When Chadds Ford Elementary School students play the games at this year’s Fall Festival, they might want to thank Jessica Oehler.
An entering senior at Unionville High School, Oehler earned her Girl Scout Gold Award by renovating several of the games the kids play at the school and also designed a new ring toss game. She’ll receive her award officially in April.
She is an Ambassador Girl Scout with Troop 41535 at the high school. Ambassador scouts are in grades 11 and 12 and are eligible to win the Gold Award, the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of America.
Oehler had help from four of her friends and three adults, she said. All in all, the project took about 84 hours of work, but those hours were interrupted by life, specifically schoolwork. Oehler is set to graduate from UHS next spring and is looking ahead to college.
The Gold Award qualifies her for several scholarships, according to her mother Valerie.
While the high school senior doesn’t yet know where she’ll be going to school, she does know what she wants to do. She wants to study anthropology and has an eye on becoming a forensic anthropologist.
Forensic anthropology is the process of applying the science of anthropology in criminal, or potentially criminal, cases when remains are discovered in an advanced stage of decomposition.
Herr mother said the TV shoe “Bones” is what sparked her interest in the field.
The Fall Festival grew out of the decades-long May Fair celebration at Chadds Ford Elementary. It’s a PTO event designed to raise money for school projects.
May Fair, Fall Festival and the Art Sale and Show combine to raise money for a variety of school projects. Money has been used to provide smart boards, iPads, special assemblies and art-in-action projects.
Oehler attended CFES through fifth grade and said she was glad to give something back to the school.
(Top photo: Jessica Oehler with some of the games he revamped and designed. Her goal is to become a forensic anthropologist.)
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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