Flag Corp Preformance

 You guys were so great tonight! They did not record the opening ceremony, but trust me, it was wonderful!!

Tall Flag Preformance during Half-Time January 31, 2012

Kerry Cordy's Facebook comment about your performance after she watched it this morning! 

January 23, 2012 Meeting

We had a very productive meeting this afternoon! We finished the Teamwork badge by talking about the definition of teamwork, and what affects good teams. Then we earned the Responsibility badge. We talked about what real responsibility means, and ways that we are responsible to God, our family, school, community, country and environment. 

We all have a Responsibility chart. The idea is that they are to chose a chore that they are already responsible for doing at home, but that they have trouble fulfilling. They are to put a check mark on each day of the calendar that they did their chore without being reminded to, or complaining about it. Below the calendar is a 2 week chart that they are supposed to think about whether or not they were more responsible or irresponsible during that particular day, with the hope that they will strive for responsible checkmarks!

This tied in with Leadership, so we moved on to the Take The Lead badge. We talked about leadership qualities, and how each of us holds different leadership roles. We read some great quotes about leadership by great leaders (and also Yoda!). Then I read to them a short biography of Marie Curie, and we pulled out ways that she showed leadership in her life, and she also seemed very responsible! I have given them the assignment to read a biography on their reading level, and to look for the leadership qualities we discussed. I asked them to please pick a woman, Mrs. Swinford was kind enough to make us a list of biographies that are in our library, that are specifically female. They may however choose a man if they really wish. We had some really great discussions today, and I hope the girls got to thinking about a few things! We also played Simon Says to take turn being a leader!

The responsibility charts and the biographies will be due at the February meeting. Several of the girls were asking about why I always give assignments. Frontier Girl badges are designed so that we are not just discussing theories, but are actually trying to implement virtues and character traits into our everyday lives. That takes thought and practice on a daily basis, and we only meet once a month! These are badge requirements, and failure to turn them in, means you do not receive the badge, however, it is only too late to turn something in, by the August Campout. 

With the busy days lately, even I didn't remember to stop and pick up an item for our Care Package, so we will move this to the February meeting.


Maggie is in charge of bringing snacks to the February meeting.


Remember, our Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, everyone is required to help at least an hour, we need people from 9am thru cleanup.

Also, we will have Flag Practice Wednesday from 1-2:30 in the school gym.




*** Frontier Girl Challenge ***


To memorize your complete address and zip code, and your home phone number with area code.

Flag Corp Practices

With our big show being Tuesday, January 31st, and February 7th also being a game night at school, I have decided to cancel the February 7th Flag Corp practice. Also, please note the calendar under the Flag Corp Heading. I have taken us back to the first Tuesday of the month for practices. Our next event will be walking in the Nodaway County Parade in June.

Change of Date

Please note that we are changing the date of the movie night in February to the 24th. We will be enjoying popcorn, pizza and movies while we trim, sort, count and ziplock baggie all the Box Tops for Education and Campbell's Soup Labels. These must be recieved by March 1st for the school to get them money. Please note also that this is our required service project to benefit our sponsor (the school), and all are expected to attend.

Also, Mr. Jermain is giving us the use of the school gym, next Wednesday, January 25, to practice flags one last time. AM seems to work best for most, so lets meet at the school at 1PM and practice till 2:30PM.

January Notes

In honor of the Frontier Girls 5th Birthday on January 19th, lets all wear our Frontier Girl t-shirts to school.


The girls have $3.95 in their checking account. Our Pancake Breakfast is being held on January 29th, let's all spread the word and get a great turn-out! We need money to purchase vests ($30.94 each girl), and also all our badges (which till January 31st are on sale for .89 cents each) all Service Hearts are $3 each. We also need money for flowers to plant our bed in April. I am anxious to see how many of our flowers will return! Carolyn Holtman said we will be given our $30 grant for this again this year. We also need a few supplies for badge work, and money for snacks for our hike in March, our float for the 4th of July, and food and supplies for our camp-out in August.  


Claire is in charge of snacks for the January 23rd meeting. Also, please remember to bring an item or two for Anthony Henggeler's care package.




Does anyone have a camcorder for the Flag Corp performance on January 31st?

 

Joy Journals

Reminder:  Your Joy Journals will be due at the January 23rd meeting.

Tall Flags Routine

Great news! Our Flag Corp will be preforming the Opening Ceremony of the January 31st home basketball game. Here are the assignments: Malia, Emma and Megan will sing the National Anthem; Nathalie is Caller; Jaclyn is Flag Bearer; Vanessa, Remington, Claire & Krysta will be the Guard. 

We will also be preforming the God Bless the USA routine during half-time of the girls game. We will have practice the 3rd and 17th after school until 4pm to prepare; please remember to bring your flags! Please come to the January 3rd meeting knowing in what order the moves are done, as we will spend our time perfecting and timing the routine with the music. The routine is preformed three times on the DVD. Please let me know ASAP if you are having problems viewing your DVD.

You are probably getting tired of hearing this, but I will say (write) it one last time! The girls will need to be dressed in a blue skirt at least knee length with no decor, white socks and shoes, and their red Frontier Girls t-shirts the night of January 31st. We will meet on stage by 5:45 dressed and ready to go.

Our Christmas Party

We had our Christmas party yesterday. We earned the Christmas badge, and the Joy
badge. 

I read them the Nativity Story from the Bible and we made several pauses
along the way to discuss feelings and sights, and reasons why things happened
that way. 

Then we talked a little about Christmas in other countries, and
learned to say Merry Christmas in Spanish, French, Italian, Choctaw & Chinese. Then we
discussed Joy and what it means. Then we broke into patrols and worked through 4
"stations". At one we decorated candles and wrapped them, they are to give them to
someone who looks like they need a little extra joy this season. The second
station was making Joy Journals, with a page for I am thankful for..; When I am
sad I did.. and it made me feel better; page 3 was numbered to 14 and they are
to make someone smile once a day for 14 days, pages 4&5 were for things that
make us joyful over the next two weeks. I told them either to write, draw a
picture, or cut pictures out of magazines. Station three was making Yule Logs out of
biscuits and chocolate icing, a special treat made in France for Christmas.
Station 4 was making snow globes out of glass jars. Then we cleaned up. 

I had a string hanging on the wall, and clothespins holding plastic treat bags. I (actually Jaclyn did) put a sheet of stickers, and a holiday pencil in each to hold them open, then they had

to race with Hersey Kisses, mini Snickers, small bouncy balls, and stampers balanced on spoons to
fill their stockings. 

We were going to play Christmas songs charades, but we ran
out of time! (Maybe next year!) The bummer is, that I was put in charge of
pictures, and I forgot to take a single one!!! I was so busy watching the girls
have fun!



Congratulations to Megan for earning her 1st Servants Heart!!

Frontier Girls Challenge for the month: To write a thank you note, and properly address it.


We will be putting together a care package for Anthony Henggeler at our January 23rd meeting.

Box Tops and Soup Labels

As per the request of the PTO, we have taken over the task of collecting, snipping, sorting, and mailing in the Box Tops for Education and Campbell's Soup Labels for the school as our yearly service project for our sponsor. We already have a large box overflowing with them! I think the teachers were cleaning out their rooms now that we have a central location in the school to collect the items. The soup labels can be mailed in any time during the year, the Box Tops need to be turned in by the end of February. I will have a movie night at my house on Friday, February 10th. We will watch movies, eat popcorn and cut & count labels! 

Hopefully everyone remembers that we will have three required service projects each year, besides our Heart Award and Make A Difference Award projects. They will be:

1. For our sponsor, the school: Box Tops and Soup Labels
2. For our community: Flowers at Park
3. For our country: sending care packages to servicemen

Each girl is required to help with each of these projects in some way. If you are unable to attend the event, you need to be behind the scenes with planning and mailing.

For our December 19th meeting we still need small glass jars with screw top lids, such as relish, olives, gravy, or preserves, or large baby food jars. We also need broken bits of crayons.

Malia's Make A Difference Award

Malia has started her Make A Difference Award. She has put cards with the new Mass Responses in the pews at St. Columba Parish, she is also working each week to keep the church pews organized . Each week after 10 AM Mass, all those willing to go around and straighten the books and papers will be able to add time to their Service Heart logs for helping her. There should be two Mass Response sheets per section in the pews. There are extra sheets in the decorations supply closet in the back of the church.