Scouts BSA DC Troop 248 for Girls - Scoutmaster Invites Homeschooled Girls, Answers Questions
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cburkhardt
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I'm the volunteer Scoutmaster of new Scouts BSA Troop 248 for Girls that opens this and next month to serve girls age 11-17 across the District at All Souls Episcopal Church. I want to extend an invitation to families of homeschooled girls to learn about what we are doing this spring, as I believe our approach can be helpful to expose homeschooled girls to a cross-section of other girls and introduce them to activities potentially unavailable to many homeschoolers. I have already answered many general questions about our Troop on a still-active posting in the "Tweens-Teens" forum. So, I am hoping for homeschooling-specific questions on this forum.
You probably know that this is the program formerly called "Boy Scouts" implemented in an all-girl environment. Extensive information about how we will operate within the District is found at www.ScoutsBsaDcGirls.org. Our Scouts BSA Troop for Girls will be all-girl and not co-ed. Girls will elect their own leaders and lead the organization with adult advice. Our group will probably start with between 20 and 30 girls and grow to between 60 and 80 by year end. The Troop will be subdivided into smaller groups called "patrols". We have 18 adult women and men volunteer leaders already, seven of whom serve on our intensively-involved "Scoutmasters Staff", which I lead. The purpose of the organization is to teach ethical decision making skills through use of leadership, citizenship and personal fitness activities. The outdoors is one of our principal classrooms, and we will have an outdoor trip or hike each month. The entire Troop will attend a week of residential summer camp. Our girls interact with outstanding women leaders each month, as we invite them in to share their stories and respond to questions. We meet twice a month on Saturday mornings at a safe location close to a metro stop. We do not sell cookies, popcorn or any other products and rely on member dues and third-party contributions to help pay dues of children from under-resourced families. Please post your questions and I will answer them in groups a few times a day. I won't discuss our "open house" welcome parties set for this Saturday and next Saturday, as that information is already posted in the appropriate place on this blog. There were many postings a few months ago comparing the merits of various youth programs, and I think those issues were thoroughly discussed. So, I am going to respond to any questions about what we will be doing with the girls in Scouts BSA. I don't know much about other girl youth programs, so if you want to talk about other youth programs or the merits of girls being in Scouts BSA, I invite you to start a separate posting. |
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| Your multiple posts feel a lot like an advertisement... |
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| Not at all. If you look at my wording on this post, I am specifically soliciting homeschooling-specific questions only, and directing people to the other posting for general questions. Homeschooler are often left out of the general discussions, so I believe it is important to reach out to them in particular. |
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| As evidence of the appropriateness of reaching out to the homeschoolers, I note that within 30 minutes of the posting, there are already 22 views. I anticipate some questions about how homeschoolers can use Scouts BSA to directly satisfy homeschooling curriculum requirements. If Jeff sees it otherwise, I trust his judgement. The only part of the posting that is the same is the necessary description of the program. |