If your Cadette troop is bridging to Seniors, this Girl Scout Gold Key Ceremony patch and resources on how to have the ceremony will make your planning easier.
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Getting your troop to continue scouting throughout middle school is no easy feat. Those tween years are not the easiest!
Now that your troop is ready for high school, during your bridging to Senior ceremony, you may want to include something a little extra special-the gold key ceremony.
What is the Girl Scout Gold Key Ceremony?
A key unlocks a door or a lock to something. The Girl Scout Gold Key symbolizes the girls unlocking the world of scouting. Gold is the color of the Gold Award they can earn during their high school years.
Resources for the Girl Scout Gold Key Ceremony
If you are planning to include a Gold Key ceremony when your girls bridge to Seniors, here are some scripts and resources you can use. Have your girls look through them and help create their own key ceremony. It will make it more meaningful to them. You may find more resources in the Girl Scout Senior and Ambassador Facebook groups.
- Girl Scouts NE Kansas and Missouri (scroll to the bottom of page 13)
- Use Resources Wisely blog
Girl Scout Gold Key Patch
After the ceremony, you can give your girls this patch to wear on the back of their vest or sash. It measures 2″ x 3″ and is iron on.
Available in my Etsy shop
If you want to add more to the ceremony, I have Girl Scout Gold Key certificates in my Etsy shop as well. There are two versions of the certificate, and they both come in different sizes, full page and half page.
Make Your Own Girl Scout Gold Keys for Your Ceremony
Another thing you can add to your Girl Scout Gold Key ceremony is to give girls actual gold keys like the ones below. You can find an assortment of them on Amazon.
Tie them onto sparkly gold ribbon, which you can find here on Amazon.
What do you plan on doing for your Girl Scout Gold Key ceremony?
