MANUAL

CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 13
YEAR-END REVIEW
At the end of each year, the Lair Scouters will work with the youth in the Lair to review
the adventures they have had. Although reviews take place throughout the year, the
Year-end Review gives the youth the opportunity to look at their cumulative growth.
The Lair Scouters engage with the Lair in the meeting hall, on a hike, at a camp or
around a campfire. Using the Jungle Map as a reference may help guide the discussion.
Using the SPICES review questions as a guide, the Scouter will ask:
• What is the most interesting thing you learned this year? Why?
• What did you find the most challenging? Why?
• What did you learn about yourself in all your adventures?
• How would you describe yourself at the beginning of this year and at the end?
• What do you know now that you did not know before?
1. Personal Progression
Howlers review their personal journey and progression through the Cub Scout
program by reviewing their Cub adventures with a Scouter. During this review,
the Howlers discuss the areas visited on the Jungle Map, the adventures they
completed while there and any Personal Achievement badges that were attained.
The Scouter may guide the Howler in the review with prompting SPICES questions
that assist the Scouter in learning how the Cub Scout has grown.
2. Outdoor Adventure Skills
In addition to personal progression, Cub Scouts are expected to achieve
10 Outdoor Adventure Skills stages, including any achieved in Beaver Scouts.
This can be accomplished by achieving multiple stages in a few skills or a few
stages in multiple skills.
The Pack Leadership Team may also do a Year-end Review, focusing on how it
provided leadership to the Pack. Review questions may address what the Howlers
learned as members of the Howler Council and from leading their Lairs. Scouters
participate in this review by answering the questions as well. At a meeting following
the Year-end Review, youth should be presented with their Personal Progression badges.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Seeonee Award is named after
the Seeonee wolf pack that adopts
Mowgli. The pack lived in the
Seeonee Hills.
Seeonee Award
TOP SECTION AWARD: THE SEEONEE AWARD
The Seeonee Award is the Top Section Award for a Cub Scout. It marks the culmination
and completion of a successful Cub Scout journey. At the end of Cub Scouts, youth
will have an opportunity to reflect on their personal journey and Outdoor Adventure
Skills attained. They will volunteer hours of service and develop a project that serves
their community.
During the second half of their Howler year, Cub Scouts may begin to work on their
Seeonee Award. The Top Section Award is achievable even if the youth has only been
in Cubs for one year.
There are four important components of the Seeonee Award:
1. Cub Scouts have made personal progress through their adventure activities.
2. Cub Scouts have progressed through 10 Outdoor Adventure Skills stages (including any
achieved in Beaver Scouts).
3. Cub Scouts have completed 15 volunteer service hours to give back to their
communities. These hours must be completed as a member of the Cub Scout Section;
they are not cumulative from Beaver Scouts.
4. Cub Scouts complete a project that makes a positive difference in their local, national
or global community.
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