David P. Ermine

Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.

• BSA Troop Paoli 1, Troop Member, 08/2021, 06/2025, Assistant Patrol Leader, 08/2021 - 06/2022, Patrol Leader, 08/2022 - 06/2023, Quartermaster, 08/2023 - 06/2024, Historian, 08/2024 - 06/2025, Lead group of 5 scouts. Planned and hosted monthly patrol meetings (3hrs per month), Created, maintained and distributed gear for the troop (5hrs per month), Interviewed scouts and kept a record of troop events throughout the year (5hrs per month)
• Eagle Scout Candidate, 08/2024 - 06/2025, Life rank achieved. Eagle project scheduled for 12/2024. Boarding for Eagle in 2025.
• Eagle Scout Project Participation, 11/07/21, Helped weed and landscape with native plants in a historic cemetery from the 1700s. (6 hours of volunteer work), 05/13/23, Helped build a bridge over creek and landscape 200' of trail. (6 hours of volunteer work), 05/11/24, Helped clear landscaping, plant and label trees, shrubs in a historic cemetery from the 1700s. (6 hours of volunteer work), 12/2024, Demolished and repaired deck and stairs at Our Lady of Lourdes Rectory. Cleaned up church yard of old rubbish and debris.
• Training and Workdays, 11/13/21, Two Way Radio Training, 11/20/21, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 11/20/21, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 12/11/21, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 12/11/21, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 02/12/22, Kayak Roll Training, 03/05/22, Kayak Roll Training, 03/05/22, Family Dinner, 03/19/22, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 03/19/22, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 03/25/22 - 03/27/22, Mount Minsi Backpacking Trip, 04/23/22, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 04/23/22, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 04/29/22 - 05/01/22, Seneca Rocks Camping Trip, 05/14/22, Whitewater Rafting Trip, 05/30/22, Memorial Day Parade - Drum and Bugle Corps, 06/12/22, Paoli 1 111th Birthday Celebration, 06/26/22 - 07/02/22, Camp Horseshoe, 09/17/22, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 09/17/22, Monthly Meeting, 10/15/22, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 10/15/22, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 10/21/22 - 10/23/22, Pieper Cave Camping Trip, 11/19/22, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin, 3hrs), 11/19/22, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 12/17/22, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 01/21/23, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin), 3hrs, 12/17/23, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 02/04/23, BSA First Aid Meet, 02/25/23, Monthly Meeting (3hrs, plus overnight campout), 03/05/23, Family Dinner, 03/18/23, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin), 03/18/23, Monthly Meeting, 04/15/23, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin), 04/15/23, Monthly Meeting, 05/20/23, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin), 05/20/23, Monthly Meeting, 05/29/23, Memorial Day Parade - Bugle and Drum Corps, 06/10/23, Paoli 1 112th Birthday, 06/25/23 - 07/01/23, Camp Horseshoe, 07/22/23 - 07/30/23, Northern Tier Canoe Trip, 09/16/23, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin), 09/16/23, Monthly Meeting, 10/21/23, Monthly Meeting, 11/18/23, Monthly Meeting, 12/16/23, Monthly Meeting, 01/20/24, Monthly Meeting, 02/24/24, Cabin Workday (Helped to maintain and clean up P1 grounds and cabin), 02/24/24, Monthly Meeting, 03/16/24, Monthly Meeting, 04/20/24, Monthly Meeting, 05/18/24, Monthly Meeting, 05/27/24, Memorial Day Parade - Bugle and Drum Corps, 06/08/24, Paoli 1 113th Birthday, 06/23/24 - 06/29/24, Camp Horseshoe, 07/20/24 - 07/28/24, NH Backpacking Trip, 09/21/24, Monthly Meeting, 10/26/24, Monthly Meeting, 11/16/24, Monthly Meeting, 12/14/24, Monthly Meeting
• Work Camps, Freshman Year, 01/2022, Repaired structural elements of barn: Replaced supporting posts, Installed new sheet metal roof, repaired fencing., Sophomore Year, 01/2023, Built fence around 1/2 acre of property. Dug holes with auger, Installed fence posts, and stretched wire fencing., Junior Year, 09/2023, Rebuilt steps leading to residence: replaced rotten stringers, replaced structural support beams, replaced treads and re-installed railings.
• Piano Lesson, Kate Suk, 08/2021, 06/2023
• Guitar Lesson, Maestro Music, 08/2023, 06/2025, Weekly guitar lessons with Maestro Music since 2023. Learned how to find any note and chord on the fret board, learned various styles such as finger picking, flamenco strumming, taping, and artificial harmonics. Learned an array of songs in several different styles such as country, rock, pop, and others.
• TMA Annual Shakespeare Performance, Senior Year, 2024/2025, Oberon in Midsummer Night's Dream, Junior Year, 2024, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Sophomore Year, 2023, Duke Frederick in As You Like It, Freshman Year, 2022, Chamberlain in Henry VIII
• Our Lady of Lourdes - Alter Server, 08/2021, 06/2024, Served weekly Sunday Mass for my parish.
• Our Lady of Lourdes - Sacristan, 08/2024, 06/2025, Appointed to paid sacristan in fall of 2024. Worked most Sunday morning Masses.
• Our Lady of Lourdes - Youth Group Participant, 08/2021, 06/2024, Participated in weekly formation group at my parish.
• Camp Wojtyla, 06/2022, 08/2023, Participated in outdoor adventure and formation camp in the Rocky Mountains, CO.
• Riverbend Press Employee, 08/2023, 06/2024, Worked part-time for local publisher, Riverbend Press. Packed orders, helped maintain inventory, restocked shelves.
• Truth, Beauty and Goodness Group, 08/2021, 06/2025, Participated in bi-weekly gathering studying art, classical music, hymns and folksongs. Prepared and Lead lesson on Hymns and Folksongs for the 2023/2024 school year.
• Nature Study Club, 08/2021, 06/2025, Attended seasonal nature club gatherings in the Fall and Spring of each year.
• The Mason Academy Set Up and Breakdown Crew, 08/2023, 06/2025, Volunteered to help set up and breakdown classrooms on a weekly basis for our homeschool co-op.
• The Mason Academy Etiquette Dinner, Sophomore Year, 2022/2023, Volunteered to help plan dinner - designed invitation, helped plan menu, helped plan program for event, helped set up and clean up event., Junior Year, 2023/2024, Volunteered to help set up and clean up event., Senior Year, 2024/2025, Volunteered to help set up and clean up event.
• High School Seminar with Tom Cox, Sophomore Year, 2022/2023, Online discussion based on assigned reading from the CMEC program, 09/27: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, 10/25: Phaedo by Plato, 11/29: Sesame and Lilies by Ruskin, 01/24: The Confessions by Augustine, 03/07: The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius (Note: date has changed from February 28th), 03/28: Oedipus at Colonus AND Antigone by Sophocles, 04/25: On Obligations by Cicero
• TMA Play Reading Nights, Junior Year, 2023/2024, High school students from TMA Philly and TMA Princeton gathered to read and discuss classic and modern plays, 11/09: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, 12/02: Agamemnon by Aeschylus, 02/29: The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, 03/14: Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot, 04/04: Eumenides by Aeschylus, 04/11: Eumenides Discussion with Dr. Snell, 05/02: 12 Angry Men Movie Night
• TMA Play Reading Nights, Senior Year, 2023/2024, High school students from TMA Philly and TMA Princeton gathered monthly to read and discuss classic and modern plays, 09/14: Everyman, 10/12: The Persians, 01/11: Prometheus Bound, 03/08: Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, 04/12: Seven Against Thebes
• High School Seminar with Dr. RJ Snell, Senior Year, 2024/2025, 11/09: Plato's Euthyphro, 02/08: Plato's Apology, 05/10: Plato's Crito