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[quote=Anonymous]They sometimes are organized by grade AND level, but this is the choice of troop leaders and parents, not anything required by Girl Scouts as an organization. (In fact, Girl Scouts generally likes troops to have mixed grade levels if possible, so that there are older girls who can be leaders to younger ones and younger girls can learn from more experienced girls.) But the "fourth grade Junior troop based at So and So Elementary" is a very common thing because logistically it is easier much of the time, if there are enough girls to have a viable troop at each grade level. And it's OK to do, but certainly not required. It is fine to have, for instance, a Junior troop with fourth AND fifth graders, but the key is having new girls coming in when the fifth graders move on to Cadettes in sixth grade, leaving the rising fifth graders to be the older girls the next fall in that troop.

By the way, GS troops also are not strictly affiliated with particular schools either. Most of the troops meet "at school, after school" because it's simply more convenient for the parents and the girls and the leaders, and that is just fine. But our sixth grade Cadettes are from two different schools. It just depends on what works for everyone.

As girls get older and some leave Scouting, and those who keep going in Scouting also have many more demands on their time in middle school, the older troops tend to be mixed groups of girls from several different schools, and tend to meet at times and places other than at school, after school. (But teen Girl Scouts get to do the coolest stuff.....so that's a great reason to stay in Scouting!)

Hope this helps.[/quote]

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