NHS Appeals Process

Students who are not accepted into National Honor Society following a faculty vote and review by the Selection Committee have the option of submitting an appeal.

Appeals should not be submitted solely to question the judgement of the selection committee. Instead, they should be submitted if a student feels that a technical or procedural error occurred during the selection process. Errors of this sort might include inadvertent omission of a student's name from a list of those qualified for induction, the erroneous averaging of grades, or the chapter's failure to follow prescribed procedures.

Appeals must be submitted in writing to the Selection Committee no later than one week following notification of non-acceptance and must include a detailed letter from the student outlining why they should be reconsidered.

All appeals will be submitted to the original Selection Committee. Upon receipt, all appeals will be reviewed and one of the following decisions will be made:

• Rejection of the appeal; sustaining of the original judgement.
• A change in decision, resulting in the selection of the student in question.
• An overturning of the Selection Committee's decision by the Administration.
• Referring the appeal, following rejection, to the Superintendent.

A student may not request that a new selection committee review their application.

Parents and students must understand that no student has a right to be selected for membership in a chapter of the National Honor Society. Reconsideration of a Selection Committee decision is a rare occurrence.