Boy Scouting is a year-round program for boys 11 through 17, designed to achieve the aims of scouting through a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with the counsel of a adult Scoutmaster. If you're a boy age 11, or at least 10 and have completed the fifth grade, or have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award, you can join.

Advancement:

• Advancement in Scouts - Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is based on individual initiative with guidance and encouragement from the patrol leader, Scoutmaster, and other youth and adult leaders. Advancement is not age- or grade-based.

• Scouts BSA has seven ranks:

  1. Scout

  2. Tenderfoot

  3. Second Class

  4. First Class

  5. Star

  6. Life

  7. Eagle

• Requirements for the different ranks are found in the Scouts BSA Handbook and online.

• Advancement has four steps: Learn, Test, Review and Recognize.

• Some of the requirements for each rank have a time element, so Scouts will want to plan ahead so they don’t run out of time.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Vision Statement

The Boy Scouts of America will prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law.

Scout Oath

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.

Scout Law

A Scout is:

Trustworthy

Loyal

Helpful

Friendly

Courteous

Kind

Obedient

Cheerful

Thrifty

Brave

Clean

Reverent