Author: Lexi Toledo

Hi All,

We have a cooking class scheduled for Wednesday May 19th at The Kid’s Table from 5:00-6:00. Please RSVP as soon as possible if your girls would like to attend as we need to provide them with a count of those that will be in attendance. There will be no additional cost to you as this will be paid out of the troop funds and the girls will earn a patch for attending. Please let me know by next Wednesday if your girls would like to participate.

Have a great week everyone!

Hello all,

Sorry for the late notice but due to a scheduling conflict that I wasn’t able to change I will not be able to meet tomorrow for our troop meeting.

Hello all,

I hope you all had a nice Easter. I wanted to remind you all that we will be meeting torrid at 5:00 pm for our usually scheduled meeting. With the weather now warming up I wanted to try to schedule an outdoor meeting at Wells Park.

There is a chance of rain but I think it’s worth the try. If it does look like the rain will come I will change it to a zoom meeting. If that happens I will send out an email no later than 3:30.

We will need to wear our masks of course but I think we all need the fresh air. Please let me know if anyone has any worries about an in person meeting. Also please confirm either way if your child will be able to attend in person.

The other thing I wanted to run by you is the desire to plan some extra activities for the girls. They missed out on so much this year that I did want to try to bring some fun back into our Girl Scout experience. I was hoping to schedule the following activities over the next couple of months if people are interested.

I was hoping to schedule an archery class at the American Indian Center, a cooking class at The Children’s table, and possibly even a horseback riding event at New Traditions Riding Academy in Palos Hills.

Please let me know which of the activities your child would be interested and comfortable attending. They would all be conducted in accordance with all social distance guidelines of course.

If interested please let me know what days are also better for you all. The archery and horseback riding are typically done on weekends whereas the cooking class can be conducted on a week night.

Hello all,

Im sorry but Im going to have to cancel this week’s meeting due to a death in the family.

Please remind the girls to continue working on their projects referring back to the last blog post for the parameters and guidelines.

Thank you for understanding and have a good week.

Hello all,

At tonight’s meeting we will be discussing our Media Journey project. This project will be due on 4/7 giving the girls plenty of time to work on it and ask any questions they may have along the way. Attached are project ideas for the girls to choose from. Please print them out and share them with the girls at your earliest convenience. As always thank you for your assistance!

Hello all,

Sorry for the lateness of this post. I Wanted to send a reminder that we will be meeting tomorrow at 5:00 PM via zoom for our Cadette meeting. Please see the meeting details below.

alexandra Toledo is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Hello all,

Just sending a reminder that we will be meeting via Zoom tomorrow evening at 5:00 pm. Please see the meeting details below. We will be going over the surveys the girls should have completed. If anyone needs a copy of the survey form it will be linked below. The girls need to complete 2 surveys each.

Meeting details:

alexandra Toledo is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Hello all,

As part of our journey work we talked the ways media is used by the community. I asked the girls to pick two people in their community circles outside of immediate family like friends, teachers, or neighbors to survey about their thoughts and feelings about media. These don’t have to be face to face interviews. They can be emailed, discussed over the phone, or however else you would be comfortable with them communicating to others. Please see the sample survey attached as a guideline for the girls to follow.

The second activity that I would like the girls to have completed and ready to discuss is an examination of a current news story. I would like them to find a story that interests them, and consider why it maters whether news is reliable or not. As they look over their chosen story I want them to see if they can identify any examples of spin, slant, or sensationalism, as well as the “hook” or human connection in the story. I would like them to decide whether they think the story fits into the sensational or trustworthy category.

Spin – to twist or form ” I can make something else out of this material”

Slant – to present in a way that conforms with a particular bias “I like this topic therefore, the tone of my writing is positive.”

Sensationalism – Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers. “Click Bait”

Once they have completed and turned in these surveys and news article discussions they will have earned their Monitor award for the journey. They will need to have them completed and ready to discuss for our next meeting.

Please let me know if anyone has any questions. Thanks and have a great week!

Hello all,

I just wanted to send a reminder that there will be a Cadette meeting this Wednesday 2/10 at 5 PM. Please see the meeting details below:

alexandra Toledo is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Meeting ID: 323 028 9834
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COOKIE DELIVERY

Cookies Will be delivered to Second City Theater this Friday, February 12. This year we will being doing cookie delivery a little differently than in past years.

Because of the time constraints and the different protocols that Second City is requesting of us I will pick up the entire bulk order for the Cadette Troop and then making arrangements with parents to drop off your individual cookie orders to you through the weekend.

Parents please let me know what works best for you as far as drop off times for this coming weekend and into next week so we can find a date and time that works best for us both.

As always if anyone has any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thanks everyone and have a great week.

Hello all,

I will need to cancel tonight’s meeting due to a scheduling conflict I was unable to avoid. My apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

We will resume working on our journey at our next regularly scheduled meeting.

Have a good week everyone!