National Honor Society Analysis

National Honor Society
One of the most recognized cocurricular student activities in high schools across America is National Honor Society. National Honor Society (NHS) was formed to helped recognize outstanding students in high school. (NAPP, 2014) National Honor Society is for students who have showed greatness in character, scholarship, service and leadership. Being in National Honor Society also challenges students to develop further through service and have an active involvement in their school. The main purpose of National Honor Society is “to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools.”(NASSP, 2014)
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The society was founded by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). When forming National Honor Society, the organization was based off of Phi Beta Kappa (Cordts, 2002) . Phi Beta Kappa is an honor society for undergraduate collegiates. According to Cordts, when founding National Honor Society, the committee wanted a honor society that was more than the honor roll. Honor societies existed before 1921, but National Honor Society was founded as a nationwide society. Dr. Edward Rynearson was a principal at the Fifth Avenue High School located in Pittsburgh, Virginia (Cordts, 2002). Dr. Rynearson became known as the father of National Honor Society and formed the first National Honor Society chapter in his school. By 1930, there was more than 1,000 chapters. The NASSP has created a constitution for National Honor …show more content…
According to Mrs. Milbrandt, the National Honor Society adviser at Turkey Valley, each step is worth ten points. If any student receives less than seven points for any of the three steps, he or she will not be inducted into National Honor Society. The first step is to write a two page paper. The paper is then read by three staff members. The score from each staff member is then averaged. The paper will include why you want to be a member of national honor society and about your character, leadership, service and scholarship. The next step is to fill out a sheet that shows your history of community service. The last step is character evaluation by teachers. Teachers base students off their character they see the students express on a daily basis. There is not set amount of staff members who can fill out a character evaluation for a student. The character score is then averaged. There is no single group of people who are in charge of selecting the members of National Honor Society at Turkey Valley. The National Honor Society advisor at Turkey Valley has no influence on who becomes a member of National Honor Society. After being inducted into National Honor Society, students are held responsible to keep their GPA above a 3.5 and keep showing good character. If a member’s grade were to fall under 3.5 or if a member breaks a conduct rule, they are dismissed

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