Court Of Honor

Adam's scout troop has a Court of Honor twice a year. Today's was a combination picnic/Court of Honor. This ceremony acknowledges all the merit badges the scout has earned and also any special events they have attended over the past six months or so. As you earn badges, you also move up in rank. Today Adam was awarded the Star rank. This is the third highest rank. Second highest is Life and of course, the highest rank a scout can attain is Eagle. Two of Adam's friends were awarded Life rank today, but due to an unfortunate accident that Adam had two years ago (some of you may recall a little altercation he had with his dirt bike...LOL!), he hasn't been able to keep up with his buddies, Jason and Robin. Because he missed camp that year, he doesn't have as many merit badges as they do. He needs to complete 3 additional merit badges between now and the next Court of Honor (to be held sometime in Jan/Feb 2007) and then will also advance to Life. After that, it'll be time to work on his Eagle rank and project.

Troop 55 with their leaders
Adam receiving congratulations on achieving Star rank
Adam receiving merit badges and congratulations
Troop Leader, Dennis, acknowledging Adam's accomplishments
Adam sharing what his role as Historian entails