Sanee Bell-Principal & Girl Scout Troop 17405

The Buddy Program

Girl Scout Troop 17405 were told to look around their community and explore potential problems that they could "fix" or improve.  One area of concern brought to the group was younger students at CE not having anyone to "look" after them at school.  After some discussion, it was determined that other schools have a program in place through their safety patrol program to help younger students in addition to flag and car rider/day care duties.  The girls decided that as a group they wanted to implement a "buddy" program as part of the safety patrol program at CE.  With guidance from the other girls that already have a program in place, the girls came up with what they hoped to implement at CE. Below is the proposal that I received from the troop. 

Hi, we are girl scouts from troop 1740 and we are working on our bronze award project. Our program is called the buddy program and we would like to start it here at Cimarron.

The main idea of the buddy program is to help kids get to class because we know how easy it is to get lost in such a big school when you are younger. We would basically just help younger students get to where they need to be. We believe that this program is necessary because you don’t want people getting lost in the school and be late for class because then they could possibly get into trouble.

The buddy program not only would help kids get to class we could also cheer them up if they seem sad that way more people will be happy at school! We can also help people carry things to their class or wherever it needs to be if it seems like too much for them to handle. Our plan for where the buddies will be located is right down the two main hallways we could have roughly 2-5 buddies in each hallway.

In our troop we have some girls that don’t go to Cimarron; their names are Mallory, Amaris, Elizabeth, Exel, Alayna, and Korynn. Although they do not go to Cimarron they do have a program sort of like this one. Our troop 17405 really hopes we can get this project working smoothly. Thank you for your time and consideration.

                                                                             Sincerely,                                                                                                                      Troop 17405                 

I was so impressed with their approach and initiative to work with my secretary to get on my calendar to meet with me, and their adherence to all the deadlines that we set during our meetings.  I see some strong business women coming out of this group, and this a testament to their parents and the skills that they are learning as  girl scouts. Way to contribute to our school, girls!