National Honor Society

Requirements for Acceptance

National Honor Society is the only organization where students will get an invitation to be a member. If students meet the required cumulative GPA and course requirements, they can expect to get an invitation the summer before the induction year. 

Scholarship

Students must be entering 11th or 12th grade. They must have a cumulative g.p.a. of 3.7500 or higher and have completed or be enrolled for the upcoming school year in 4 of the following courses:  

• Honors American and Honors British Literature
• Accelerated Biology or Accelerated Chemistry
• Level II Foreign Language
• Any Advanced Placement or College Credit Course
• Math 3 STEM

Service

This quality is defined through the numerous voluntary contributions made by the student to the school or community, done without compensation and with a positive, courteous attitude. 24 hours of community service must be completed to be considered for NHS. The minimum hours must be completed after September 1st of freshman year and no later than September 1st of the induction year.

Leadership

Students must demonstrate leadership in promoting school activities, exercise positive influence on peers in upholding school rules, and inspire positive behavior in others. The student must be actively involved in at least 3 co curricular activities. Please see the "NHS Clubs & Athletics" list for sample co-cirriculars.

Character

Students must demonstrate the highest standards of honesty and reliability. The student must show courtesy, concern and respect for others. No student will be considered who has had a school code of conduct violation during the calendar year of their induction. The calendar year includes the induction ceremony date and the 12 previous months. Example: the calendar year for the Class of 2012 would be Oct 2009 - Oct 2010.

Requirements to maintain membership in NHS

• You must attend the NHS Induction Ceremony, in person.
• Your NHS dues are $10.
• All members in NHS must achieve 16 hours of volunteer hours per school year to maintain membership.
  • For the purposes of this requirement, the NHS school year begins on June 1st. Eight hours must be turned in before 3 PM one week after the December meeting of NHS. Eight additional hours must be turned in before 3 PM one week after the final meeting of the NHS year. 
  • Volunteer hours are defined as turned in if the activity has been completed and the completed volunteer form has been placed in the basket in Mrs. Clarke's Room K205. 
  • Volunteering periods end upon the moment volunteer hours are due, and any activity not earned in the current volunteering period cannot count towards the requirement of the current volunteering period. 
  • You need to participate in at least one activity affiliated with West De Pere's NHS, where a volunteer activity is defined as affiliated with NHS if the event has a sign up post dedicated to it in the NHS Google Classroom. 
  • Failure to complete hours and volunteer sheets as listed above will least to dismissal from NHS.
• You must attend all meetings. All are mandatory. You must email the current secretary by the end of the day, the day before the meeting. If an extenuating circumstance arises, please provide paperwork to Mrs. Clarke to be excused. Failure to attend all meetings will lead to dismissal from NHS. 
• If you drop below a 3.7500 cumulative GPA, you will have one trimester to bring it up. If you do not, you will be dismissed form NHS. 
• You must maintain active membership in at least three extracurricular activities. At lease one of these extracirriculars needs to be a West De Pere School activity. 
• If you have a code of conduct violation from the date of the Induction Ceremony until graduation, you will be dismissed. 
• If you are suspended from school for any reason from the date of the Induction Ceremony until graduation, you will be dismissed. 
• NHS is a great honor; you should be proud of your accomplishments. Please plan to be an active member. Remember, unlike other organizations, you cannot join NHS: you must be asked to become a member. 

Characteristics

Membership into the National Honor Society is one of the highest honors that can be awarded to a high school student. Its goals of scholarship, leadership, service and character are the basis for NHS selection. Although it is an honor, membership also carries an obligation to continue to demonstrate those outstanding qualities of academic excellence, character, leadership, involvement, and service to community.