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Spark Enrollment Ceremony

Meeting time – 1 hour.  1^st 30 min girls help decorate (no parents), 2^nd 30 minutes parents join meeting for ceremony.

 Room & Girl Prep (30 min)

• Obtain a long roll of white paper about 2-3 feet wide.
• Roll out a runway into a ‘T’ and tape down to the floor.
• Have the girls colour pictures of what it means to be a friend and share on the runway.
• Explain how the ceremony will go to the girls (1^st years to be enrolled and 2^nd years to accept them into the unit)

Ceremony (15min)

• Leaders at the end of the runway, 2^nd years split onto both sides of the ‘T’
• Leader 1 calls a first year Spark’s name, that Spark walks up the runway to the leaders. 
• Leader 2 asks Spark if she has learned the Spark motto, Spark says “yes”.  (Spark can either say it at this time or wait until all girls are at the end of the runway and group says it together)
• Leader 2 pins enrollment pin onto sash and Leader 1 sprinkles glitter around the Spark’s head.  Spark’s hand is shaken by both leaders and one of the 2^nd years hands the new Spark her certificate.
• Repeat with all 1^st year Sparks. (if all Sparks say motto together do this after all girls have received their pins and certificates)
• Could end the ceremony with a Sparks song (“Sparks jump up” for example)

 Celebration (15+ mins)

• Have parents bring snack food for after enrolment snacking (parents can drop off onto a prepared table when dropping off girls or just before ceremony).
• This is a good opportunity for leaders to have an informal parent meeting to discuss expectations of girls and parents, and/or explain the program to new girls parents.

 Submitted by Jessica Norgaard – 122^nd Sparks - Calgary

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