National Jewish Committee on Scouting Announces Scholarship Winners
Shawn A. Goldsmith
Oceanside, NY
Rick Arkans Eagle Scout Scholarship ($1,000)
On Shawn’s journey to become an Eagle Scout, he has earned 62 merit badges, the Ner Tamid, Etz Chaim and All Faith Awards. He has developed into an avid Conservationist and has been nominated for the Hornaday Award. Shawn has attended National Junior Leader Instructor Camp at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and the National Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Virginia. The activity that has had the greatest impact on his development is having staffed National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) at Ten Mile River Scout Camp in Narrowsburg, NY.
Shawn is a senior at Oceanside (NY) High School. Currently, Shawn is Editor in Chief and Advertising Director of his school’s newspaper. His other undertakings include serving as President of the Marine Science Club, Chief Marketing Officer of Student Entrepreneurs & Leaders, Secretary & Treasurer to his school’s Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) Chapter, a volunteer of Big Buddies and Interact, and Student Ambassador to Middle School students. Shawn maintains a weighted grade point average of 100 and has taken ten Advanced Placement courses.
Shawn has lead numerous environmental community projects such as instituting a Long Island Storm Drain Awareness campaign, restoring the Oceanside Marine Nature Study area, and investigating the Long Island Power Authority’s off-shore wind farm project. Shawn’s storm drain awareness campaign began when he was an intern at the Long Island office of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and he then continued this endeavor with his DECA team where he competed in Atlanta, Georgia. There he became an International Finalist.
Shawn has not yet decided which university he will attend in September.
