Eagle Scout Essays

Five years ago, I joined the Boy Scouts of America. I was such a little kid, full of hopes and dreams about one day becoming an Eagle Scout. Fast forward 4 years to August 2016. Around that time I started to get my act together about starting my eagle scout. For those who do not know, the eagle project is the hardest part of your eagle rank because it test your leadership and your sense of responsibility. When I finally completed my project last spring, I realized that I had learned a couple of

The Benefits of the Journey to Eagle Scout In recent years Boy Scouts of America has changed their name to Scouts BSA due to them letting females join the program. This was a major change for the program, but it allowed females to benefit from the opportunities and experience of working towards eagle scouts. One of the very first requirements every scout has to complete on their journey to eagle scout is the memorizing of The Outdoor Code. “As an American, I will do my best to Be clean in my outdoor

1.6% earn the title of Eagle Scout. I am an Eagle Scout. When I joined the Cub Scouts, my eight-year-old self anticipated joining my friends to wild adventures the way a recruitment poster hanging in the elementary cafeteria showed through its variety of colorful pictures. Reflecting back, Scouts didn’t groom me to become the thrill-seeking adrenaline junkie I envisioned at eight; instead, Troop 119 taught me to lead and serve. Having the role of a leader in the Boy Scouts helped me to become a

day I had my Eagle Scout Court of Honor. That was the day that I stood in front of my Boy Scouts troop (Troop 470), my friends, and my family to celebrate my achievement of reaching the highest rank in Boy Scouts. I first joined Cub Scouts while in the fourth grade. From the very beginning of my scouting career, I heard about the goal that every Boy Scout sets for himself, but only about five percent ever reaches: the Eagle Scout rank. Scouts and leaders alike discussed the Eagle Scout rank with awe

portray a little bit more about myself and my personal characteristics. From the age of five years old I have been involved in the cub scouts, and progressively worked my way for the past seven years towards my Eagle Scout. I am very proud of this accomplishment because it took dedication, discipline, and a significant amount of time. In order to achieve the Eagle Scout rank, you are required to contribute a service project for the community. I decided to build an outdoor classroom/bird blind, in order

hundreds of community service hours with my Boy Scouts troop - scouting for food, flag retirement ceremonies, serving as honor guard in community events, preparing care packages for deployed members of the military, and providing labor to complete Eagle Scout’s community service projects. I fondly remember making Christmas cards, which we delivered to nursing home residents while giving our best rendition of Silent Night. As a high school scout, I participate in increasingly more responsible service

the black wheels carried it to the finish line. My six year old self was thrilled with excitement. Now 17, as that little silver car sits on a shelf I am an Eagle Scout. Sitting around the campfire with 27 merit badges sewed on my sash, I am a life Scout at age 13. Laying down logs to start a campfire for the next meal, I watch the younger Scouts put little twigs in and finally make a spark to start the fire that will last us the rest of the evening. Moving from the roaring flames we set up the axe

support To my family and friends and to the people who helped with my eagle project And thank you all for attending my court of honor Over the past 13 years, scouting has taught me a lot of things that will stay with me the rest of my life. It has taught me, don’t use gasoline to start a fire. I’ve learned that being an eagle Scout isn’t just a title, but a way on how to live your life. Since 2008, when I joined Boy Scouts, I’ve made so many friends and memories that I will never forget. One

One of the best examples I have about persistence is Boy Scouts. I joined the organization when I was in first grade and now twelve years later I am still a scout. Throughout those twelve years there were many instances where I wanted to drop out, and yet I was compelled to continue to achieve the rank of Eagle. Moreover, it was harder to continue as I watched my friends join and and quit. Nevertheless, I endured and am better off for it. Furthermore, once I entered high school I started to get much

schooler, I joined Boy Scouts without knowing the tremendous impact the program would make in my life. I learned the basics of outdoor survival and scouting from older Scouts—principally Life and Eagle Scouts—who had recently been young scouts like me, staring up at the grand mountain of scouting from the humble rank of Tenderfoot. These were the leaders and role models I looked up to. When I saw the leadership and character they built on their journey up the mountain toward Eagle, I knew I had to accept

Is Everyone the Same? Narrative When I was 13 years old I went to a boy scout event with thousands of scouts, that was 15 days long called National Jamboree, which was held out in West Virginia. It wasn’t going to be like any other normal scout trip I’ve been on where it’s just my friends and I that go on a weekend Campout. This was going to be a fun and a very adventurous trip with people from all over the world in which I had no clue what I was going to expect. I’ve never been around other people

On Sunday afternoon, boy scouts in Seward’s Troop 256 gathered at the St. John Lutheran Church to honor eight members’ induction to Eagle Scout. Also present were six members of the troop’s class of 1967, which reunited to celebrate the group’s 50th anniversary as Eagle Scouts. State Sen. Mark Kolterman of the 24th District, one of nine members of the 1967 troop, said he knows first hand how big of an honor the award is. “You work hard for it,” he said. “It’s something that nine of us have in common

Being an Eagle Scout is important to me because I have learned leadership and many skills through my journey that will benefit me the rest of my life. By becoming an Eagle Scout, it shows a level of commitment that many are unable to achieve. For example, I completed all the required Eagle merit badges as well as all of the alternate required Eagle merit badges including Cycling, Hiking, Swimming, Lifeguarding, and Emergency Preparedness. Becoming an Eagle Scout, I have become a more knowledgeable

An accomplishment that saw me transition from childhood to adulthood was when I got my Eagle Scout award. Since the award occurred so close my eighteenth birthday and I had been working on it for so long. This accomplishment allowed me to look back on my childhood and reflect on everything that I had had to do to earn this award but more importantly reflect on what I had learned in my travel through scouting. This was not only a growing up process for me but for my community and family. Becoming

country, swimming, or peewee basketball in first grade, sports taught me valuable lessons in leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship. The person I have become is influenced by my membership in the Indiana Association of Student Councils (IASC), my Eagle Scout journey, and my rank of captain on the cross country team. As a Northeast District Representative for the IASC Executive Committee, I have integrated the pillars of the IASC into my personality: Inspiration, Action, Service, and Character. The

that I once believed was a distant and seemingly unachievable goal. I was at my own Eagle Scout award ceremony and I honestly could not believe that I had finally accomplished what only six percent of all Scouts do. During my ceremony I began to look back on the countless hours of work that had gone into my Eagle Project. This contemplation slowly progressed into a reflection of my entire involvement in the Boy Scouts of America. My journey through Scouting began at the age of seven and I am proud

My name is Gabe Nixon, I’m seventeen years old, and I’m an Eagle Scout and senior at East High School. I’ve been at East High for the past four years, and I’m the third generation of my family to be graduating from East High since 1932. I’m an Eagle Scout of three years, and am a proud member of the Order of the Arrow. I started scouting in first grade as a Tiger Cub, and it has been an integral part both my childhood and maturity as I’ve gotten older. I hope that I can use the skills I’ve learned

rank of Eagle Scout is the highest attainable in the Boy Scouts of America and on average only four percent of scouts ever earn this achievement. I’m writing to you all about when I earned mine, fellow classmates, to enable all of you to know me and my values better. I earned my Eagle Scout rank on June 23, 2016, just managing to finish all the necessary requirements and paperwork less than a week before my eighteenth birthday. However, a scout will not be able to receive the Eagle Scout rank if

Boy Scouts of America, specifically Troop 39 in Burlington, has played a large role in my personal development and growth. I started at the bottom of the totem pole, and worked my way to the top through years of hard work and dedication to finally reach my childhood goal of being an Eagle Scout. This journey through scouting, and my achieving in attaining this rank, also represents my transition in my life from childhood to adulthood, within both my family and community. As I grew as a scout, I also

responsibility when I performed my Eagle Scout Project. I joined the scouting program when I was very young, and have been very active since ever. Becoming an Eagle Scout has many challenges that a young Boy Scout must undertake, including the completion of a community-based project, which is an important step in obtaining this notable rank. The Eagle Scout Project is designed for the scout to learn different leadership responsibilities. The project allows the scout to have practice with difficult situations