Webelos Trail

After completing the Bobcat Trail, each Webelos Scout works toward his Webelos Badge. The following achievements
are available:

Aquanaut
Artist
Athlete
Citizen
Communicator
Craftsman
Engineer
Family Member
Fitness
Forester
Geologist
Handyman
Naturalist
Outdoorsman
Readyman
Scholar
Scientist
Showman
Sportsman
Traveler
When the Webelos Scout has completed the required work in the following areas, he has earned the Webelos Badge,
a patch worn on the left shirt pocket.

Parent Guide
Active for 3 months
Webelos badge
Uniform
Three activity badges
Flag ceremony
Boy Scout requirements
Religious award or alternates
After he has earned his Webelos Badge, the Webelos Scout is encouraged to work toward his Arrow of Light Award by
completing the required work in the following areas.

Six months in fifth grade
Boy Scout requirements
Five additional activity badges
Troop visit and outing
Webelos outdoor event
Troop meeting and conference
The Webelos Scout who has earned the Arrow of Light Award has also completed all rquirements for the Boy Scout
badge, received after his transition to Boy Scouts.

After earning his Webelos Badge, the Webelos Scout can also earn Compas Points Emblem and Compas Points by
completing elective activity badges (4 elective badges per Compas Points Emblem or Compas Point).

The Academics and Sports Program is optionally available to the Webelos Scout.



Academics and Sports Program
Tiger Cub, Wolf Cub, Bear Cub, and Webelos Scouts can also participate in the optional Academic and Sports
Program. Participation in this program leads to:

Belt Loops - each belt loop (a metal loop added to the uniform belt) is awarded in recognition of completing the first
three requirements in an academic area or sport.
Pins - each pin is awarded to a boy who chooses to continue his involvement in an Academics or Sports area and
earns the pin by meeting the appropriate requirements. Pins are worn on the Cub Scout Academic and Sports letter,
which is not part of the uniform.
Further information about this program is available online and in a print publication.
                         Webelos I and II

                                         WE'll BE LOyal Scouts
Webelos is a 20 month program for 4th and 5th grade boys to prepare to join a Boy Scout troop while learning
outdoors skills and participating in 20 different activity badges. A well-run group of Webelos is a gradual change
from being an 'adult-run' den to being a 'boy-run' patrol ready to fit right into an adventurous scouting troop.
This migration requires the parents and den leaders to give the scouts more and more control, decision-making
power, and responsibility as they progress in skills, abilities, and maturity. A good program also provides the
scouts with many opportunities to grow in the Webelos virtues.
A  Webelos den is very exciting to watch as the boys change from being squirrely 3rd graders, mostly intent on
running around and playing, to being a patrol that can recognize a goal, the requirements to fulfill the goal, and
the ambition to accomplish the goal. The trail to the destination is as rewarding as the destination, but they learn
to plan the work and work the plan and enjoy the process. Of course, we do not turn everything over to the boys
at the first Webelos meeting -  gradually, we give them more tasks to do, such as taking attendance, checking
uniforms, leading flag ceremonies, making announcements, preparing snacks, planning activity badge outings,
organizing campouts, and leading entire meetings.
This Webelos program has more success by running the program as a more adult-led up through January of the
4th grade, gradually passing responsibility to the scouts. By that time, each scout earns his Webelos rank badge
so it is a good time to change from blue shirts to tan, receive the Webelos badge, and start morphing into a
patrol. We will have trained Den Chiefs from Troop 422 assisting the Den Leaders and the Webelos to be
successful.

It is also a good point to start promoting the fact that each scout is responsible for his own advancement and
there will be few 'den-wide' completions of activity badges - each boy will complete on his own schedule. We
concentrate on having more patrol games, contests, and skill-building rather than activities directly related to an
activity badge at our den meetings - this causes each scout to perform more of the activity badge requirements
on his own and then contact the den leader for sign off. Again, this is a gradual change over a few months and
we still do activity badge projects and tasks at the meetings, but not all of them.

The Webelos program has two major milestones – the Webelos rank badge to be earned around February of
4th grade and the Arrow of Light to be earned around February of 5th grade. The final part of Webelos is
bridging over into a Boy Scout troop.

Once the goals of Webelos are understood, the methods of the program make a lot of sense! There are a few
major changes between Cub Scouts and Webelos scouts that are very important to the success of your program.
Boy Scouts of America - Pack 422
Dawsonville, Georgia
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