Press Release 5/23/14 –
Boy Scouts of America, Central NJ Council No. 352, Troop 1246, located in Sayreville, New Jersey, announces that Joshua-Daniel Tochi Bishop-Mbachu has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and will be recognized at a Court of Honor ceremony on May 31 , 2014, 4:00 p.m. at the  Eden Café, Faith Fellowship Ministries, 2707 Main Street, Sayreville, NJ 08872.

Joshua Bishop-Mbachu is a senior at the Academy for Urban Leadership Charter High School, where he has received many academic honors, including the Principals Leadership Award, Principal’s List, and consistent Honor Roll. As a sophomore Joshua was inducted to AUL’s chapter of the National Honor Society.

Joshua has held many leadership positions in school. He was the first Student Body President during his freshman year. He has acted as an advisory to the Student Government officers, and has served as his Junior Class Vice President. Joshua now serves and leads his peers as Student Body President during his final year at AUL. Joshua has won numerous dance competitions, and has held the title of Amboy’s Got Talent winner. Joshua has taken center stage in many of his local High School’s theatre plays, and is the choreographer for the Perth Amboy High School Show Choir.

He is actively involved in the community, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. He organized students from AUL, to help with Perth Amboy’s Waterfront Clean-up. Additionally, he is a Brotherhood member of The Order of the Arrow, National Honor Society of Boy Scouts of America. He has earned 48 Merit Badges, including 3 out of the 4 Centennial Merit Badges, which were only allowed to be earned in 2010, during his journey to his Eagle Scout Ranking.

Joshua’s Eagle Scout Leadership Project was to preserve the endangered plants of Cheesequake State Park, from deer predation. Joshua has a great interest in biology and biodiversity and when this project came across his eye, he took it on with pleasure. Joshua conducted a total of over 140 work hours, leading 20 adult and scout volunteers in erecting four welded wire enclosures, so that the plants enclosed: Spice Bush, Atlantic White Cedar, and the Winterberry Hollies, would have the opportunistic to grow healthy and fully without the hinderance of the overpopulation of deer at Cheesequake State Park. With the completion of his project, Cheesequake State Park did not incur any expenses but instead was enriched with the preservation of its biodiverse park.