Acceptance requirements

·        Students must be Juniors or Seniors.

·        Students must have successfully participated in Science classes in all prior years.

·        Students must have maintained a science average of 94.5%* for all prior years.

*( A bonus 5% is added to your grade for Honors Classes and 8% for AP Classes).

Additonal Information for Senior Acceptance

 ·   Acceptance and/or induction into SHS as Juniors does not impact acceptance as Seniors.  The grades are recomputed to include the Junior results.

·  A student that was accepted as a Junior condidate but chose not to complete the required hours may still be accepted as a Senior candidate.  However, the student will be required to complete the induction requirements for a New Senior**.

Science Honor Society Induction Requirement

 Juniors

Prospective Junior members of Science Honors society are required to perform five hours of science-related school service. All service hours must be completed on by early April. See the main page of the SHS website for this  year's deadline.

How to do this:

1) Pick any science teacher(s) to act as mentor(s) (mutual agreement between student and teacher).

2) Discuss ideas with mentor and agree upon a plan.

3) After completion of the activity, fill in the hours completion form that can be found in the SHS google classroom in the ABOUT section.

4) The science teachers will be provided with a report detailing all of the students that they have mentored including names, activities, hours, and completion dates.  They will sign off thes forms.

After completing your hours, in May, you will be inducted into SHS. 

Students inducted into SHS must also act as role models for the behavior expected in Science classes.  Any behavioral infraction in or related to a science class that results in a write-up will be brought to the attention of the SHS advisor, and may result in the revocation of this nomination.

Seniors Who Have Not Been Previously Inducted into SHS

Prospective new Senior members of Science Honors society are required to perform five hours of science-related school service.  The first three hours are due by the end of December.  The last two hours are due by early April.  See the main page of the SHS website for this year's deadlines. 

How to do this:

1) Pick any science teacher(s) to act as your mentor(s) (mutual agreement between student and teacher).

2) Discuss ideas with mentor and agree upon a plan.

3) After completion of the activity, fill in the hours completion form that can be found in the SHS google classroom in the ABOUT section.

4) The science teachers will be provided with a report detailing all of the students they have mentored including names, activities, hours, and completion dates.  They will sign off these reports.

After you have completed your first three hours you may include SHS membership in your resume and college applications.

In May you will be inducted into SHS and your name will be included in the SHS section of the program for graduation.

Students inducted into SHS must also act as role models for the behavior expected in Science classes.  Any behavioral infraction in or related to a science class that results in a write-up will be brought to the attention of the SHS advisor, and may result in the revocation of this nominatio

Seniors who were previously inducted as Juniors

Prospective returning members of Science Honors Society are required to perform three hours of science-related school service. See the main page of the SHS website for this year's deadline.

How to do this:

1) Pick any science teacher(s) to act as mentor(s) (mutual agreement between student and teacher).

2) Discuss ideas with mentor(s) and agree upon a plan.

3) After completion of the activity, fill in the hours completion form that can be found in the SHS google classroom in the ABOUT section.  

4) The science teachers will be provided with a report detailing all the students they have mentored including names, activities, hours, and completion dates.  They will sign off these forms.

After you have completed your three hours you may include SHS membership in your resume and college applications. 

In May you will be reinducted into SHS and your name will be included in the SHS section of the program for graduation.

Students inducted into SHS must also act as role models for the behavior expected in Science classes.  Any behavioral infraction in or related to a science class that results in a write-up will be brought to the attention of the SHS advisor, and may result in the revocation of this nomination.

Important Dates This Year

Hours Required By This Date

New Seniors       12/22/2023

Initial 3 hours

Returning Seniors  12/22/20223

3 hours

Juniors             03/22/2024

5 hours

New Seniors    03/22/2023

Additional 2 hours