When: February 2 and 9, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM each day
Where: Bethel United Methodist Church, on the corner of South Church Street and Henry Street in Spartanburg
Cost: $2.00 per class taken
Notes:
We are trying a new format this year based on recommendations from Merit Badge College two years ago. Instead of four half-day Saturdays, we will have two full-day Saturdays this year. There will be one class all morning, and one class all afternoon. Scouts will be told to bring a bagged lunch, and we will break for a half hour to eat. Each class will be completed in one session, including field trips if required. We will try to schedule classes with required homework on the first Saturday, so it can be turned in on the second Saturday.
The thoughts behind this schedule are that an instructor only has to commit to four hours on one Saturday, and thus it may be easier to recruit instructors. Also, in the past there have been problems with Scouts missing classes on various weeks and completing the requirements. With this schedule, if they attend the class, they will complete the requirements for that class.
Attached are a class schedule and a registration form. Please make as many copies as you need. All registration forms and money are due in the Scout office by Friday, December 14th.
We will need instructors from all Troops. The general rule-of-thumb is that we would like 1 instructor from your Troop for every 10 Scouts that attend. If you are willing to help or have the names of others that will help, please contact me and list the names on the bottom of the registration forms.
Richard Strasburger
1143 Woodburn Road
Spartanburg, SC 29302
rstras1@bellsouth.net
864-585-5556 (home)
864-542-7401 (cell)
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