See below for What Scouts is all About!
Here are a couple quicklinks to help get you started.
Here are a couple quicklinks to help get you started.
Want to Volunteer to Help? Have ideas for a pack or den outing? Email your den leaders or email Tim: [email protected]
What is Scouts All About?
Cub Scouts Have FUN!
At St. Michael's, Cub Scouts is for boys in 1st thru 5th grade. It is the first and biggest of the three scouting programs (Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturing) from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Cub Scouts provides a safe and comfortable environment where the boys have fun, make friends, develop character, learn and grow. Note that while some host organizations have decided to invite girls to join, SMS has not yet decided to do that...mainly because there is a thriving Girl Scout troop at SMS. Also, some packs allow kindergartners to join. SMS does not allow that since we believe that is 1 year too early for the boys.
Cub Scouting means "doing"; crafts, games, sports, songs, skits, stories, and puzzles, to name a few things. Much of the fun happens right in the Den meetings (including just your son's grade) and Pack meetings (including all cub scouts 1st - 5th grade and their families).
Achievement
While boys are having fun, they’ll also be earning badges and awards. Working on projects with parents or other adults as well as at den meetings, everyone will feel good about what Cub Scouts accomplish.
When boys earn an award in Cub Scouting, they learn new skills. Cub Scouts also get to use their new skills and knowledge in projects and demonstrations. Boys show what they have learned as a Cub Scout.
Cub Scouting Has a Purpose
The official purposes of Cub Scouting are to:
• Positively influence character development and encourage spiritual growth
• Help boys develop habits and attitudes of good citizenship
• Encourage good sportsmanship and pride in growing strong in mind and body
• Improve understanding within the family
• Strengthen boys' ability to get along with other boys and respect other people
• Foster a sense of personal achievement by helping boys develop new interests and skills
• Show how to be helpful and do one's best
• Provide fun and exciting new things to do
• Prepare boys to become Boy Scouts
See this attachment for more details about our Pack!
Want to learn even more about Scouts in general? See our Resources Tab above and click on Scout Links where you can learn all there is to know about Scouting!