Woodland Hills Students Receive Eagle Scout Awards

Three students were promoted to the highest rank available in the Boy Scouts of America.

Troop 90 of  recently held an Eagle Court of Honor to recognize Colin Blaney, Colin Letson and Nathan Huang as their 142nd, 143rd and 144th Eagle Scouts (respectively) on the National Rolls. 

Each candidate was responsible for the planning, funding and overseeing of a Leadership Service Project. The “Eagle Project” must demonstrate leadership of others and provide service to a worthy institution other than the Boy Scouts.  

This may be a religious institution, school, or community. The project should be valuable to the community and a challenge to the scout.   

The project may not be routine labor (like cutting the grass at the church or picking up trash along the road).  It may not benefit the BSA or any Scout property or any business or individual. Fundraising is only permitted to obtain money to pay for the materials needed for the project.   

Blaney, a senior at Woodland Hills High School, gave back to the marching band, by sanding, rust-proofing, sealing and re-painting (with the new Wolverine logo) one of the band’s equipment trailers. Letson, also a senior at Woodland Hills High School, gave back to the Forest Hills community through improvements to the main park on Ardmore Boulevard. These improvements included refurbishing the park’s horseshoe pits and re-lining the basketball courts. (Notably, the original horseshoe pits had been the Eagle Project of Woodland Hills' teacher Matthew Rodrigues.) 

Huang, a junior at Woodland Hills High School, also gave back to Forest Hills, revitalizing the Ardmore Boulevard Forest Hills bus shelters. This involved the daunting tasks of both roof repair and painting of the bus shelters along the busy thoroughfare. 

Among the invited guests present at the ceremony were High School Staff members Ms. Barbara Amick, Mr. Matthew Rodrigues and Mr. James Blaney. Also acknowledged for all of their support and help were Woodland Hills Staff members Mr. Thomas Crone, Ms. Debbie Fischer, Ms. Leisa Mason and Mr. Brad Nepa.