First Class
 firstclass.gif (15581 bytes) 1) Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. 12/12/06

2) Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.). 10 Mile Night Hike 2006

3) Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight.

checkmark.gif (234 bytes)Family Camp 9/3/2004 checkmark.gif (234 bytes) Lewis & Clark Camporee 10/21/2005
checkmark.gif (234 bytes)Black Powder Rifle Camp 11/12/2004 checkmark.gif (234 bytes)Salmon Enhancement Project
checkmark.gif (234 bytes) Boy Scout Day at the Tacoma Art Museum 11/23/04
10 Mile Night Hike 11/17/2006
Wreath Selling at Winterfest 12/2006
Shotgun Shooting 01/21/07
Camping at Penrose State Park 2/3/07

4a) Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner and that requires cooking at least two meals.  Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.

checkmark.gif (234 bytes)Family Camp 9/3/2004 Camping at Penrose State Park 2/3/07

4b) Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients.

checkmark.gif (234 bytes)Family Camp 9/3/2004
Camping at Penrose State Park 2/3/07

4c) Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals. Family Camp 9/3/2004

Camping at Penrose State Park 2/3/07

4d) Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish. 11/21/06

4e) On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.

checkmark.gif (234 bytes)Family Camp 9/3/2004

5) Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen. Interviewed Dave Peterson, Kitsap County Clerk 2/2/07

6) Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community.   Took photos and identified the plants. 2/6/2007

7a) Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. 1/23/07

7b) Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.   Miracle Ranch Outdoorsmanship class 10/10/2004

8a) Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.

8b) Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone. Red Cross First Aid/CPR Class

8c) Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person

From a smoke-filled room
With a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards

8d) Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). CPR Certified 1/29/05

9a) Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.

9b) Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Passed Level III on 10/04

9c) With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.)

10) Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.

11) Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

12) Complete your board of review.