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Advancement
Requirement Changes |
There are new changes in Advancement Requirement, effective January
1, 2010. You can find out more details on these changes
here.
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Trail
to First Class |
| About
The Program
The Troop 486 Trail To First Class program is
designed to provide guidance to our first year Scouts until they reach
the rank of First Class. The program is coordinated by Mr. Conver
with several counselors who work with the Scouts.
The responsibilities of the adults is to insure
that the Scouts perform the needed requirements for Tenderfoot, Second
Class and First Class with goal of reaching First Class one year from
their join date.
The TFC committee has approved for publication a
formal list of the activities which are used for the 5 required
activities for Second Class Rank and the additional 5 activities for
First Class Rank. For the list please click HERE.
Key
TFC documents:
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| First
to Life |
| About
The Program
The Troop 486 First To Life program is designed to
provide guidance to our Scouts who have reached First Class until they
reach the rank of Life. The program is coordinated by Mr. Conver with several counselors who work with the
Scouts.
The responsibilities of the adults is to insure
that the Scouts who have reached First Class continue with their
Scouting career to Life where the Life To Eagle program takes
over. Scouts are offered merit badge programs
throughout the year.
Links
 Are
you a First Class Scout?
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| Road
To Eagle |
 About
The Program
The Troop 486 Road To Eagle program is designed to
provide guidance to our Scouts who have reached the rank of
Life. The program is coordinated by with
several counselors who work with the Scouts.
The responsibilities of the counselors is to insure
that the Scouts perform the needed requirements in order and that all
necessary paperwork is completed on time. Additionally, they
look after Scouts who are approaching their 18th birthday to insure
that they get all requirements (including active participation and
Scout Spirit) are completed.
Life Scout & Parent
Meeting
The next semi-annual Life Scout and Parent meeting
will be held April 26th at the 8pm. Click to request more
information.
Links:
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| Boards
of Review |
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Troop 486 conducts boards of
review on Monday evenings during troop or as scheduled with the scout and Board members. Scheduling for the
board is done the week prior to the board with Mr. Jarrell.
The
procedure for scheduling your board is to first, see Mr. Jarrell to confirm all requirements
for your rank have been met.
Remember that all
requirements must be met before a board can be scheduled.
This includes your Scoutmaster
Conference.
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| Scoutmaster
Conferences |
| Scoutmaster
conferences are required prior to taking your board for advancement to
each rank. This is a time for you to review with an adult
leader in the Troop: a) how you are doing on your Road to
Eagle; b) what you need to know for your Board of Review; c) what is in
store for you after you reach your next rank; d) to have an opportunity
to tell an adult leader in the Troop how your Scouting experience is
progressing.
See MR. Conver to schedule all Scoutmaster Conferences.
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| Merit
Badges |
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information is provided for the convenience of members of Troop 486 and
is NOT intended to be an official source of merit badge
requirements. Changes made by BSA National may not be quickly
reflected in these pages.
Several sites have
been dropped from this list because they disappeared from
the web. Any sites which readers may find which should
be added should be sent to John Moen.
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| Eagle
Boards of Review |
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Boards this year! The Mawat District now provides Eagle
Boards of Review as needed. Troop 486 Eagle Scout Candidates should be working with
the Road to Eagle advisor in preparing your paperwork and records
before going for your Eagle board.
The Eagle board is comprised of representatives of
the district and one or more leaders from our troop.
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| Scout
Spirit Definition |
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Scout spirit applies to how a Scout lives and conducts his 'daily' life. He shows Scout spirit by being a role model to his peers, living by the Scout Oath and Law. The concept of Scout spirit is not based on how many Scouting events or outings a Scout attends, but rather by how he helps bring out the best in others as a reflection of his own character and attitude in his 'daily' life.
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