Steps to the selection and induction to the Hillsboro Junior High NJHS chapter.
Invitation Letter: Students in the 7th or 8th grade who meet the following criteria will receive a Letter of Invitation to join NJHS organization. Students will join the Google Classroom using the code on their letter if they are interested completing the process of joining NJHS
must have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
must be a full-time student of Hillsboro Junior High for the full semester prior to letters being printed.
must not have any write-ups that result in ISS or OSS; specifically no write-ups for cheating.
GPA: Students needed a minimum of a 3.3 GPA. The student's GPA will be converted to a percentage and then added to the overall total.
Application: The application must be completed and turned in to the chapter adviser by the due date. Each section of the application must be completed and will be given a score to be added to the overall total. The total score will be converted to a percentage and will be worth 1/4 of the overall total. The application will be assigned through the NJHS Candidate Google Classroom.
Teacher Evaluations: The applicants will need to email each of their teachers the link to the teacher evaluations. Teachers will complete the evaluations based on their knowledge of the applicant and then turn the forms in directly to the chapter adviser. These evaluations are kept confidential and will not be shared with the applicant at any time. The evaluations will be added up to give an overall total and converted to a percentage. This percentage will be one fourth of the overall total score. (If there is a teacher evaluation missing, an average of the other evaluations will be added to the total in place of the missing evaluations. The advisor will make every effort to get the teacher evaluations from the teachers first.)
Interview: The interview will be uploaded to Flipgrid through Google Classroom. A faculty panel will view and score the video interviews. Interviews will be not more than 5 minutes in length. Questions will be based on some of the information from the application and/or questions that demonstrate the 5 pillars of NJHS. The overall score from the interviews will be converted to a percentage and added to the overall score.
Total: NJHS can take up to 50 current 7th graders and up to 20 current 8th graders. The advisor may take less than than the maximum if there is a natural break in the total numbers. If there is not a natural break, then the maximum number will be used. The faculty panel will make the final decisions if there is a tie to take the final spots. The faculty panel will go back over all the information that was submitted by the applicant.
Once the list is finalized, those being inducted in will receive an invitation and the list will be posted by Mrs. Maerli's door.
Please understand that the entire process spans a few weeks.