Girl Scouts Silver Award Winners Honored By Elwood Board Of Education

ELWOOD, NY — Four groups of Girl Scout Silver Award recipients were recognized by Elwood-John H. Glenn High School Principal Corey McNamara at a board of education meeting in December.

The Girl Scouts awarded are:

• Maeve O’Connor, Jacqueline O’Grady, Megan Scully and Rebecca Stawecki of Girl Scout Troop 1619 for their project on reducing sea pollution and helping sea life.
• Elizabeth Benavides and Elliott Baravarian of Girl Scout Troop 1619 for a project focused on raising awareness about the importance of bat conservation.
• AvaHaddad, Louise Hartough, Megan LaMena and Nora Truncale of Girl Scout Troop 1619 for their Greetings for Grandparents project, in which they designed and built a greeting card station to donate to an assisted living facility in Huntington.
• Magdalena Brchnel, Olivia LoBue and Sophia Vitevitch of Girl Scout Troop 2597 for their work on creating a website featuring the history of Elwood’s Little Red Schoolhouse.

“The Girl Scouts recognized tonight are serving as outstanding role models, not only for younger Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadets, but for all students within the Elwood community,” McNamara said at the meeting. “Thank you for sharing your passion with us, and please know that the real celebration comes from the positive influence and impact you have made and continue to make."

Scouts must volunteer more than 50 hours of community service and strive to make a difference or raise awareness in their community in the field that interests them in order to earn the Silver Award.

“Community service is something that is clearly evidenced by these students, who went above and beyond to accomplish extraordinary things and obtain extraordinary designation,” Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bossert said.

The student recognitions were preceded by a moment of silence in memory of retired Elwood teacher and environmentalist Joy Squires, and a marvelous performance of holiday songs by Italian language students from Elwood Middle School.