National Honor Society

WHAT IS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY?

HOW DO YOU GET ACCEPTED INTO JHS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY?

1. STEP 1:  MAINTAIN A 3.6 OR HIGHER CUMULATIVE GPA UNTIL YOU APPLY YOUR JUNIOR YEAR (IF YOU HAVE THE GPA, YOU WILL BE INVITED TO THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING)
2. STEP 2:  ATTEND THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING THAT YOU ARE INVITED TO AT THE START OF YOUR JUNIOR YEAR [OR SENIOR YEAR (IF YOU ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS A JUNIOR YOU MUST ATTEND AGAIN AS A SENIOR)]
3. STEP 3: BEGIN PERFORMING COMMUNITY SERVICE YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR UNTIL YOU APPLY AS A JUNIOR YEAR (30 HOURS OF SERVICE ARE REQUIRED/20 OF THE HOURS MUST BE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL & SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES)  

STEP 4:  LOCATE AND PERFORM LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AMONGST YOUR PEERS AND CONTINUE ACTING IN THOSE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PERIOD.  (2 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS REQUIRED/LEADERSHIP MUST BE SOMETHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, IT MUST BE SOMETHING YOU ARE CURRENTLY DOING WHEN YOU APPLY, AND IS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP)

*Keep a record of hours worked and obtain signatures from supervisors

5. STEP #5: MAINTAIN GOOD CHARACTER 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR.

*DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCEPTABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR LEADERSHIP?

ALL National Honor Society Questions should be directed to Mr. Amedeo, ext. 1201

EMAIL MR. AMEDEO

National Honor Society-Requirements at a Glance

*A student must qualify in ALL four pillars: Scholarship, Service, Leadership, & Character. The descriptions of these pillars are essential for a student to consider during the application process.  All decisions regarding membership are made by the NHS Faculty Council and are final. If a student does not qualify in the junior year, he/she may reapply in the senior year if grades are maintained. Meeting minimum standards does not guarantee admission.

*Applications are taken in January of a student’s JUNIOR year OR September of a student’s SENIOR year.

Scholarship

• A student must be a junior or senior with a minimum cumulative (total of all grades) 3.6 GPA.

Service

• A student must document a minimum of 30 hours of service.
  • Volunteer at 3 different non-profit or charitable organizations (e.g. 10 at Habitat, 2 at Humane Society, & 18 at Stark County Public Library).
  • No less than 2 hours can be listed for each organization. 
  • ONLY 2 hours of office work or peer tutoring may count towards community service total.
  • At least 20 hours must be from a non-school related organization. 
• A coach, adviser, or supervisor can sign for one service AND one leadership only.
• School related community service is defined as service in the community as part of a team, club or other school organization (i.e. youth camps associated with a team/club, peer tutoring, volunteering to play an instrument at a nursing home as a band member, freshmen mentor, etc.)
• A student may use hours from the freshman year until the application is due.
• Work with an individual, family, business or political campaign is NOT community service.
• Service hours may NOT be used for or shared with any other organization (double dipping). This includes activities to meet sports team requirements.
• No one should receive payment or other credit for their service.
• No parent/relative/other student may sign for community service or leadership

Leadership

• A student must document at least 2 leadership roles.
  • Leadership is defined as leading, organizing, teaching, directing amongst one’s peer group. 
  • Simply helping someone is community service and does not likely equate to leadership
  • May include school, extra-curricular, church, work ( if crew/shift/training leader, should be clearly defined), political work, or other positions.
  • While there are no minimum hours required for leadership, the leadership role must be clearly defined as on-going (continuous), sustained (continuing for an extended period w/o interruption) and significant
  • Clearly describe leadership (ex: organized, directed, led, taught, in charge of, directed, etc.)

Character

• A list of academically eligible students is circulated among teachers, counselors, and administrators so that staff may provide observations or comments on character issues.
• If a student has any issues involving cheating, plagiarism, or any other serious student conduct issues, a student will NOT be eligible until one year after the offense.

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