Guidance Corner
National Honor Society officers for the
2013/14 school year are: (l-r): Sarah
Jennings, Co-Secretary; Nicole Brown,
Co-Secretary; Rhyan Kelleher, Tutoring
Coordinator; Jenny Roethke, President
and Casey Pietroforte, Vice-President.
National Honor Society (NHS) Criteria
Pursuant to school board policy, a description of the National Honor Society selection
procedure must be published annually and made available to all students and parents of the
school. This selection procedure has been determined by the faculty members involved in
making the selections, the NHS chapter advisor, and the school principal. The procedure is
approved by the Board of Education and is consistent with rules and regulations of the
national organization of the NHS.
Membership in the local chapter is an honor bestowed upon a student. Selection for
membership is by a faculty council and is based on the student’s outstanding scholarship,
character, leadership and service:
• To be eligible for membership, the applicant must be a member of the junior or senior
class;
• Candidates must have been in attendance at the school for one semester;
• Candidates must have a cumulative scholastic average of at least 93 percent;
• Those students who meet the proper GPA requirement are given an application that they
must complete in order to go through the selection procedure;
• Candidates are then evaluated on the basis of service, leadership and character;
• A list of all eligible juniors and seniors based on the academic criteria above is provided
to faculty;
• Simultaneously, students who are academically eligible are notified and told that for
further consideration for selection to the NHS chapter, they must complete and submit a
student survey form, which allows them to delineate their service, leadership, and
character;
• Faculty members complete separate forms for candidates on which they comment upon
each candidate’s leadership, service, and character to the best of their knowledge;
• Once all data is gathered, the members of the faculty council for selection meet to review
each candidate and to make the actual selection; and