First Troop Meeting! ------------------- Tuesday, September 9th 7:00 PM St. Joseph School Gym

Official Troop Stuff order form CLICK HERE! Drop off form at troop meeting. You'll get your "stuff" at the next.

"Class A" uniform with beret is the norm for Troop Meetings.    All Scouts should always bring their scout handbook to all meetings and campouts.

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2008-2009 Troop Calendar COMING SOON! Advancement Help Great Help for Learning Knots Animated Knots for Scouts & Guides T272 Tent Setup Instructions BE PREPARED! Read the directions! Upcoming Events and Activities WELCOME BACK! Welcome Letter From Our Scoutmaster (Click on above link to open the letter.) ___________________________________________________________ Troop Meeting - September 9th - Saint Joseph School Gym - 7 PM "Class A" Uniform:  Official BSA Khaki Shirt, Trousers, and Belt, with Troop 272 Neckerchief and Troop 272 Beret (BSA Knee Socks required if you choose to wear Official BSA Khaki Shorts) ___________________________________________________________ Virtus Training for Adult Volunteers - September 29th - 7 PM - Carew Hall required for all adults who come in contact with our youth and recommended for all parents Click here for a letter from our Charter Organization and a registration link. Click here for Protecting God's Children, a letter from our pastor, Fr. Mike Maffeo. ___________________________________________________________ Parent Orientation - Meet the Scoutmaster September 30th - 7 PM - Upper School - Room 14 (Science Lab) ___________________________________________________________ Court of Honor - October 7th - Gym Ten Things Troop 272 Parents Need to Know -  (because sometimes our sons forget...) [Click here for the ten things.] Scouts who are pursuing the Swimming or Lifesaving Merit Badge should have a merit badge book.  Read it and make an appointment with Mr. Koch to complete the requirements.  Use the review sheet available at the right to prepare.  (Swimming, pg 1-2 ~ Lifesaving, pg 1-4) Click here for Review Sheet for Swimming and Lifesaving. Working on Tenderfoot Rank? It takes 30 days to complete the fitness requirement.  There's no time like the present to start! Click here for a helpful tracking sheet for the FITNESS REQUIREMENT based on Personal Fitness MB. When will you complete the Home Repair MB  ? Safety Practices for Home Repair Prepare to discuss this with the counselor. Requirements List / Personal Tracking Sheet for your use to complete this MB. Helpful Links for Home Repair Print out your tracking sheet and talk to Mr. Koch. Visit these two great places online! TheScoutZone.org - Info about Boy Scouting (has a section for youth and a section for parents) BoysLife.org - online games, select articles, what's new Features and Links I C U.  U C Me?  Photo Albums ¿Qué? ¿Cuándo? ¿Dónde? (What? When? Where?) 2007/2008 Activities Calendar  (updated 04/02/2008) (pdf) Check the weather to BE PREPARED:   National Weather Service Forecasts Winter camping help: Winter Camping and Hypothermia Self-Tutorial on Hypothermia (Powerpoint) - Click here to get a free copy of Powerpoint Viewer. fire safety:   FIRE SAFETY FOR KIDS (resource for den chiefs or to teach younger brothers and sisters) St. George's Feast Day is April 23rd Patron Saint of Scouting info:    1) basic info on St. George    2) St. George from Saint of the Day    3) extensive info on St. George,        including drawings by Lord Baden Powell and beautiful icons from around the world B.S.A. info:   B.S.A. ONLINE - What is Boy Scouting? - Handbooks Through History - BSA Factsheets knots:   Animated knots for Scouts and Guides merit badge help:  Merit Badge Requirements from USScouts.org followup on Swimming and Lifesaving MBs: Download review sheet. signaling:   Text to Semaphore Translator camp cooking help:   recipes (consider last recipe, especially) campfire program help:   songs - stories - skits - more skits Order of the Arrow:   National OA Website - Northeast Region Website - Section NE-2B Website - Shinnecock Lodge Website - Unkechaug Chapter canoeing and kayaking:   ACA PADDLING SmartStart We canoe. Canoe canoe? Learn to canoe and Kayak safely. Ten Things Troop 272 Parents Need to Know -   (because sometimes our sons forget...) Guide to Safe Scouting (Keep yourself and our scouts safe!  Learn and follow BSA safety policies.) All Troop 272 Adult Leaders are required to take BSA Youth Protection Training every other year. Is YOUR Training up to date? It's available ONLINE. Click on the banner to link to BSA Youth Protection Training ONLINE and receive credit with the Troop, Council, and BSA National Offices for doing so. It is recommended that parents also take this training. Protect our boys and yourself! ONLINE TRAINING VIA SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, BSA and the council training session schedule (Help us provide a quality program for our youth.) Scouting Forms -  (Official BSA Forms from the National Office) e-mail the Scoutmaster | e-mail charter organization representative go to Saint Joseph Church main page | e-mail the webmaster return whencesoever you came | visit the Suffolk County Council, BSA website Many of our files are PDFs. Click here to get the latest copy of Adobe Reader for your computer.