Tristen Wastell, a senior at The Overlake School and Life Scout launched his Eagle Project this summer, installing a bench and a path at Woodinville Montessori School to provide a safe way for students to travel from the main building to the new two-story building at the North Creek campus in Bothell.

Wastell, a Woodinville Montessori student from preschool through eighth grade, joined scouting in first grade as a member of Pack 552 and crossed over to Boy Scout Troop 909 in March 2006.

It took the efforts of more than 17 volunteers and two work parties to remove 47 azaleas, clear and level a 4-foot by 90-foot area for the path, construct and secure wood edging, and finally lay and compact four yards of crushed rock. Thanks to materials donations from Lowes and McLendons, the bench will be built and installed in September.