PowWow Purpose     

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The merit badge program is one of Boy Scouting’s basic character-developing tools. Earning merit badges gives a boy the confidence that comes from learning and developing skills to achieve a goal - while working through adult mentors. At the Council PowWow, our purpose is to facilitate group instruction with approved merit badge counselors who will work with the Scouts during the PowWow sessions. However, this group experience should be accompanied by parent and local unit attention to each Scout’s projects and his ability to fulfill all merit badge requirements. Attending group instruction does not, by itself, qualify a Scout for any merit badge — Scout must complete all merit badge requirements!

Merit Badge Instruction

Merit badge instruction is available to a Scout for up to four different merit badges of his choice (with some exceptions).  Classes are limited to 10 Scouts.

Before You Register a Scout

Please review the requirements for each merit badge before registering your Scout. Some of the requirements will be completed at the PowWow, but Scouts will need to work on a majority of the requirements at home, either before the program or as homework between sessions. Please take the time to go over the merit badge worksheets with your Scout BEFORE the PowWow so he will be prepared. A significant amount of class time will be used by the merit badge counselors to review and pass off the requirements that have been completed outside of class. There is no guarantee that a Scout will complete all requirements for a merit badge during the PowWow. If he does not, additional follow-up with your local merit badge counselor will be required.

Materials Needed

Each Scout will need to obtain and bring the following to the PowWow (these are NOT supplied at the PowWow):

1. A Merit Badge Application Card (Blue Card) for each merit badge the Scout is pursuing (available at the Grand Teton Council Office, or possibly from your Scoutmaster). The Scoutmaster should sign these cards in advance of the PowWow.
2. A Merit Badge Worksheet (see right) for each merit badge the Scout is pursuing. Please print and use the merit badge worksheets from the Council PowWow site ONLY. If others are used, we cannot guarantee the requirements will be covered by the instructor during the PowWow.
3. A cheap Pen and clipboard or other flat item to write on. Tables may not be available. 

Merit Badge Application Cards

In keeping with the BSA Grand Teton Council policy, merit badges may only be issued to those who use an official BSA Merit Badge Application Card.

PowWow Merit Badge Worksheets will not be accepted at the Council Office in place of the official Merit Badge Application Card. Each Scout will be responsible to obtain his own cards and have them signed by his Scoutmaster before the PowWow begins. Merit badge cards will be signed by PowWow merit badge counselors only if all merit badge requirements are completed. Scouts who do not complete all the requirements should take their partially completed Merit Badge Worksheets to their local Badge Counselors or leaders for completion, review, and signature

Council Merit Badge Pow Wow

                  Class Schedule

7:30 am                Arrival

7:45 am                Opening Flag ceremony

8:00 am                First Class

9:10 am                Second class

10:15 am - 10:25   Snack Time - Snacks available

10:25 am             Third class

11:35 am             Fourth Class

12:40pm             Clean-up [Clean chair and stack on holders/clean table and stack]

12:55 pm             Closing flag - Announcements

1:00 pm             Scout Pickup 

Emails for will be sent to the person who signed you up with information about a week before the first Pow Wow Date. Signup email should be parents email, second email should be Scoutmaster

MERIT BADGES PROVIDED AT THE POWWOW

Click the Merit Badge to download the worksheet that you MUST bring with you along with a blue card signed by your Scout leader.

Worksheet Instructions

• Print the Merit Badge Worksheet for each class in which you enroll.

• Read the requirements listed on each worksheet and  review beforehand to see which requirements will likely need extra time to complete. 

• Bring your worksheets to the PowWow classes—they will NOT be provided by the PowWow.

• Each Scout needs to complete all requirements and show them to the Counselor to pass off the badge

• Save your worksheets in case you need to complete any requirements after the program, or in case you misplace your merit badge card.

WORKSHEETS. - DOWNLOAD HERE Eagle Required                       Word Format  Citizenship in the World Communication Emergency Preparedness Citizenship in the Nation Sustainability  Citizenship in the Community Electives Scouting Heritage Space Exploration Fire Safety Pets Railroading (2 hours) Chemistry (2 hours) Moviemaking Electricity * Most merit badges have at least one requirement that must be completed before the Council PowWow. Please view the worksheet beforehand to see which requirements will likely need extra time to complete. Scouts will need to work on a majority of the requirements at home, either before the program or as homework between sessions. Each Scout needs to complete all requirements and show them to the Counselor to pass off the badge.