Gold Award Girl Scout Encourages, Celebrates Art Education
WICHITA, Kan. — Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland congratulates Milly T. for becoming a Gold Award Girl Scout, a designation she earned by encouraging USD 259 students and art teachers to participate in her “Artists’ Impact” project by creating art in their school.
The Gold Award is the mark of the truly remarkable — earned by a high school Girl Scout who works to address an issue she’s passionate about in a way that produces meaningful and lasting change. Whether it’s on a local, national, or global level, Gold Award Girl Scouts provide innovative solutions to significant challenges.
“Gold Award Girl Scouts don’t just change the world for the better, they change it for good — and Milly embodies everything this achievement stands for," said Rolinda Sample, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland. “Milly addressed an issue that’s important to her — encouraging students to be interested and engaged in art — for her Gold Award, and we congratulate her on this momentous accomplishment.”
Milly’s Gold Award project, the “Artists’ Impact,” stemmed from her own love and appreciation for art and art education. The project became two-fold. Her first goal was creating and implementing a mural in the Robinson Middle School bathroom, as that is the school she attended and she wanted to encourage the younger generation to be interested in art.
The second part of Milly’s project was furthering her reach. By distributing a flyer to each school in USD 259, she was able to reach out to every art teacher in the distract to encourage them and their students to join the “Artists’ Impact” by creating their own mural, posters or sticker campaign to place around the school. Her goal was for students to be interested in art and celebrated in their creative endeavors.
“I went back to Robinson two years after my mural was done and the school went from being plain painted walls to being covered in art,” Milly said. “There were new murals, student art covering the doors and more. It was really neat to see how it all came together and affected the school and knowing there was an impact. Art is an important part of learning and it should be celebrated and encouraged in school environments.”
