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First Class Scout is a rank in the Boy Scouts of America, the rank above Second Class and below Star Scout. It is the highest of the lower four [ 1 ] ranks in Scouting, and is the minimum rank that need be attained for entry into the Order of the Arrow .
A Scout can work on the requirements for the Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks at the same time, but each rank must be earned in sequence. The badge is awarded when the Scout completes requirements in the areas of Scoutcraft , physical fitness, citizenship, personal growth, and Scout Spirit .
Tenderfoot, [6] Second Class [7] and First Class [8] have progressively harder requirements in the areas of Scoutcraft, physical fitness, citizenship, personal growth and Scout Spirit. Focus turns toward individual achievement, leadership and community service once First Class is earned.
The ranks are in the following order: Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star Scout, Life Scout, and Eagle Scout. An increasing number of merit badges, as well as being in troop leadership positions, is required for the latter 3 ranks, plus other requirements.
The program originally focused almost exclusively on Scoutcraft skills, some elements of the Patrol Method, and First Class Boy Scout requirements. In a major cultural shift during the 1970s, Wood Badge was modified to train Scouters in eleven specific leadership competencies. The National Council has updated it several times since then, and ...
The Girl Scouts of the USA — a separate organization from the Boy Scouts of America — had taken issue with the Boy Scouts opening its doors to girls throughout the ranks, and had filed a ...
Scouts BSA Handbook is the official handbook of Scouts BSA, published by the Boy Scouts of America.It is a descendant publication of Baden-Powell's original handbook, Scouting for Boys, which has been the basis for Scout handbooks in many countries, with some variations to the text of the book depending on each country's codes and customs.
How this Raleigh Eagle Scout accomplished something only .0038% of all scouts achieve. Actually, a second one. He earned all 138 Boy Scout merit badges — even plumbing, bugling and dentistry