To earn Star Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, you must earn six merit badges, including any four from the required list for Eagle Scout.
Merit badges are not required for the ranks up to First Class. After that, six are required for Star Rank, 5 more for Life Rank and a total of 21 are required to earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
Merit badges are awards earned by Boy Scouts based on activities within an area of study. The purpose of the merit badge program is to allow Scouts to examine subjects to determine if they would like to further pursue them as a career or avocation. As of April 2011 there are 126 merit badges. A Boy Scout needs a minimum of 21 to earn Eagle Scout.
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Many organizations worldwide confer badges on their various members. The "Sheriff's Star" of the American Old West is one of the most recognizable badges.
A self proclaimed ranking without merit.
To become and eagle scout, you have to advance from tenderfoot, to second class, to first class, to star, to life, then finally to eagle; however, there is only seven requirments for the individual eagle rank. you need a total of twenty one merit badges to become eagle.
Yes. It is a higher award.
Girl Scouts of the USA do not have a "must earn" requirement. Girls may earn as many or as few badges as they choose to earn. However, if they want to earn one of the Awards, they must earn which ever badges are required as part of earning that award. For example, currently (August 2011), girls must complete two Senior or Ambassador level Journeys or earn the Girl Scout Silver Award and complete on Senior or Ambassador Journey as part of the requirements for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award.
A VPP Merit site is a workplace in the US, in a state under Federal OSHA jurisdiction, which has a Safety and Health Management Program in place that meets many but not all of the criteria for being named a VPP Star site. The site is designated a Merit site and given time to improve to meet the Star criteria.
A site called 'A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust" lists many different badges in it's linked in-depth commentary. They include the catch-all black badges anti-socials and the green badge for criminals. Yellow was for Jews. purple for Jehovah Witnesses, and pink for male homosexuals
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On the Spot Interviews - 2011 Merit Leighton Interview Taylor Hay's Star for a Night Celebration was released on: USA: 19 November 2012