Merit Badge Summit

Upcoming Merit Badge Summit

Eagle Merit Badge Summit
Saturday, February 7^th / KSU Marietta Campus  / 7:00am-5:30pm
Registration Opens: Dec 8^th 9:00am

Check-in: 7:00am-7:30am for morning/all day classes and 12:00pm-12:30pm for afternoon sessions

Note that we will NOT be posting merit badge requirements until beginning of 2026 as National makes updates to various badges each year.

All classes will be 4 hours in length except for Camping and First Aid. Classes will usually be offered either from 8 AM – 12 PM or 1:00 PM – 5:00PM. If you are staying all day, please bring a lunch or purchase a Chick-Fil-A lunch for $13 from the class section in your registration. The lunch option will close February 2nd.

REGISTRATION OPENS DEC 8

2026 Eagle Merit Badge Summit Patch Contest

Submissions are due on Dec 19th end of day and a winner will be selected that week.  

Design patch must contain:
-"Eagle Merit Badge Summit"
-"AAC"
-Fleur de lis

Winner will receive a refund for a full day of classes as well as a complimentary Chic-Fil-A Lunch.  
Scouts must have already registered and paid for the Merit Badge Summit.

2026 Eagle Merit Badge Summit Patch Design Contest Entry

Merit Badge Summit is a quality Merit Badge program that helps Scouts learn about different fields of knowledge. By recruiting experienced professional counselors, Scouts receive an unparalleled experience. Interested in being an instructor? Send an email to christopher.derose@scouting.org.  

Each class registration fee $20.

Cancellation and refund policy

Refund policy is as follows

• 100% refund when cancellation is made 8 days prior to event
• No refund when cancellation is made within 7 days of event.

All cancellations or requests for refund must be submitted via email to christopher.derose@scouting.org

Cancellations and refund requests cannot be accepted over the phone.

Completion Reports and Blue Cards

The instructor of each class will log all completions and submit them to the Council office. Please allow us time after the course for the data to be entered into our system.

Scouts may come out of the event with a “partial” meaning there are requirements remaining to be completed. This could be due to requirements that are unable to be addressed during the merit badge session, there are requirements that can’t be completed on site, or due to the Scout failing to meet the requirement standard during the session. After the event, the Scout will need to keep in touch with the counselor from that class or find a merit badge counselor to work with to complete the merit badge either within their troop or in their area. Reminder when Scouts are contacting counselors that they follow the 2-deep leadership by having an adult cc’d to the email or on speaker phone with that counselor.

To pull past reports please log in to your AtlantaBSA.org account, same account you registered for the event, then follow these steps.

• Select “Events” on the far left of the screen
• Select "My Past Events"
• Select "Merit Badge Summit"
• Select "Past"
• Select the date you attended
• Scroll down to "Registration"
• Click on "Reports" button
• Select "Completion Report, PDF" or you can download the front/back of a blue card