National Honor Society

Advisor: Harry Shehigian and Dawn Lynch

Meeting Dates: The first and third Fridays of each month

Rear Auditorium

The National Honor Society (NHS) is an organization that recognizes and encourages academic achievement while developing characteristics essential to all citizens. As written in its constitution, the purpose of this organization is to "create enthusiasm for scholarship, stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools."

Becoming a member of NHS is both an honor and a commitment since it is based on outstanding scholarship and service. Service is defined to be "any unpaid activity that provides service for another" in school and in the community. To become a candidate for admission into NHS, a student must have maintained an overall weighted average of 93 over two years. The selection process is conducted once annually in the fall.

High school students are first eligible in the fall of their junior year. Those students who meet the academic criteria for admission receive a letter inviting them to complete and return an application to the faculty council which then reviews the application and determines if the student meets the criteria for admission. A formal induction ceremony is scheduled in the fall. NHS members are required to maintain a weighted, unrounded 93 average throughout their studies. They must attend 50% of all the meetings and events and complete 20 hours of community service to remain a member of the Hauppauge chapter.

NHS has instituted a free tutorial service for all subjects, open to all students Monday through Thursday at 2:20 in the library. NHS members take part in a variety of school and community activities such as Homecoming, Safe Halloween, the Jones Beach Breast Cancer Walk, American Heart Association’s Wear Red Campaign, and serving dinner to Hauppauge's senior citizens.