Troop 40297 earns Bronze Award
Submitted Emma Greguske, Girl Scout Troop 40297
The Girl Scout Bronze award is earned by 4th and 5th grade Girl Scouts who make a long-lasting change to a community of their choice. Ellie Bartiromo, Hailey D’Silva, Emma Greguske and Sofia Salerno, members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 40297, decided to earn their award by improving the Mountain Park community by painting a mural in the gym. The mural consists of an eagle, which is the school mascot, along with the quote “Respect is a two-way street. If you want to get it, you’ve got to give it” by R.G. Risch to encourage mutual respect among students. With the approval of the Mountain Park Principal, Mr. Morisseau, the mural was painted on the partition wall in the gymnasium. To increase school spirit, they decided to paint the mural and quote in the school’s red, white and blue colors.
The first step taken to complete this project was to choose a community for which the girls wanted to make a long-lasting change. They chose the Mountain Park Elementary School.
Next, they spoke to the Mountain Park Principal, Mr.Morisseau, the Hughes School Principal, Mrs. Nardi and the Mountain Park Head Custodian, Mr. O’Dowd, about ideas for what they could do and how they would do it. They decided on painting a mural and quote on the gym dividers. The girls planned out the materials to buy and the activities they each would do. Then, they started painting the mural and the quote. After they finished painting, they wanted to share what they had done and why respect is important. The girls are very happy to do this for the school. Hailey D’Silva says “I was a little sad to leave Mountain Park, so I’m excited to leave behind something for future students to enjoy”.
They put up pictures and notes on a bulletin board in the school explaining their bronze award project. Confirming they had fun in doing the project Ellie Batiromo stated, “I enjoyed doing this project with my friends” while Emma Greguske said, “I am glad to have done this for the school and its students.”’
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