Here are some of the short speeches that the boys wrote for the recent Court of Honor for Scouts. I asked several boys to write a short paragragh about a scout activity they participated in and how it relates to the scout laws. (Jack wrote this set!)
Even though it has been over 100 years, the scout oaths and laws and expectations remain the same. Part of being a scout is doing new things and learning how to be a leader. Whether you are assistant patrol leader, scribe or troop leader every person is important to the troop.
Summer Camp
What was the best week of your summer? For most boy scouts it was spent at boy scout camp. It is a week with no technology, which is normal for the scout masters but difficult for the modern day scout. Classes take place outside which is a lot of fun. There is canoeing, rowing, fishing and bird watching, Some take place in the woods, like wilderness survival. This is probably one of the most challenging of all the merit badges to earn. You make your own shelter and sleep on the ground in the woods. Somehow, it always rains this evening, making it even more challenging.
Morning activities that are not merit badges but still fun are the polar bear swim or running the mile and basketball.
A scout learns to be clean during the week. If you don’t clean up after yourself, mice can come and steal the food you leave out. You and your bunk mate also need to keep your tent clean.
Half way through the week the parents come to see how much the boys have accomplished. Scouts learn to work together, competing in the evening race on parent night.
So what are you going to do this summer?
Service Project
The scouts participate in many different service projects in the community.
Each fall the scouts help the local food pantry by putting out flyers and collecting canned food. They help with the home tour by being courteous greeters at the different homes in town. They clean up bike trail in the spring and last year they helped clean up Camp Seph Mack. We also put out flags at the local cemetery.
Starting a Fire
The most important thing that a scout in troop 135 will learn is how to start a fire. There are many ways to start a fire. Using matches, a fire starter and even gasoline. But Troop 135 knows how to start a fire by using flint and steel. Starting a fire with flint and steel is important because you may have gotten your matches wet while canoeing. Also you may have used all your matches to start fire crackers on the Fall Hike.
In Conclusion, Scouting is about accepting challenges and setting high expectations for yourself. It’s about learning to work as a group as you work towards bettering yourself. It means being true to yourself and living the scout oath and laws everyday of your life, not just on a scouting trip.
These were written by some of the 6th and the 7th grade boys,
Fall Hike
Summer Camp
What was the best week of your summer? For most boy scouts it was spent at boy scout camp. It is a week with no technology, which is normal for the scout masters but difficult for the modern day scout. Classes take place outside which is a lot of fun. There is canoeing, rowing, fishing and bird watching, Some take place in the woods, like wilderness survival. This is probably one of the most challenging of all the merit badges to earn. You make your own shelter and sleep on the ground in the woods. Somehow, it always rains this evening, making it even more challenging.
Morning activities that are not merit badges but still fun are the polar bear swim or running the mile and basketball.
A scout learns to be clean during the week. If you don’t clean up after yourself, mice can come and steal the food you leave out. You and your bunk mate also need to keep your tent clean.
Half way through the week the parents come to see how much the boys have accomplished. Scouts learn to work together, competing in the evening race on parent night.
So what are you going to do this summer?
Service Project
The scouts participate in many different service projects in the community.
Each fall the scouts help the local food pantry by putting out flyers and collecting canned food. They help with the home tour by being courteous greeters at the different homes in town. They clean up bike trail in the spring and last year they helped clean up Camp Seph Mack. We also put out flags at the local cemetery.
Starting a Fire
The most important thing that a scout in troop 135 will learn is how to start a fire. There are many ways to start a fire. Using matches, a fire starter and even gasoline. But Troop 135 knows how to start a fire by using flint and steel. Starting a fire with flint and steel is important because you may have gotten your matches wet while canoeing. Also you may have used all your matches to start fire crackers on the Fall Hike.
In Conclusion, Scouting is about accepting challenges and setting high expectations for yourself. It’s about learning to work as a group as you work towards bettering yourself. It means being true to yourself and living the scout oath and laws everyday of your life, not just on a scouting trip.
These were written by some of the 6th and the 7th grade boys,
Fall Hike
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