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- Meet age Requirements. Be a boy who has completed the fifth grade or is 11 years old, or has earned the Arrow of Light Award but is under 18 years old.
- Complete a Boy Scout Joining Application and Health History signed by your parent or guardian.
- Find a Scout Troop Near your Home
- Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance
- Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.
- Demonstrate tying the square knot
- Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or Promise, Law, Motto, and Slogan, and the Outdoor Code.
- Describe the Scout Badge.
- Complete the Pamphlet Exercises. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide. (Inside the front cover of the Boy Scout Hand Book)
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Turn in your Boy Scout Application and heath history form signed by your parent or guardian, and then participate in a scoutmaster conference.
When you have done these things, the Scoutmaster will give you a certificate of membership, and you can proudly wear the badge and uniform that shows you are a member of the Boy Scouts of America. The Joining requirements were taken out of the Boy Scout Handbook 11th edition.
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