Selection Process
Selection Timeline for 2021-2022 Members
May 3, 2021 - NJHS Candidates are notified of eligibility via WCPSS student email. Candidates are 7th grade students who have maintained a 3.75 GPA for the first 3 quarter of 7th grade.
May 21, 2021 - Candidate Information Forms are due for students who wish to be considered for membership.
May 21, 2021 - May 28, 2021 The Faculty Council will remotely meet to discuss disciplinary records, faculty recommendations, candidate forms, and selection.
May 31, 2021 - The NJHS Advisers will notify candidates of selection or nonselection. Members will pay one-time dues of no more than $15.
June 8, 2021 - A virtual induction ceremony will be held in the evening.
September 2021 - The first NJHS meeting will be held.
The selection process for the National Junior Honor Society at Oberlin is based upon five ideals: leadership, service, citizenship, character, and scholarship
A member of NJHS pledges to adopt higher ethical and behavioral standards than what is normally expected of middle school students. Membership is exclusively limited to eighth grade students. Seventh grade students, however, should be keenly aware of the importance of the ideals upheld by NJHS, and they should strive to attain and maintain those ideals throughout the school year.
At the end of their seventh grade year, students can become candidates to join the Oberlin National Junior Honor Society. The criteria used to determine a student’s eligibility is as follows:
Scholarship
To be eligible for membership the candidate must be enrolled in seventh grade for at least three quarters.
To first be considered for membership, the candidate must have, for scholarship, a cumulative scholastic grade point average of at least a 3.75 and their behavior in good standing. The GPA is calculated using only scores from 7th grades using the following scale:
A: 90-100 = 4.0
B: 80-89 = 3.0
C: 70-79 = 2.0
D: 60-69 = 1.0
F: < 59 = 0.0
Leadership
Able to delegate responsibilities
Exemplifies a positive attitude
Inspires positive behavior in others
Demonstrates leadership in the classroom and in school activities
Thoroughly dependable in any given responsibility
Service
Willing to uphold scholarship and maintain a loyalty to school
Works well with others
Renders any requested service to school with enthusiasm and cheerfulness
Does committee/group work without complaining
Needs at least 10 hours community service within the first three quarters of 7th grade year
Citizenship
Contributes ideas which improve school life
Shows courtesy by assisting teachers, staff, visitors, and fellow students
Attends school extra-curricular activities
Demonstrates a willingness and eagerness to render service to the community through school projects
Character
Takes criticism willingly and accepts recommendations with graciousness
Exemplifies a desirable, pleasant personality at all times
Complies with school rules and regulations
Demonstrates the highest standard of honesty and reliability
Exemplifies above-reproach behavior by avoiding dishonesty, cheating, breaking rules, rudeness, disruptiveness, profiting from the mistakes of others.
Once the selections have been made, the NJHS advisers will contact students.
An induction ceremony will be held. Parents and friends are invited to attend the ceremony in addition to the seventh grade students.
It is our hope that each of you in seventh grade will strive to become a member of the Oberlin National Junior Honor Society by following the ideals listed above.