Sponsor
Lynette Varrassi
About
The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achievement), leadership, service, and character.
To become part of NHS at Naaman Forest High School, students must be invited to apply, complete the application process, and be approved by the NFHS Faculty Council. Students must have a 3.5 or higher GPA in order to receive an invitation to apply, and once selected as a member of NHS, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Membership
To be eligible for membership consideration, students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 at the end of the fall semester. Students will then be required to complete a Student Information Form and turn it in to the advisor by the specified due date. Additionally, potential members must meet high standards of leadership, service, and character.
Leadership is based on the student’s participation in the community, or school activities, or election to an office. Service is based on the student’s prior activities in either community or school volunteer projects. Character is measured in terms of integrity, behavior, ethics, and cooperation with both students and faculty. The Faculty Council will evaluate members of the sophomore and junior classes in these areas based on information provided by the student and the faculty.
Members must :
- Maintain GPA of 3.5 or above
- Attend meetings
- Acquire forty service hours (20 or more each semester)
- Receive NO disciplinary infractions
- Adhere to all school rules
- Personify Honor; Remember who you are and the organization you represent
Service hours
Members are required to earn 20 hours per semester. We hope you divide your twenty hours between service to the school and service to the community, but there is no requirement that students spend a certain amount of hours in service to the school and the other in service to the community.
Service hours may be earned in a variety of ways: helping teachers, attending tutorials, leading tutorials, volunteering at school and community events, helping neighbors, teaching, etc. When Mrs. Varrassi knows of volunteer needs, she communicates the information on Canvas. If NHS members know of service or volunteer needs and communicates that to Mrs. V or the officers, the entire NHS is made aware of it.
Participation in the school wide NHS service opportunity is highly encouraged.
