Registration for classes will open in Tentaroo 6 weeks prior to the Saturday the class is being offered, and registration will close 10 days prior to class Saturday. You MUST check out and PAY to complete the registration. Failure to do so could cause your Scout to miss available slots.

When the class reaches full capacity, it will be closed in Tentaroo. However, if there are cancellations Tentaroo will open again until class is full again or reaches 10 days prior to class.

There is not a waitlist for classes. Check Tentaroo up to 2 1/2 weeks prior to Saturday class for any openings.

Refund cutoff is 12 days prior to the Saturday class. If you must cancel please do so before this date for a full refund. There are no refunds or credits if you cancel less than 11 days prior to the Saturday class.

Please check your calendar and the MB requirements before signing up your scout for classes.

You will receive an email after you register confirming you are signed up for your class. Please review and read carefully the items each Scout is required to have with them when they check-in on Saturday morning. If you do not receive an email, please check your spam or junk folders.

You will receive another email approximately 1 week before the Saturday class listing the prerequisites for the class and other important information. Please make sure your scout receives this email and that they come prepared.

ADULTS

Adults (parents, drivers, scout leaders, etc.) are welcome to stay on the base for the duration of the class.  In fact, many of our MB Counselors would welcome extra help (from simply an extra pair of eyes on the waterfront, to assistance with equipment and instruction).  If you plan to stay for the day, please register in Tentaroo (no fee) and on class day check-in and show proof of Youth Protection Training compliance.

There are two categories for Adults (18 Years and older):

1. Adult Assistant: If you are planning to get in the water to assist with the merit badge, ride in boats, or wade in the water, please sign up as a participant. You will be required to take the Scouting America Swim Classification test before classes start.
2. Observers: As an observer you will stay on the aquatics base for the day but not help or participate in any water activities, including wading in the water. If you bring siblings they must be registered as an observer and stay out of the water.

Check-in starts at 8:00 AM at the main pavilion. Please be on time to check-in.

Scouts MUST have the items below at check- in in order to take the aquatics merit badges.

Scouts are required to bring the following items at check-in.

• Scouting America Medical Forms A & B completely filled out and signed by parent or guardian. Incomplete forms will be returned to the Parent/Scout to fully complete before starting class. Incomplete forms will delay the starting of class. A scout cannot take the merit badge without a completed form. Digital health forms are not acceptable.
• Closed Toed Shoes are required while walking in Camp. No flip flops, sandals, crocs allowed. Closed Toed Water Shoes are suggested.

The below items are strongly recommended for all participants during the day.

• Water Bottle
• Sunscreen
• Lunch (no food items are offered for sale at the base). Also it is too far to travel to pick up food so we suggest bringing a good lunch.
• Hat
• Sunglasses
• Towel
• Merit badge pamphlet printed out for class being taken

All participants, scouts and adults, who will be in the water or near the water in boats will be required to take the Scouting America Swim Classification test for each merit badge they take each week. You must past the Scouting America Swim test and be classified as a “Swimmer” to participate in water activities, etc.

Please make sure your scout is ok with jumping into the lake to take the Scouting America Swim Classification test. We have had Scouts afraid to jump in the lake water due to not seeing the bottom etc. Also please make sure they can do swim strokes for Scouting America's Swim Classification test, doggie paddling is not an acceptable stroke.

Scouting America’s National Aquatics Subcommittee recommends: Swimsuits should be comfortable, functional and modest. For males, swim trunks or board shorts are appropriate. Modest tankinis or one-piece swimsuits for females. Inappropriate swimwear includes swim briefs, swim bottoms short enough to allow exposure and bikinis.

It’s important to wear color bathing suits when swimming in murky water such as a lake and colors for a pool. Please see chart for best colors in murky water and best in pool water. This important for safety. When you come to Allatoona Aquatics Base for MB Saturdays please wear a color bathing suit that is visible in the water based on this chart.

YPT principles must be observed at all times on the aquatics base. All merit badges must have two deep leadership. If a merit badge class has only one Merit Badge counselor, an adult with YPT training must be present to cover two deep leadership. If scouts are landside while other scouts are in the water, two adults must be present on shore for YPT. When Scouts walk around in camp they must have a buddy, they may not alone.

As we try to comply with the Youth Protection Policy, there are times when we would like the assistance of female adults to provide adequate supervision for both youth genders during the program. If you are a female adult who has their scout signed up for a Saturday class, please let us know if you are willing to stay for the day during one of our programs that has female scouts present.

You will need to check with the merit badge counselor(s) leading the class(es) for the approximately finishing time for their merit badge class. Different merit badges will be completed at different times depending on their progress during the day. Scouts will be released by the merit badge counselors after all equipment is returned and the class area is cleaned up. Please be on time or close to the aquatics base so counselors don’t have to wait around after class for Scouts to be picked up. Scouts will be directed to the Main Pavilion to wait for their parents.

In the event of severe or inclement weather, merit badge classes may be canceled if the weather persists during the day. In this case, the scouts will notify their parents for pickup. Parents should therefore plan to be near the base in order to pick up their scout promptly.