Senior

Seniors make all decisions about their program, decide on activities based on a budget, and make all plans for meetings and events. They completely plan and organize trips. They raise they money to pay for their activities and, often, to fund service projects to meet community needs.

Seniors work on Interest Projects, which are more complex than recognitions at younger levels of Girl Scouts. IPs involve learning about a topic or a concept, and then taking steps to improve the world by using it through education or service.

Seniors have comprehensive, cross-functional leadership training and may work as Program Aides, as Counselors-in-Training at camp and as Leaders-in-Training in troops. Many earn the Leadership Award and the Career Award. Girl Scout Seniors may earn the Gold Award, the highest achievement in all of Girl Scouting.

To be eligible for the Senior level, the girl must be in 9th or 10th grade.

As a Senior Girl Scout you might...

• Meet personal challenges on a 45-foot-high ropes course
• Go horseback riding for a week at resident camp
• Become a Counselor-in-Training to lead girls at camp
• Develop an internet chat group for the troop, with volunteer guidance
• Explore career interests with a mentor
• Join a virtual book club to blog with Seniors from afar
• Organize a car pooling campaign to cut pollution
• Learn to be a First Responder in an emergency
• Travel across the country for a program adventure through Destinations
• Decide on, organize and implement plans with little input from volunteer