How to be Nominated

All qualified students will be notified in the Fall of their Junior/Senior year. Please refer to the following for eligibility requirements.

SCHOLARSHIP

To be eligible for NHS, candidates must have completed at least one semester at Burlington Township High School and achieved a cumulative G.P.A. of 4.0 on a 5.0 scale.

LEADERSHIP

A student must demonstrate leadership qualities in and out of the classroom.

The student who exercises leadership:

· Resourcefully solves problems, applies principles, and makes suggestions

· Demonstrates initiative in academics and school activities

· Positively influences peers by upholding school ideals

· Contributes ideas that improve the civic life of the school

· Effectively and fairly delegates responsibilities

· Exemplifies positive attitudes and inspires positive behavior in others

· Successfully holds school offices or positions of responsibility

· Displays reliability and dependability

· Leads in the classroom, at work, and in other school or community activities

· Values scholarship and maintains a loyal school attitude

CHARACTER

A student must demonstrate the “six pillars of character”: respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship.

In addition, the student of character:

· Takes criticism willingly and accepts recommendations graciously

· Exemplifies desirable qualities of behavior (cheerfulness, friendliness, poise, and stability)

· Upholds principles of morality, honesty, and ethics

· Complies with school regulations concerning property, programs, office, halls, etc.

· Displays courtesy, concern, and respect for others

· Observes instructions and rules inside and outside the classroom

· Exhibits self-discipline and sustained attention in academic studies

· Properly credits the intellectual property of others

· Positively influences the school environment.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community service hours are hours spent during the year in work which directly benefits either (1) people experiencing poverty, discrimination, abuse, poor health, old age, and/or physical-mental limitations or (2) the protection of animals or the environment for which an individual does not receive financial compensation.

To be admitted to NHS as a junior you must have 20 confirmed service hours. To be admitted as a senior you must have 30 confirmed hours.

Inducted members must complete 15 hours the year they are inducted and 25 hours the following year.

Please see the What Counts page for information concerning what constitutes service hours.

SCHOOL SERVICE

All members of the NHS must participate in 3 varied school-sponsored activities each year.

Clubs that meet on a documented, regular basis and take attendance will count towards the NHS service to school requirement.

Music/Clubs/Sports that require participation in other activities would mean that the other required activity will not count. (One example of another activity that does NOT count would be weightlifting). Remember: in order to qualify for Burlington Township NHS the three minimum (per year) service to school requirements must be varied, i.e. service cannot be three sports or three clubs or all music, but for instance, a mix such as two sports/one club or a music/two clubs will count.