Bismarck High School

NHS Ceremony for All Students (Inductees and Renewal) will be held Wednesday, April 17th , 2024 @ 2:00 pm

    - Students will have to complete 15 hours this 2023-2024 school year.

    - Students will HAVE until March 8th, 2024 to complete their volunteer hours.

    - Applications will be DUE March 8th, 2024 at MIDNIGHT.  

Students interested in applying to or maintaining membership in the National Honor Society for the 2022-2023 school year need to consider this criteria:

• Must have completed 3 semesters of high school. 

• Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater.

• Must be involved in one extra-curricular activity.

• Must seek out leadership opportunities and demonstrate leadership qualities.

• Must have volunteer hours submitted by the last Friday in February.  

  • 5 hours must come for the BPS FC NHS Approved Organizations List.

The Induction Application Form is available on the home page or in BHS NHS Google Classroom.

Submitting the Induction Candidate Form

The Induction Candidate Form will be available online and will be linked to this website. Using their BPS google account, students will apply digitally. They will also be required to upload their Community Service Log and Signature Verification Form to their Google Drive accounts and then hyperlink them within the Induction Candidate Form.  

Contact Information

Jermine Cledera, Math Teacher and NHS Adviser

jermaine_cledera@bismarckschools.org

Reminder to Current Members:

Continuing to Retain Membership in National Honor Society (Once Inducted)

Once students are awarded membership, their membership comes with the obligation to continue to meet and/or exceed minimum requirements and challenge themselves to continue to grow in all four criteria. They were initially chosen based on their outstanding accomplishments in all four criteria and are expected to maintain that exemplary status in the areas of scholarship, leadership, character and service. Since the main focus of National Honor Society is to provide service to the school and community, students are expected to continue and to expand their service work within the community.

Bismarck High School National Honor Society members are responsible for the following requirements in order to maintain good standing:

• Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5, verified at the end of the semester

• Make good decisions in and out of school to demonstrate outstanding character and leadership.

• Take on leadership roles in their activities, when possible

• Continuing to Complete 5 hours from the Tier One LIST approved by the NHS Faculty Council with an additional 10 hours from First-Tier Community Service or Second-Tier Community Service (of which a majority of those 10 hours, should be First-Tier hours)

To maintain active membership, students are required to submit an online form, again noting their continued involvement in activities as well as continued service to the community. The service log must have at least 15 hours of documented and acceptable service as per the bylaw description. It should again be uploaded digitally and linked  to their online submission. The submission for continued membership will be reviewed by the adviser and does not need approval from the Faculty Council. If a student should fail to meet the minimum requirements for membership under which they were initially selected, the student may be considered for dismissal from National Honor Society. 

See the Discipline and Dismissal section of the Chapter Bylaws for details regarding this process.