NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY


Sponsor: Mr. Mike Hils

NHS meetings will be the Second Thursday of each month during channel one in the lobby.

All members need 10 hours of service during the 2007-2008 school year. Two of these hours should come from an NHS Sponsored Project. Any service that a student does for school or the community without receiving compensation (pay) can be counted as service hours.

All members are required to pay yearly dues to NHS in order to cover costs that the organization will incur throughout the school year. Please pay your $10 as soon as possible to Mr. Hils or Tasha Branch.

NHS Officers for 2007-08
President Hayden Moore
Vice President Katie Ferguson
Secretary Korey Ryle
Treasurer Mallory Ward


Criteria for National Honor Society

                Scholarship:

  • minimum grade point average of 3.5 (beginning with grade 10)

                Service:

  • willingness to render service to the school and community when called upon.
  • must complete 10 hours of community service to graduate "with honors".
  • willingness to do committee or staff work
  • readiness to show courtesy by assisting visitors, teacher, and other students.

Leadership:

  • demonstrates leadership in the classroom or organization of work
  • demonstrates leadership in promotion of school activities.
  • successfully holds school offices or positions of responsibility.
  • exemplifies positive qualities and attitudes.

Character:

  • meets pledges and responsibilities to the school promptly.
  • demonstrates highest standards of honesty and reliability.
  • cooperates with school regulations.
  • demonstrates concern for others.

Dues: $10.00 per year

Dismissal

Members who fall below the standards which were a basis for selection shall receive a written notice that they have one semester to correct the deficiency. A flagrant violation of school rules or civil laws automatically results in dismissal without written warning. Once a student is dismissed or resigns, they are never eligible for membership.


NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
PLEDGE

I pledge myself to uphold
The high purposes of the National Honor Society
To which I have been selected,
Striving in every way
By word and deed
To make its ideals
The ideals of by school
And of my life.

I pledge myself to uphold
The high purposed of the National Honor Society
To which I have been selected
I will be true to the principles for which it stands;
I will be loyal to my school;
And will maintain and encourage
High standards of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.

I, name being aware of the honor which is being bestowed upon me
By my selection for membership in the National Honor Society
Do hereby pledge loyalty to this organization
It shall be my earnest purpose
To give unsparingly of my time and energy toward the promotion of all school
activities.

I will strive to be at all times a model student,
And will never knowingly
Bring reproach upon my school. I pledge myself
To uphold the high purpose of this Society
For which I have been selected,
Striving in every way
By word and deed
To make its ideals
The ideals of my school and of my life.

I pledge to maintain my high scholastic standing,
To hold as fundamental and worthy
An untarnished character,
To endeavor intelligently and courageously
To be a leader,
And to give of myself freely in service to others.
In so doing, I shall prove myself worthy
Of a place in the National Honor Society.

I pledge myself
Always to seek the light of truth,
To hold scholarly habits.
To engage in worth service.
And to lead forward in all things
That shall advance the welfare of the school.

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