If you will be holding a Girl Scout Junior to Cadette Bridging ceremony, here are some scripts and ideas for your girls and you to use.
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It is amazing how time flies. When I wrote this updated blog post about Girl Scout Junior to Cadette bridging ceremony ideas, it was back when my troop had bridged the year prior. That was nine years ago!
While all of those links in that post are active, I decided to look for more resources for leaders and girls to use.
Who is in Charge of the Girl Scout Junior to Cadette Bridging Ceremony?
Since the girls are older and you want to have it somewhat girl led, have them work together to come up with a plan. This can include the invitations, party supplies, deciding if they want to speak, and which scripts or parts of scripts to use and put together to create their own ceremony.
This video, which was done by a Cadette troop, will teach your girls all about bridging basics.
Girl Scout Junior to Cadette Bridging Ceremony Resources
- Girl Scouts of Kentucky have a complete Junior to Cadette bridging ceremony starting on page 25.
- Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore (scroll to page 40)
- Girl Scout Cadette Bridging Poem can be read at your ceremony.
- Girl Scout Overseas has a bridging ceremony in their guide. Scroll down to page 28.
- Girl Scouts of Northern California (scroll to page 10)
- Use Resources Wisely has a Bridging to Cadettes Challenge that can be read at the ceremony.
- Girl Scouts of Western Ohio has a bridging ceremony.
- Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital has a two page bridging guide
Girl Scout Junior to Cadette Bridging Ceremony
Girl Scout Junior to Cadette Bridging Ceremony
Girl Scout Junior to Cadette Bridging Certificates
Climb to Cadettes
When your girls move up from Girl Scout Juniors, it is called Climb to Cadettes. These certificates can be used at your bridging ceremony.
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Leading Girl Scout Cadettes and Older Scout Guide
It’s not a secret-there is a major drop in membership from Juniors to Cadettes. The reason are many, as I outlined in this blog post. As the leader of a maturing group of middle school girls, your focus and flexibility are going to be two tool that you will need to use in order to retain your troop.
Your girls will have busier schedules, more homework, and new clubs they have joined. You will, more than likely, need to change your meeting time, how often you meet, and what you will be doing with the girls. For example, my troop went from meeting twice a month after school from Daisies through Juniors to meeting once a month on Thursday night and doing weekend outings. In this guide, there are six chapters of ideas on how to keep your troop motivated to stay in Girl Scouts.
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What are you planning to do for your Girl Scout Junior to Cadette bridging ceremony?
