Boy Scouts And The National Honor Society

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“Trustworthy. Loyal. Helpful. Friendly. Courteous. Kind. Obedient. Cheerful. Thrifty. Brave. Clean. Reverent.”
Every Tuesday night, I go to the Chopmist Hill Fire Station in Scituate, Rhode Island and I repeat these twelve words. There, as a Life Scout, I help to guide the troop into being successful.
This string of adjectives, to millions of other Boy Scouts in America and me, is one of my guiding principles in life. No matter where we are, whether it be at school, home, work, in public or private, we try to live by these twelve words. While no person is ever perfect in following these guiding principles (and I am certainly no exception!) I believe that I follow these twelve words to the best of my abilities every day.
Boy Scouts has guided me into becoming a well-rounded individual who would be a good fit as a member of the National Honor Society because of my level of leadership, character, and service to my community.
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I know that I am a leader. I have held numerous positions in Boy Scouts, a few notable being troop guide, librarian, and patrol leader. Through my leadership, helped to lead many boys into becoming successful young men in their Scouting careers.
I have also held leadership positions as class Vice-President, and band Secretary where I have organized and coordinated many successful events. I am also the school’s Science Olympiad Captain, where I led an amazing group of classmates and friends into placing eighth in the state (last year we placed fourteenth) and getting two bronze