National Honor Society Members:

The following is a list of requirements in order to graduate as a National Honor Society member. If these requirements are met by graduation, you will graduate with an NHS tassel and honor cord.

Membership Requirements

1. Members MUST attend NHS meetings throughout the year. Members are allowed a maximum of 4

absences from official NHS meetings throughout the year, barring extreme extenuating

circumstances. Once a member has exceeded this maximum, members will receive a warning. If the

member continues to miss meetings, the member may be automatically removed from NHS, subject to

review by the Advisors and the Faculty Council. Attendance at meetings is crucial to receive information

and be an active club member.

Meetings are held every other week beginning the third or fourth week of school until the end of the

school year, unless otherwise indicated on the calendar (to be distributed at the first meeting). The

dates of the meeting will be organized in conjunction with the student government calendar.

2. Students must be present for the entire meeting and must personally sign out with the

membership secretary or his/her designee at the end of the meeting. Attendance at meetings

begins at the call to order and ends after all business is concluded. Attendance will not be granted

for arriving after the call to order or leaving before all business has been concluded. Meetings start

at 2:30 pm and will take place in the cafeteria.

3. Regularly attend National Honor Society events. There are several mandatory events every

member must attend regardless of the amount of hours accrued. The events are John Jay Man, the

Winter Carnival, and NHS Inductions.

4. Members must complete 25 hours of community service by the first week in May of their

senior year. All hours can be NHS "inside hours", however there is an option to have up to 10 "Independent

Service Hours". Such hours may not also be used towards the completion of any district requirements

or other club(s). Current service hours need to be submitted by the last school day of each

month. Hours completed before the last day of each month that are submitted after the last day

of each month WILL NOT be accepted. Here is a link to the NHS Volunteer Community Service Documentation Form (and there is also a tab above for the NHS Volunteer Community Service Documentation Form).

5. Baked goods and donations are an expected contribution from every active member. Each

member is expected to bake at least once during the year and for our mandatory events; however, for

each additional time members bake they will receive 1⁄2 hour of service credited to their 25 hours up

to a total of 3 hours.

6. Each member must sign in and out of any NHS activity in which he/she participates and must

return any NHS ID tag to an officer immediately upon completion of the activity.

7. Independent Service Projects MAY NOT BE service rendered for or with another school

organization. ISP MUST BE performed for a legitimate and recognized NOT-FOR-PROFIT or

COMMUNITY BASED organization. See the adviser(s) with any questions.

8. Members must complete 25 hours of community service by the first week in May of their

senior year. All hours can be inside hours, however there is an option to have up to 10 independent

service hours. Such hours may not also be used towards the completion of any district requirements

or other club(s). Here is a link to the NHS Volunteer Community Service Documentation Form (and there is also a tab above for the NHS Volunteer Community Service Documentation Form).

9. In lieu of the signature on the NHS Volunteer Community Service Documentation Form, a student may submit signed (by appropriate supervisor) documentation on the letterhead of the organization as verification of hours served.

Contact information must be included for the sponsoring organization.

10. Strictly adhere to all school rules and policies. Dismissal may follow in the case of

violation of school rules or civil laws. In the case of flagrant violation, no warning is required for

dismissal. This includes cheating of any kind, disrespectful behavior, and criminal charges.

12. Maintain a 90.00 weighted average for the entire school year (NO ROUNDING UP). If a

member’s average drops below a 90%, he/she will have one quarter to bring it back up in order to

remain in NHS unless this happens in the third quarter which may incur automatic dismissal from

the club.

13. Be members in good standing. Generally the phrase “in good standing” means that the

member is maintaining the standards by which he or she was selected, and has fulfilled or is

fulfilling all chapter obligations. It is expected that each member will maintain these standards from

application to the NHS through graduation. Any conduct unbecoming of an NHS member seriously

jeopardizes his/her “good standing” status and may result in the loss of NHS graduation honors

pending review by the NHS Faculty Council.

14. Any NHS member who elects to attend college in lieu of classes at John Jay must still

maintain active member status in order to graduate with NHS honors. A class schedule transcript

for each semester must be submitted for proof of GPA requirement.

NOTE: These are the MINIMUM requirements. It is EXPECTED that a member in good

standing will regularly work on ALL NHS projects as needed to fulfill the chapter’s

goals successfully.