Jun. 5—Following a challenging year of COVID-19 spent largely in distance learning, 138 seniors in Orcutt Academy High School's graduating class were cheered on into their next chapter during a drive-in ceremony Friday. Around 150 cars decked out with balloons, messages of support and other decor filled the baseball fields on the school campus, facing the graduate seating area and portable .
Orcutt Teen Sonia Wasserman Among First Females to Earn Rank of Eagle Scout
The 17-year-old Orcutt Academy High School student shows that leadership and community service are among her many skills
Sonia Wasserman, center, standing with her parents, Sonia and Robert, has earned the ranking of Eagle Scout, making her one of the first female Scouts in the United States to achieve it. (Courtesy photo) By Rochelle Rose, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @NoozhawkNews
January 9, 2021
| 8:40 p.m.
Sonia Wasserman, 17, of Orcutt is one of a handful of females who earned Eagle Scout standing from Scouts BSA (formerly known as the Boy Scouts) in its most recent Eagle Scout class of 2020.
Orcutt teen becomes one of the first female Eagle Scouts in the nation
ORCUTT, Calif. – A 17-year-old senior at Orcutt Academy High School is one of the first female Eagle Scouts in the nation.
Sonia Wasserman is set to be among hundreds of young women who will make up the inaugural class of female eagle scouts.
It all started in February 2019, when the Los Padres Council started welcoming girls into scouts BSA in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Eagle Scout is the program’s highest rank, only about 6% of scouts achieve it on average.
To earn it, a scout has to take on leadership roles within their troop and community, earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, organize and complete a large community service project, and more.