Roseville High School student earns Eagle Scout award

ROSEVILLE — Roseville High School senior William Scheinpflug shares a common bond with Roseville Community Schools Superintendent Mark Blaszkowski.

Both have earned the honor of becoming Eagle Scouts within the Boy Scouts of America organization.

At the May 1 RCS Board Of Education meeting, Blaszkowski and the school board recognized Scheinpflug for completing his Eagle Scout project. Scheinpflug’s parents, two brothers and grandmother were at the meeting.

“It is a very distinguished award. There are a lot of leadership skills that go into this final project,” Blaszkowski said. “He has to lead a crew of people to help with the project. He has to plan it. He has to budget it. He has to carry it out. There are many merit badges he has to learn along the way. These are leadership skills that will help him throughout his whole life.”

Scheinpflug, a member of Troop No. 261 in St. Clair County, built a multiple-level shooting platform for a 3D archery course at Birch One Conservation Club.

“We constructed it out of some old steel stairs that were on the side of a building. They were torn off during a demolition,” Scheinpflug said. “We repurposed them, and we turned them into this archery platform to help archers improve their shooting skills on that course.”

The Eagle Scout project is the final requirement to obtain the highest rank within the Boy Scouts of America. The project gives the Scouts lessons in community service, leadership, teamwork and project management. There are many steps to earning the rank of Eagle Scout, including making a presentation before the Eagle Board of Review.

Other students were recognized at the meeting. The school board presented certificates to several district spelling bee winners, the undefeated eighth-grade girls basketball players from Eastland and Roseville middle schools, the district’s combined seventh and eighth grade football team, and Eastland Middle School and Roseville Middle School honors band students.