May 14th Meeting InformationTo Scouts and Parents: This is the first of two special meetings designed to help the new Scouts meet their physical aptitude test requirements for Tenderfoot rank. Information about these tests can be found starting at page 57 of the Boy Scout Handbook. On this Monday we will do the initial tests and records the boys' results. In another month we will re-test the boys and record their new results. The object is to show improvement -- the absolute test results are not important. Each Scout, with encouragement and assistance from his parents, should practice these particular skills for the next month so that he can demonstrate that, with practice and training, he has improved. We will meet at the Barkley Community Center parking lot stairs at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 14th. The center is located at 4469 Chevy Chase Drive. We will then go down the stairs to the athletic field and track. Since the boys will be running and doing push ups, etc., uniforms are not required or recommended for this evening. Instead, the Scouts should wear something comfortable for the tests they will be taking. We will transport all the Scouts back to St. George's to our regular meeting room, and they will finish their meeting there and be done around 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. Scouts should be dropped off at the Community Center and picked up at St. George's. After next Monday's tests we recommend that parents take their Scouts back to the athletic field and encourage them to practice the tests and to run the track. This will help insure that they will improve before the second test in another month.
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