Sheet Category: FCT

FCT: Tenderfoot Physical Fitness (TF-6a or TF-6c)
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Memorial Park Roy H. Cullen Timing Track

Description:

FCT Requirements:
• TF 6a Record your best in the following tests:
Current results
Push ups _____ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
Sit-ups _____ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
Back-saver sit-and-reach _____ (Record the distance stretched)
1 mile walk/run _____ (Record the time)
• TF 6b Develop and describe a plan for improvement in each of the activities listed in Tenderfoot requirement 6a. Keep track of your activity for at least 30 days.
• TF 6c 30 days later – Record your best in the following tests:
Current results
Push ups _____ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
Sit-ups _____ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
Back-saver sit-and-reach _____ (Record the distance stretched)
1 mile walk/run _____ (Record the time)

• SC 7a After completing Tenderfoot requirement 6c, be physically active at least 30 minutes each day for five days a week for four weeks. Keep track of your activities.
• SC 7b Share your challenges and successes in completing Second Class requirement 7a. Set a goal for continuing to include physical activity as part of your daily life and develop a plan for doing so.

• FC 8a After completing Second Class requirement 7a, be physically active at least 30 minutes each day for five days a week for four weeks. Keep track of your activities.
• FC 8b Share your challenges and successes in completing First Class requirement 8a. Set a goal for continuing to include physical activity as part of your daily life and develop a plan for doing so.

FCT: Citizenship Discussion (FC-9a)
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: SJS – Basement Classrooms

Description:

Two Sessions (max of 8 scouts per session) from 6-7pm. Please arrive early and be prepared to ask at least two questions to our guest speakers to receive credit for this requirement.

FC 9a Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader (for example, an elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, or teacher) the constitutional rights and obligations of a U.S. citizen.

Date: Sunday, October 11, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: SJD – Youth Room (236)

Description:

Drug and Alcohol Talk
FCT Requirements covered:
• SC 7c Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and other practices that could be harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with your family, and explain the dangers of substance addictions. Report to your Scoutmaster or other adult leader in your troop about which parts of the Scout Oath and Scout Law relate to what you learned.

FCT Scout Rank Bootcamp.
October 4, 2026 (2-4pm)
SJD – Room 238

FCT Requirements covered:
• Scout 1a – Repeat from memory the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan. In your own words, explain their meaning.
• Scout 1b – Explain what Scout spirit is. Describe some ways you have shown Scout spirit by practicing the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan.
• Scout 1c – Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake. Explain when they should be used.
• Scout 1d – Describe the First Class Scout badge and tell what each part stands for. Explain the significance of the First Class Scout badge
• Scout 1e – Repeat from memory the Outdoor Code. In your own words, explain what the Outdoor Code means to you.
• Scout 1f – Repeat from memory the Pledge of Allegiance. In your own words, explain its meaning.

Scout Knots:
• Scout 4a – Show how to tie a square knot, two half-hitches, and a taut-line hitch. Explain how each knot is used.
• Scout 4b – Show the proper care of a rope by learning how to whip and fuse the ends of different kinds of rope.
• Scout 5 – Tell what you need to know about pocket knife safety
Personal Protection
• Scout 6 – Personal protection (Scout and Parent Orientation)
• Scout 6a – With your parent or guardian, complete the exercise in the pamphlet “How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent Guide”
• Scout 6b – With your parent or guardian’s permission, view the Personal Safety Awareness videos.1 (See the pamphlet inserted inside the front cover.)

Conservation Volunteer Opportunity
Organized by Neighbors for Nature
This Saturday, September 26
9-11:30am
Charles Milby Park
2001 Central St, Houston, TX 77017

Planting native plants that provide food and shelter for wildlife
Removing litter from beaches, bays, and bayous that harm local wild spaces and the animals that call them home

Waiver MUST be completed:
https://rno1e.share.hsforms.com/2qqlbGpjrQ12_XsLSg466tA

FCT: Tenderfoot Physical Fitness (TF-6a or TF-6c)

Date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Memorial Park Roy H. Cullen Timing Track

Description:

Tenderfoot Physical Fitness Requirements 6a, 6b, and 6c at the Memorial Park Timing Track from 2PM to 3:30PM. You must signup for a time slot.

Wear comfortable athletic clothes and shoes. Bring Scout Handbook, pen, water bottle, sunscreen.

WHERE: SJD Scout Room
WHEN: April 21st 2-4PM

Tenderfoot Physical Fitness Requirements 6a, 6b, and 6c at the Memorial Park Timing Track from 2PM to 3:30PM. You must signup for a time slot.

Wear comfortable athletic clothes and shoes. Bring Scout Handbook, pen, water bottle, sunscreen.

6pm in Scout Room before Troop Meeting

Teach Tenderfoot First Aid 4A & 4B using the EDGE Method.

4a. Show first aid for the following:
• Simple cuts and scrapes
• Blisters on the hand and foot
• Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial,
or first-degree)
• Bites or stings of insects and ticks
• Venomous snakebite
• Nosebleed
• Frostbite and sunburn
• Choking
4b. Describe common poisonous or hazardous plants; identify any
that grow in your local area or campsite location. Tell how to
treat for exposure to them