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National Honor Society

Sponsors:  Bette Klein

Students who are selected to be in the National Honor Society organize and participate in a variety of community service opportunities.

Selection Process

For those students interested in becoming a member of the National Honor Society there are several required selection guidelines. The National Honor Society strives to recognize students who excel in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These qualities are measured by the F aculty committee in the following ways.

Scholarship: Any Junior or Senior NHS candidate must have a cumulative G.P.A. of 4.7 or above at the end of first semester. Additionally, students looking to be a member of the specific high school’s NHS must have completed one semester at that high school. Juniors and Seniors who have met this GPA requirement will be invited to pick up an application for membership at the beginning of second semester.

Leadership: Students are selected based on the leadership they have shown in the classroom and in their extra-curricular activities. This leadership is reported by the classroom teachers and extra-curricular sponsors and coaches.

Service: Students being considered for NHS are expected to have participated in service activities throughout each of their high school years. Generally speaking, service activities are those that done for or on behalf of others (not including immediate family members) for which no compensation (monetary or other) has been made. Twenty hours or more per year is considered sufficient.

Character: Like leadership, character is shown in the classroom and in students’ participation in extra-curricular activities, and is reported by the classroom teachers, extra-curricular sponsors and coaches, and by the students themselves.

Extra-Curricular Activities: Finally, since much of the students’ character and leadership is demonstrated through their involvement in extra-curricular activities, students being reviewed for selection are asked to provide evidence that they were a major contributor in at least 2 school sponsored extracurricular activities per year. Participation in other non-school sponsored activities should be reported by students applying for membership and will be used to gain additional information about the candidates.

All applications will be considered. Clear and detailed information provided by the student’s application for each of these selection criteria help provide the selection committee with a total picture of the student being considered.

Once students are selected for NHS they are expected to continue their commitment to service by completing 20 hours of service during their senior year (10 first semester and 10 second semester). Students are also expected to uphold the standards of scholarship, leadership, and character on which they were selected. This includes following all laws and school regulations. Failure to do so could result in the student’s dismissal from NHS.