Girl Scout Programs
The WaterFront Center is an ideal place to work on badges, patches, try-its and achievements for Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts. There are several programs to choose from designed to give Scouts an opportunity to learn valuable new skills, explore their local marine environment and practice marine conservation. Scouts can also enroll in any of the school and summer programs.
More Youth Programs:
Group Summer
Junior Summer
Junior Sailing
Boy Scouts
High School Sailing
Private Lessons
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GIRL SCOUT PROGRAMS
From Sea Shells
to Sea Creatures (Daisy Scouts)  Water
Everywhere (Brownies)  Oceanography
(Older Brownies)  Water Wonders
(Junior Girl Scouts)  Small Craft
(Junior Girl Scouts)  Water Fun
(Junior Girl Scouts)  Paddle, Pole
and Roll (Cadettes)  Smooth
Sailing (Cadettes)  From Sea Shells to Sea Creatures - Daisy Scouts
While reading a wonderful story, a collection of matching shells is created. This helps the Daisy Scouts begin the identification process before they go "shelling" in large tubs filled with soft sand and a wide variety of shells. The girls use their senses to compare and contrast shells. Connections are made from the non-living to the living as participants explore a touch tank with live animals. Weather and time permitting, programs done on site conclude with a beach walk. *This program can be done at your meeting site for an additional travel fee.
Dates:
By arrangement; rain or shine
Time:
1.5 hours
Fee:
$120 for up to 15 scouts. ($8 per additional child, maximum group size is 22. For groups numbering over our maximum, we can provide an additional educator for a $35 surcharge.)
Water Everywhere - Brownies
Learn about the water cycle and the importance of water conservation. Through hands-on experiments, Brownies investigate the differences between salt water and fresh water. Utilizing creative dramatics, the participants visually explore the effects different sources of pollution have on bodies of water. On-site programs conclude with a beach clean-up walk to explore the seashore and gain a heightened understanding of the importance of being good stewards of our earth. *This program can be done at your meeting site for an additional travel fee.
Dates:
By arrangement, rain or shine
Time:
2 hours
Fee:
$120 for up to 12 scouts. ($10 per additional child, maximum group size is 22. For groups numbering over our maximum, we can provide an additional educator for a $35 surcharge.)
Oceanography - Older Brownies
Ocean water covers about 3/4 of our planet. How does the ocean circulate? How does the ocean affect our weather? What kind of life does a North Shore Long Island estuary support? Brownies will find the answers to these and other questions through experimentation and hands-on habitat studies. *This program can be done at your meeting site for an additional travel fee.
Dates:
By arrangement, rain or shine
Time:
1.5 hours
Fee:
$120 up to 15 scouts ($8 per additional child, maximum group size is 22. For groups numbering over our maximum, we can provide an additional educator for a $35.00 surcharge.)
Water Wonders - Junior Girl Scouts
Where does the water you drink actually come from? What is brackish water? What organisms are at the bottom of the food chain? The Junior Girl Scouts investigate these questions and others by taking water samples from various sites on the estuary and examining the contents under microscopes and magnifiers. They conduct experiments to learn about the properties of water. A touch tank of animals typically found in the Bay is presented. A shoreline clean-up is performed to demonstrate how human choices can directly impact wildlife.
Dates:
By arrangement, rain or shine
Time:
2 hours
Fee:
$120 up to 12 scouts ($10 per additional child, maximum group size is 22. For groups numbering over our maximum, we can provide an additional educator for a $35 surcharge.)
Small Craft - Junior Girl Scouts
Welcome to the sport of sailing! Using 19' to 23' keelboats, Junior Girl Scouts participate in a three-hour introductory sailing lesson on beautiful Oyster Bay. Topics covered include parts of the boat, nautical terms, sail handling, steering the boat, wind awareness, and safety procedures.
Dates:
By arrangement; May – October
Time:
3 hours
Fee:
$140 per boat; up to 4 participants per boat; In the event of dangerous weather, as determined by our experienced staff, The WaterFront will do its best to reschedule your program. Please trust us to make this determination.
Water Fun - Junior Girl Scouts
While sailing aboard the historic oyster sloop Christeen, Junior Girl Scouts become the crew, raise the sails, coil lines and learn about the history of Oyster Bay, as well as the oyster industry. Then the Scouts learn how to tie knots, participate in a sensory awareness exercise and explore a touch tank with animals from the Bay. Weather permitting, the girls practice two water safety positions off the boat: the HELP (Heat Escape Lessening Position) and the Huddle.
Dates:
By arrangement; May – October
Maximum class size:
24 passengers (including adult chaperones)
Time:
2 hours (15 minutes will be added dockside if HELP and HUDDLE will be done in the water)
Fee:
$375; In the event of dangerous weather, as determined by your Captain, The WaterFront will do its best to reschedule your program. Please trust us to make this determination.
Paddle, Pole and Roll - Cadettes
In kayaks, under the supervision of an experienced instructor, Cadettes complete the category of Skill Builders #2 and its activities for the Paddle, Pole, and Roll Interest Project. Girls experience how to safely balance, start, stop, turn and beach the kayak. Cadettes learn about recovering after swamping the boat or falling out. The instructor leads the girls on a guided tour around the shoreline of beautiful Oyster Bay, a National Wildlife Refuge.
Dates:
By arrangement; June – October
Maximum class size:
16, no tag-a-longs
Time:
2 hours (15 minutes will be added dockside if HELP and HUDDLE will be done in the water)
Fee:
$240 up to 8 scouts ($30 per additional child); In the event of dangerous weather, as determined by our experienced staff, The WaterFront will do its best to reschedule your program. Please trust us to make this determination.
Smooth Sailing - Cadettes
Cadette Girl Scouts participate in groups of four sailing 19' to 23' sailboats with an experienced sailing instructor. Girls complete the category of Skill Builders and two additional activities towards the Smooth Sailing Interest Project by learning to rig the sails, leave from and return to the mooring, steer the boat, trim the sails and determine wind direction. Safety and emergency procedures are covered, as well as weather awareness and some navigational skills. Arrangements can be made to complete the interest project at a later date.
Dates:
By arrangement; May – October
Time:
3 hours
Fee:
$140 per boat; up to 4 participants per boat; In the event of dangerous weather, as determined by our experienced staff, The WaterFront will do its best to reschedule your program. Please trust us to make this determination.
       
Fees and Cancellation Policies for Scouts, School Programs and Field Trips
Adherence to the following policies will help ensure the most enjoyable, highest quality and safest programs.
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