2020 CitrusPeel Gold Edition

GIRL SCOUTS STAY
CONNECTED
by Samantha Letizia
When Covid-19 first came out, no
one was really worried about it.
Then it got worse and all the schools
had to close. We were introduced
to online learning, and to keep
in contact with the class we had
several zoom meetings. When they
announced that school would be
closed for the rest of the year, we
knew that meant no trip to Disney
World, no end of the year party, and
no ceremony for the graduating fifth
graders. Instead my school came up
with a drive by for the graduates! I
saw some of my friends there and
got to say goodbye to my teachers.
That was a really fun and cool way
to say goodbye to elementary.
I missed my friends so much! To
keep in touch, we would text almost
every day, FaceTime each other, and
check on TikTok to see what we
were up to. One of them even
had a YouTube channel. We
played games online together;
we would play on Roblox and
Minecraft most of the time. That
way we can talk and have fun
together even though we had to
be quarantined.
With Girl Scouts, I have been
keeping busy with online
activities, camps, and even
cooking classes! All of these fun
activities are on zoom, so people
can still socially distance. With
Citrus Singers, we all go on zoom
to talk about some ideas we
have, and we have been able to
record some videos of us singing
virtually!
Even though there were
many down sides to being
quarantined, we came up with
fun and new ways to keep in
touch and stay active!
MIND OVER MATTER,
THE GIRL SCOUT WAY
by Yarelis Castillo
2020 has not been the best year,
but Girl Scouts are still awesome!
Even though we couldn’t meet in
person my troop 2141, continued
meeting via zoom. In our
meetings we have done a lot;
we’ve built cranes, balloon cars,
had game nights, worked on two
journeys, had a painting artist
teach us how to make a painting.
We were even able to attend a
special live zoom session with
Amazing Animals who led us on
our Animal Habitats badge!
We have earned a bunch of
badges all summer long like our
engineering badges, computer
badges, social butterfly badge
and many more. Overall, our
troop leaders have not stopped
our meetings. I still have been
able to see my friends, even if we
don’t see each other at school
anymore. I have learned and
done a lot. My troop has brought
fun to 2020 and kept me in high
spirits.
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