Pony Express Council

21st Century Scouting Academy

Saturday October 4, 2025

Benedictine College

Registration Open:      August 9 – September 20

Youth:           $25       Adult:            $10

Schedule

7:30 – 8:30am           Registration

8:30                           Opening

9:00am – 12:00pm    Morning Session

12:00 – 1:00pm         Lunch

1:00 – 4:00pm           Afternoon Session

Contact

Benedictine College                  Ryan Maderak

rmaderak@benedictine.edu

Pony Express Council               Erik McGuire

erik.mcguire@scouting.org

MB                       AM          PM         All-Day           Capacity

Architecture                                             X                      20

Astronomy                                X                                      20

Chemistry                                                 X                      20

Chess                       X                                                      12

Cit. Comm.               X                                                      20

Cit. Nation                                X                                      20

Drafting                                                   X                      12

Electronics                               X                                      12

Engineering                                              X                      16

Entrepreneurship                     X                                      20

Geology                    X                                                      20

Graphic Arts                             X                                      12

Inventing                  X                                                      20

Nuclear Science                       X                                      20

Programming                                           X

Public Health                           X                                      20

Pulp & Paper            X                                                      12

Radio                       X                                                      16

Robotics                                                   X                      16

Sustainability           X                                                      20

Capacity                   120          124          100                  224

Merit Badge/Advancement Notes:

Please encourage your Scouts to visit with the counselors while in class to verify which requirements are or are not completed. Scouts who take the time to complete preprequisite work or preparation of assignments for merit badges will contribute to a more fun and productive merit badge class for everyone. Scouts who bring either proof of requirements being completed or documentation signed by their parent or Scout leader stating they have completed pre-requisites can ask the counselor to mark the pre-reqs off at the end of class. 

For all badges, please read the merit badge pamphlet. All merit badge pre-reqs and requirements will reflect the new 2025 advencement updates. For the latest requirments, please visit https://www.scouting.org/skills/merit-badges/all/. 

At the conclusion of the event, the counselors will turn in the record sheets to the Council and shortly thereafter we will email out a pdf document by troop showing which badges were completed and/or partially completed. We'll use the Black Pug system to track the merit badge records and can generate completed blue cards upon request if needed.