{"id":2368,"date":"2018-08-09T08:52:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2018-08-09T08:55:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:55:06","slug":"girl-scouts-introduce-college-knowledge-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/09\/girl-scouts-introduce-college-knowledge-badge\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Scouts Introduce College Knowledge Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2369\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/girl-scouts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2369\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/girl-scouts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/girl-scouts.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/girl-scouts-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Girl Scouts have introduced their first badge dedicated to college exploration.<\/p>\n<p>The College Knowledge Badge \u2014 launched in July \u2014is for scouts in grades 11 and 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy showing girls how to research the admission process, financial aid, and other key factors, our College Knowledge Badge meets a specific need and addresses the life skills girls have told us they\u2019re interested in\u2014and that many don\u2019t find support for outside of Girl Scouts,\u201d according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.girlscouts.org\/2018\/07\/girl-scouts-introduces-30-new-badges-to.html\">recent post<\/a> on the organization\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2370\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/college-knowledge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2370 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/college-knowledge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/college-knowledge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/college-knowledge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/college-knowledge.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">College Knowledge Badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The badge is one of 30 new offerings introduced last month by the Girl Scouts. Other new badges encourage students in grades six through 12 to explore programming, robotics, and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>To earn the College Knowledge Badge, girls must show that they&#8217;ve explored their postsecondary options, started the admission process, made a financial plan, learned success skills, and started to build healthy habits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlscoutshop.com\/Ambassador-College-Knowledge-Badge-Requirement-Pamphlet\">Learn more about the new badge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Girl Scouts have introduced their first badge dedicated to college exploration. The College Knowledge Badge \u2014 launched in July \u2014is for scouts in grades 11 and 12. \u201cBy showing girls how to research the admission process, financial aid, and other key factors, our College Knowledge Badge meets a specific need and addresses the life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/09\/girl-scouts-introduce-college-knowledge-badge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Girl Scouts Introduce College Knowledge Badge<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23],"tags":[403],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-college-readiness","tag-girl-scouts"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Cc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}