Pacific Ridge School Junior and Encinitas resident Will Glockner was honored as an Eagle Scout, the highest rank of the Boy Scouts of America, during a June 14 ceremony at the San Elijo Lagoon.
Only five percent of Boy Scouts earn Eagle Scout rank. Achieving the rank requires earning 21 merit badges, serving six months in troop leadership, developing and leading a service project, taking part in a Scoutmaster conference, and completing an Eagle Scout board of review.
Glockner, who began his scouting career in 1st grade, completed the requirements for Eagle at the end of his freshman year, and has gone on to earn 29 merit badges in skills ranging from theater to oceanography. He has also served as a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster for younger scouts, and was nominated for Order of the Arrow – the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America.
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For his Eagle project, Glockner designed, landscaped, and installed an irrigation system for a native plant garden near the San Elijo Lagoon ranger center. Completion of the project required the coordination of more than 200 hours of volunteer work and fundraising of $1,000. The garden is used to educate students and visitors about native plants.
In addition to his scouting duties, Glockner is captain of the Pacific Ridge varsity cross country and track teams. He is Secretary General of the school’s Model United Nations team and will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer with the Pacific Ridge School Advanced Theatre class. He hopes to study biology or engineering in college.
