Schulitz, 18, of Troop 174, Connecticut Rivers Council, will join the Boy Scouts of America’s first nationwide class of elite female Scouts at a ceremony set for Monday.
The Simsbury High School senior joined BSA Scouts as soon as she could two years ago when the program for 11- to 17-year-olds began accepting girls. Schulitz said her enthusiasm for Scouting started in third grade when a representative talked to her class.
She told her parents that day that she wanted to be a Cub Scout, but girls could not join then. In middle school, Schulitz joined Venturing, a co-ed Scouting program.