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Archive for the '2005 Eagles' Category
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James Frederick Christopherson
Posted by tim_hedge on February 26th, 2008 filed in Eagles, 2005 Eagles
Biography
James joined Cub Scouts while a second-grader at Walter Hays Elementary. His Den was more like a co-op with multiple Den Mothers looking after at least a dozen boys. After reaching his Weblos rank, James took a year off before joining Troop 57 as a 12-year old. He advanced quickly and held the positions of Patrol Leader and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader. He was elected to Senior Patrol Leader in June 2002. He was nominated by his fellow scouts to be one of the new members in the re-vitalized Order of the Arrow program. James was also appointed by Bob Cory to the rank of Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. His favorite camping experiences include rock-climbing at Bear Valley, kayaking in the Elkhorn Slough, three tours at Camp Oljato and his favorite — the annual ski-trip. Many boys in the troop and their families know James as a frequent umpire in Palo Alto Little League. James has coached youth sports teams for many different organizations including the 8th grade Jordan Boys team, a NJB Boys team that went to the State Tournament in San Diego and even a Second grade girls’ team through the YMCA.
James was recently awarded the PA Weekly’s Scholarship for Community Service for his many contributions. He has worked as a section editor for Paly’s award-winning school paper — the Campanile. He plans to pursue his interests in Journalism and Sports Marketing at the University of Oregon in the Fall.
Eagle Project
James’ Eagle Project was painting two large maps on the blacktop at Beechwood School in Menlo Park. Beechwood serves low-income minority families from the surrounding communities. One map was of the entire United States, neatly colored with several different colors. The other map was of the entire world and also was neatly painted with several colors. Overall, work crews as large as fifteen people completed the project in four days. The labor that was required to complete the project included power washing, chalking out the borders from the stencil, and lots of painting. The maps are used as an interactive part of the geography curriculum at Beechwood.
Christopher R.G. Reade
Posted by tim_hedge on February 26th, 2008 filed in Eagles, 2005 Eagles
Biography
Chris is a native of the Bay Area, and his family’s roots are here in Palo Alto and with Troop 57. His father, Evan, was a member of the Troop and his uncle, Ray Nasr, earned his Eagle with Troop 57 in 1978. However, Palo Alto and Troop 57 are not the only scouting experiences Chris has known.
His family is in the Foreign Service, so he has lived in many countries. Chris began scouting as a Tiger Cub in Tunisia! He returned to Arlington to finish Cub Scouts and joined Troop 638 in Virginia. Back in North Africa, Morocco, he advanced to Star with Troop 509 of the Transatlantic Council. Each summer he returned to the east coast and Troop 638 at scout camp in Goshen, Virginia, and he still proudly wears his Goshen patch on his uniform today. Whether camping in wild bird preserves on the Atlantic coast, rock climbing and rappelling in the Atlas Mountains or trekking through the Sahara on Camels, Chris received a truly foreign flavor of scouting. Perhaps one of Chris’s more memorable outdoor experiences while in Morocco was climbing Mount Toubkal which at nearly 14,000 feet measures up as the 2nd tallest mountain in Africa.
Chris’ life changed again when his family returned to Palo Alto, where he enrolled in Paly and joined Troop 57. Some of his favorite scout trips include the whitewater rafting trip, the Joshua Tree/Lake Mead Spring Break trip, and of course, his summers at Camp Oljato. During his entire 4 years in Troop 57, Chris was consistently one of the most active Scouts in the Troop. He never missed a Memorial Day Observance in Golden Gate National Cemetery and played a role in many of the Troop’s major community service projects, including the Urban Ministry food service program and the rebuilding of this Fire Circle.
He developed his leadership skills first as a Den Chief, then Assistant Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader in Patrol 2, and finally when he was elected Senior Patrol Leader for the entire Troop. Whether as a Den Chief attending Cub Scout meetings or as Senior Patrol Leader, Chris’ distinctive leadership style had three primary characteristics - an infectious enthusiasm that rubbed off on all the other Scouts; a positive attitude toward any task, that motivated others to do their best; and a good-natured approach to his relations with other Scouts and to team building, so that he was recognized as a “natural leader” in the Troop.
At Paly, Chris was an honor student, wrote for the Campanile and Verde, played on the JV and Varsity Football teams, and competed in the hurdles for the Track Team. He is currently a freshman at U.C. San Diego, where he is a member of the Club Lacrosse Team and he is a leader on the University Activity and Spirit Committees and is a voting member of the Student Council.
Eagle Project
Chris’ Eagle project is a free-standing awards kiosk and bulletin board which is used by the Paly track team for posting notices, schedules, race results and news. This structure acts as a communication tool for the Athletic Department and serves as a popular gathering spot for student athletes as they await their races and check results. Chris’ project was completed in the spring of 2005 and can be seen at Paly High’s Hod Ray Field, home of the Palo Alto Vikings.
