National Honor Society (NHS) just held their Induction Ceremony at the auditorium this past Wednesday. For those who don’t know, NHS is a club that serves a purpose of promoting leadership and developing skills through volunteering and helping others. It is highly regarded as a prestigious club and it takes a lot to get into it.
“NHS is probably the most difficult club to get into because of how many requirements we have,” NHS Sponsor Samantha Danes said. “Our members must be well-rounded students who care about their academics and have a care for working and helping others.”
NHS has 4 main pillars which are character, leadership, scholarship, and service. These pillars are what NHS lives by and are used to determine a student’s acceptance into the organization.
“To represent character, students must have a clean discipline record with no ALC or JJAEP placements,” Danes said. “Service and leadership go hand-in-hand with each other. Applicants must meet 2 of the 3 core requirements, which are being involved in 3 or more extracurricular activities, 20 or more service hours and/or have 2 leadership positions. It sounds like a lot, but we are a national recognized honor society.”
The interest meeting for NHS was held last semester, September 18. The application opened later that day and closed October 15.
“So once the application closes, I organize all pieces of the application and divide the applicants up for our committee members to evaluate,” Danes said. “I organize all pieces of the application and divide the applicants up for our committee members to evaluate. Each application is then graded by a member of the committee. They look to see if all requirements were met and score each section accordingly.”
As stated earlier, NHS has many requirements and is not easy to get into.
“Not everyone who applies to NHS gets in,” Danes said. “This year I would say about 30% of applicants were rejected.”
NHS is regarded as a great club to get students more involved at their school, but it also helps them in the future in whatever path they choose to take.
“Many members go on to have extremely successful careers,” Danes said. “It also shows both jobs and universities that the applicant or student can commit to something and follow it through, even if it is something that they may not necessarily like or enjoy. There are also scholarship opportunities for members to continue their education.”
Both the current and new members of NHS hope that they can make a difference in the community this year and for the future years to come.
