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(WOLF)
Among all of you computer wizards out
there tonight, it turns out we have some who have reached this level of
the program. [List names and invite them with their parents to
come forward.]
These players have spent a lot of
time learning new skills and have reached the Wolf level. [Hand
out badges to parents to give to the boys. Congratulate them and
offer Power Outage applause. Have them sit down.]
Once the program advances the players
to the next level, the achievements become a little tougher and the
players have to make some program choices to complete this level of the
program. I guess the program uses "if… then"
statements or something. Anyway, at this level, the players again
try to complete 12 achievements, but in four different subject
areas--God, Country, Family, and Self. Once they've completed 12,
a new icon is displayed [hold up the Bear badge].
(BEAR)
Again, we've got some real program
experts with us tonight who have completed these achievements.
[List off Bear candidate names and invite them and their parents to the
front of the room.]
These Cub Scouts have mastered their
level to get the Bear icon, but they are encouraged to keep working on
this level until the program moves them up to the next level.
[Hand parents the awards to present
to the boys and congratulate them. Offer the Computer Freeze
applause and ask them to take their seats.]
The Advancement program is a little
different than other programs. Because once you've gotten the Wolf
icon, you still stay at that level until the program tells you it's time
to begin working on the next level. But while you're working at
the Wolf level, you still do other things and learn new skills.
And as you do, the program gives you bonus icons [hold up arrow
points]. An arrow point is awarded each time a boy completes ten
electives; a gold arrow point for the first ten and a silver arrow point
for each ten after that.
(ARROW POINTS)
[List off Arrow Point candidate names
and invite them and their parents to the front of the room.]
These players (in both the Wolf and
Bear levels) have really mastered the program and are gaining a lot from
it. Tonight we award them with the extra arrow points they've
earned.
[Hand parents the awards to present
to the boys and congratulate them. Offer the "You've Got
Mail" applause and ask them to take their seats.]
This Advancement program is really a
pretty smart program. Whether or not a player gets the icon for a
level, the program automatically advances the player to the next level
when the player is ready to take on new challenges. For those who
have advanced to the level above Bear, they begin to get ready for an
even greater, more challenging program that they'll be able to enjoy in
just a couple of levels later--it's called the Boy Scout Advancement
program. So the players in the next level begin to
"prep" for this
Unlike the Wolf and Bear levels, this
next level of play involves completing separate activities for which the
program recognizes the player. These activities are more
challenging than the Bear achievements, but then again, the players are
ready for them too. While the player completes the activities, he
also works on special challenges--part of the "prepping" I
mentioned. This assures that the player will understand the rules
and requirements of the program after this one. As the player
completes an activities, he gets a mini-icon [hold up Activity Badge
pins] and when he has gotten certain mini-icons and completed the
"prep" challenges, the program gives him yet another icon
[hold up Webelos badge].
With us tonight are some players who
have done just that. They have worked the program to get several
mini-icons (or Activity Badges) and some have even completed the prep
challenges to get the Webelos icon. [List names and invite them
with their parents and Webelos Den Leaders to come forward.]
[Hand parents the awards to present
to the boys and congratulate them. Offer the Pac Man applause and
ask them to take their seats.]
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