I’m very curious to learn more about the new Girl Scout Leadership Experience, which seems to be a complicated name for “New Age Levels.” According to Girl Scouts USA, girls weren’t happy with being in a troop with a three-year age range, so they’ve devised these new levels:

Girl Scout Daisy, Grades K–1
Girl Scout Brownie, Grades 2–3
Girl Scout Junior, Grades 4–5
Girl Scout Cadette, Grades 6–8
Girl Scout Senior, Grades 9–10
Girl Scout Ambassador, Grades 11–12

Now, perhaps my troop is an exception, but for the past two years, we’ve had a dual-level troop of Juniors and Cadettes without any complaints from the older girls. Read the rest of this entry »