Merit Star Categories

Merit Star Categories

Discipline Star

  • Juggle soccer ball with your feet: 10 minutes 5 days
  • Practice passing the ball: 20 minutes, 5 days
  • Do 10 push ups: 7 days
  • Do 20 sit ups: 7 days
  • Walk or jog for 10 min., 5 days
  • Jump rope for 5 min., 5 days
  • Do 30 jumping jacks: 7 days
  • Read for 15 minutes: 7 days

Respect Star

  • Open the door for someone older than you without being told: 7 times
  • Listen to the coach: 10 times
  • Keep a good attitude with the opposing team and the referees: 5 times
  • Encourage other teammates: 10 times
  • Give up your chair to an elderly person
  • Open the car door for someone
  • Do not argue with your parents: 7 times
  • Help a friend or your brother or sister with a chore: 4 times

Responsibility Star

  • Be on time to practice: 5 times
  • Arrive 30 minutes before game time, ready to stretch and listen to your coach: 4 times
  • Get dressed and ready for practice with a water bottle without being told: 5 times
  • Do your homework without arguing or being told: 10 times
  • Make your bed: 7 times
  • Do your chores without being told: 5 times
  • Do the dishes: 5 times
  • Clean your room: 5 times

Caring Star

  • Visit and elderly person (neighbor, friend, retirement home, grandparent)
  • Make a card and give it to someone that is sick
  • Make cookies and take them to a friend or neighbor who needs some cheer
  • Call a friend or a relative to say hi and that you are thinking of them: 3 times
  • Take some of your toys to a shelter or Good Will
  • Write a thank you note and send it to someone thanking them for something they have done for you
  • Make a gift for a friend or relative
  • Send a homemade card to an injured soldier at:

Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Citizenship Star

  • Pick up trash around your neighborhood: 30 minutes
  • Recycle: $5 worth (bring your coach the receipt)
  • Collect 20 box tops ( bring them to your coach in a bag with your name on it)
  • Take food to your local fire station
  • Donate canned goods to a food bank
  • Volunteer to help at church or at a non-profit organization
  • Go, with an adult,  to a park to pick up trash together
  • Clean your closet and donate your used clothes

Faith Star (recite 4 verses to your coach)

  • Memorize Ephesians 2:8 from the Bible
  • Memorize John 3:16 from the Bible
  • Memorize Hebrews 11:1 from the Bible
  • Memorize Matthew 17:20 from the Bible
  • Memorize Colossians 3:17 from the Bible
  • Memorize 1 Timothy 6:12 from the Bible
  • Memorize John 3:16 from the Bible
  • Memorize Romans 10:9 from the Bible

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