Welcome to the Antares District web site! Antares District is part of the Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.

The Antares District Charter Partners are represented in multiple geographic areas and school districts which include Houston 5th Ward, Northeast Houston and parts of Fort Bend County.  The district provides scouting programs and after school activities in North forest ISD, Houston ISD, Lamar and Fort Bend ISD.

The district currently serves a multi cultural and diverse community with an ethnic representation of 61.7 % Hispanic, 26.5 % African American, 7.8 % White, 2.9 % Asian, 0.3 % Native American and 0.8 % Other.   The district consists of 70 Scouting units with a current membership of over 1300 youth.

The Antares District activities include weekend campouts, family campouts, summer camp, fishing derby, scout hoops tournament, pine wood derby races, two local merit badge days and one merit Badge University in partnership with The University of Houston.

Important Changes to the Boy Scouts of America's Youth Protection Training Policies

Recently, the Boy Scouts of America announced important changes to its Youth Protection policies. The purpose of these changes is to increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting.

Effective June 1, 2010:

• Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers, regardless of their position.
• New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before submitting an application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time the application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.
• Youth Protection training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer's Youth Protection training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.

To find out more about the Youth Protection policies of the Boy Scouts of America and how to help Scouting keep your family safe, see the Parent's Guide in any of the Cub Scouting or Boy Scouting handbooks, or go to http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx.

Questions and Answers

The Boy Scouts of America has introduced a new service to councils that enables units to expedite the paperwork portion of the Advancement tracking process over the Internet.

This Program is now mandatory for submitting advancement reports!

This advancement service will enable units to process ranks and awards for youth members in packs, troops, teams, crews, ships and posts. Please be aware that the National Council conducts maintenance on the computer systems every Saturday from 9:00pm until Sunday at 6:00am and the advancement system may not be available at those times.

Get started on INTERNET ADVANCEMENT

USE INTERNET ADVANCEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING:

1. Each Unit's Charter Organization Representative must select a registered unit advancement processor. This Unit Advancement Processor is the only person with the Internet Advancement Access Codes. This person must have Internet Connectivity, a printer and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later with JavaScript enabled. MAC users cannot use Internet Advancement through the MAC OS.
2. The Chartered Organization Representative must obtain a unit ID CODE from the Council Office (Advancement Department)
3. Gather information for advancement, including merit badge applications and advancement records with dates.
4. Click INTERNET ADVANCEMENT above. Follow the online instructions to process Advancements and print an Advancement Report.
5. Have the appropriate people sign the printed unit advancement report and submit it to the Council. Save a copy for your files.
6. Units should submit advancements before the end of each month, or more often if needed. In December, submit a report before the end of the month to update your unit and Council statistics.

Internet Advancement Overview (704.85 kB)