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A Scout is   

trustworthy      loyal      helpful      friendly      courteous      kind      obedient      cheerful      thrifty      brave      clean      and reverent.

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Requirements for joining Boy Scouts

 

Scout sign
 
  1. Meet age requirements. Be a boy who is 11 years old, or one who has completed the fifth grade or earned the Arrow of Light Award and is at least 10 years old, but is not yet 18 years old.
  2. Complete a Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parent or guardian.
  3. Find a Scout troop near your home.  (contact our Scoutmaster)
  4. Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
  5. Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.
  6. Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).

  7. Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or Promise, Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code.

  8. Describe the Scout badge.
  9. Complete the pamphlet exercises. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.
  10. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Turn in your Boy Scout application and health history form signed by your parent or guardian, then participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

 

The Scout Law
 

A Scout is   

trustworthy      loyal      helpful      friendly      courteous      kind      obedient      cheerful      thrifty      brave      clean      and reverent.
 

 

 

 

The Scout Motto
Be Prepared!
 
 
 
The Scout Slogan
Do a Good Turn Daily
 

 

The Scout Oath or Promise
On my honor I will do my best... To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times;  To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
 

 

 
Outdoor Code

As an American, I will do my best to

Be clean in my outdoor manners,

Be careful with fire,

Be considerate in the outdoors, and

Be conservation-minded.
 
Square Knot
The square knot is also know as the joining knot because it can join together two ropes and because it is the first knot a scout learns when they join BSA.  It has many uses - from securing bundles, packages, and the sails of ships to tying the ends of bandages.
 
 
 
 
The Scout Badge
The Scout badge is shaped like the north point of an old compass.  The design resembles an arrowhead or a trefoil  - a flower with three leaves.  It is also know by the French name fleur-de-lis, which means lily or iris flower.  It is the basic shape of the badges used by scout organizations in other countries, too.
  The three points of the trefoil stand for the three parts of the Scout oath.
There are two stars on the badge.  They symbolize truth and knowledge. The eagle and the shield stand for freedom and a scout's readiness to defend that freedom.
 
The shape of the badge means that a scout can point the way in life as truly as a compass in the field.  
  The scroll bearing the scout motto is turned up at the ends as a reminder that a scout smiles as he does his duty.
The knot at the bottom of the scroll represents the slogan, Do a Good Turn Daily.

 

The Scout sign shows you are a scout.  Give it when you recite the Scout Law and the Scout Oath.  When a Scout or Scouter raises the Scout sign, all scouts should make the sign, too, and come to silent attention.
 
 
 
 

Scout salute

The Scout salute shows respect.  Use it to salute the flag of the United States of America.  You may also salute a Scout Leader or another scout.
 
 
 
 

The Scout Handshake

The Scout handshake is made with the hand closest to your heart and is offered as a token of friendship.  Extend your left hand to another Scout and firmly grasp his left hand.  The fingers do not interlock.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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