
Award pin. A list of girls who have completed the requirements for the
Silver Award is published periodically on our website, as well as in the
GSCNC Award Yearbook each spring. The deadline for submission of forms
if a girl wishes to be listed in the yearbook is March 15 of each year.
Click here for the Court of Awards, where you can see the names of girls who have earned the Silver Award.