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    Local Girl Scout earns ‘Silver’ through early literacy workshops

    Young Germantown neighbor Alex Unterburger and fellow Girl Scouts in Troop 9907 recently earned the Silver Award after creating and leading “Teaching the Tots,” a series of early literacy workshops for children ages 2 to 5. The project paired storytime, songs, letter activities, and take-home books to help families build reading habits before children enter school.

    The most popular extracurricular program, for girls, at Mastery Pickett teaches them to be their best selves

    Mrs. E. Marie Lambert works the front desk at Mastery Pickett sixth through 12th grades and saw how mean the middle school girls were being after school started in person again after COVID-19 shutdowns. She started the Spilling the Tea mentoring group that meets twice weekly afterschool, teaching the girls how to support themselves and others. Together, the girls discuss hard topics, do interactive programming, and go on big trips, all while feeling safe being who they are and creating a strong sense of community.