girl scouts of the colonial coast
Girl Scout Suparnamaaya has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award,
the highest honor and achievement a girl can earn in Girl Scouts.
Inspired by her four-year experience with York High School’s
Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC), Suparnamaaya noticed that
there was a lack of awareness and interest in naval history specifically in the
Chesapeake Bay area- a region that is rich with it. She decided to take action!
“Due to the unique location of my program among other
factors, I believed one possible solution was to research key naval battles
fought essentially in our ‘backyards’ that vitally shaped the course of our
nation, and then present the information in an engaging way to the cadets,” she
said.
For her project, “Promoting Awareness of Naval History in
the Chesapeake Bay Area,” Suparnamaaya created a presentation that focused on
three specific naval battles: Battle of the Chesapeake, Battle of Craney
Island, and Battle of Ironclads. Each of these battles played a pivotal role in
their respective wars, and they each took place in the Chesapeake Bay or
connected rivers. She presented to a total of 100 cadets at her high school.
She also created a visually appealing informational board
containing the key points of her presentation that now has permanent residence
in the NJROTC hallway at her school, allowing her project to be sustained.
