On May 21, Kyle resident Skye Kirshner became the first member from Troop 812, housed at Kyle’s VFW Post 12058, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
Kirshner, a Hays CISD senior, was one of 11 total Hays High students who recently earned the Eagle rank, which is the highest rank attained through the Boy Scouts. To become an Eagle Scout, students must earn at least 21 merit badges and demonstrate ideals of service and leadership, including organizing, leading and completing a project of their choice. Fewer than five percent of all Boys Scouts nationwide become an Eagle.
Kirshner earned his Eagle rank by building an outdoor informal amphitheater for the Fellowship Church of Kyle. He has been accepted to Texas A&M University as an environmental design major and will play trumpet in the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band.
Kirshner, who is the second person in his family to earn the Eagle rank, was a Den Chief of his youngest brother’s Cub Scouts den for five years. He also helped form Troop 812 in 2018.
“I am the second Eagle in my family and it means a lot to me,” Kirshner said.
