NHS INFORMATIONAL

MEETING

“SERVICE OVER SELF”

SO WHAT IS NHS….

NHS IS A SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHICH

MEANS THE MAIN FOCUS/GOAL OF NHS IS

TO HELP!!

WHO AND WHAT DO WE HELP:

ORGANIZATIONS INDIVIDUALS

SCHOOLS

COMMUNITY

BUSINESSES ETC. NON PROFIT

WHO CAN BE A MEMBER…..

Any Junior or Senior who has at least a 3.5 Grade Point Average is invited to

complete a Candidate Form packet for possible selection into Lake Orion

High School’s chapter of NHS

NOT AN APPLICATION: The Candidate Form is not an application. An

application implies that students are competing against other for

admission. Each NHS Candidate Form is considered individually using the

standards established by the National Honor Society.

CANDIDATE FORM:SELECTIONPROCESS

Scholastic records will be reviewed to determine

those persons scholastically eligible for

membership by maintaining at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average. Beginning with the class of 2022 and all other future graduating classes, only students

with a cumulative grade point of 3.75 and higher

will be invited to complete a Candidate Form for membership consideration for the

Lake Orion High School Chapter of the National

Honor Society.

1

Students interested in submitting a

candidate form may attend an

informational meeting conducted

by the adviser in order to explain the admittance process

and if they are unable to attend, a

PowerPoint with the meeting notes will be posted online. The meeting date,

time, and place will be in the invitation letter and will take

place during the summer.

2

Scholastically eligible students will

be notified and informed that for

further consideration for selection to NHS,

they must complete the Candidate Form.

3

The faculty will receive the NHS

Candidate Feedback Form and will return completed forms to the NHS Adviser. It

is the student’s responsibility to

give faculty members the

Candidate Feedback Form in a

reasonable amount of time in order to

give faculty members the

opportunity to complete the form in a timely manner.

CANDIDATE FORM

PACKET SELECTION PROCESS

I. The Faculty Council (five teachers selected by the principal to select NHS members) will meet to review Candidate Forms and Candidate Feedback Forms and will award membership, based on the following general guidelines:

1. Service: Eligible students will have completed at least two separate examples of sufficient community

service after middle school with a combined total of at least 20 service hours. 2. Character: Eligible students will have no evidence of behavior suggesting a lack of good character or

judgement shown by school documents, anecdotal information from staff, or public records. 3. Activities: Eligible students will have completed all portions of the Student Activity Portion for

Leadership and Service examples honestly and without exaggerating. The eligible student will demonstrate at least TWO strong examples of Service and at least

TWO strong examples of Leadership. Students will actively participate in at least two extracurricular activities (non-paid) from at least TWO different categories from a menu presented in the candidate form. Students will write an explanation of how their participation in

these activities demonstrate leadership that positively affects others; students should demonstrate active leadership beyond simple participation.

4. Feedback: Eligible students’ Candidate Form will include FOUR Candidate Feedback Forms. THREE must be faculty (teachers) whom students had as a teacher at the high school (no evaluations from middle or elementary teachers) and ONE may be an adviser, coach, etc. affiliated with Lake Orion Community Schools, but it is acceptable that all four are faculty (teacher) evaluations. If a feedback form is missing, the Faculty Council will seek out the faculty member in question to get necessary feedback. Eligible students’ comments and ratings on the NHS Candidate Feedback forms from the staff will indicate a pattern of behavior consistent with NHS membership criteria.

5. The Faculty Council, to the satisfaction of its members, will research information that is detrimental to the consideration of a candidate.

6. Candidates receiving a majority of favorable votes of the faculty council will be awarded membership based upon the overall quality of the Candidate Form.

7. Academic Misconduct: Candidates who have received a disciplinary action (including detention, suspension, referral, "zero," grade reduction, mandatory redo, etc.) for misconduct including academic misconduct (cheating, plagiarism, etc.) in high school must include a written statement. The explanation of what needs to be demonstrated in the statement is carefully explained in the appropriate portion in this Candidate Form.

CANDIDATE FORM:SELECTION PROCESS

Notifications: All candidates who

sought NHS membership will be

notified of their membership status via hand delivered

letter and invited to attend the annual

induction ceremony. Candidates who have

been denied membership will be notified, in writing,

of the general reason for denial.

Students who have been denied

membership have TWO school days, from the date of

notification of denial, to schedule a meeting

with the adviser to discuss the Faculty Council’s decision according to the

following process:

Students will contact the

adviser, who will explain the denial to the student and

after a student meeting with the

adviser; the student may request the

principal review the selection

process.

The principal makes the decision to review the

Candidate Form

upon review, the principal may

decide there was substantial technical or

procedural errors in the selection

process that caused unfair denial, he/she may ask the

Faculty Council to reconsider their

decision

If the principal finds no

substantial errors in the selection

process, the original decision

will stand.

MEMERSHIP DENIALS…

If your student is denied membership they can:

In their Senior year complete another Candidate

Form if they are invited again-this is based upon

their GPA

I will give a letter explaining why there was a denial

(maybe work on those areas that were lacking) and try

again as a Senior

There is a rubric with the member packet that carefully explains the

qualifications and what the Faculty Council is looking for –for potential NHS members

Students who are denied can request to meet with

the principal but a meeting is not an indication of acceptance into NHS

Feel free to become involved in other service based clubs, groups, or

organizations

RUBRIC

Use as a guide to help you through the process

1The Faculty Council will use this rubric to decide if you have fulfilled the requirements

2See Rubric (it's in your Candidate Form online)

3

PRESENT YOUR

PACKET WELL

Please submit a neat packet typed and try to turn it in before the deadline if possible

The Faculty Council will not consider any past or present relationship they may have with students so it is your

responsibility to present yourself well in writing

A very well thought-out and established process for membership is utilized at LOHS

LEADERSHIP

What is Leadership?

Having an academically high grade point average is wonderful and a way to identify responsible students but NHS is

in need of students who are self motivated, innovators, visionaries, and

can take charge and since this is a service organization these qualities are

extremely important.

Examples of Leadership

Roles

All Leadership roles should allow those in charge to

create goal(s), have a plan to initiate those goals,

game plan, outcome for those goals, and

guide/direct a person, people, and/or group

Examples of Leadership Roles

Captain of a team or group-specifically what you do in this

role

Create a group or organization that has specific goal(s) and you

oversee/facilitate this group

Oversee a camp, group of children and your task was to create their curriculum, goals,

work etc.

In charge of a section( i.e. band, choir)-specifically what you do in

this role

On a consistent/constant basis lead a specific group toward

ongoing goals in a class (creating a PowerPoint that you alone

create and present is not leadership-it’s a class assignment)

Examples of

Leadership Roles

Group leader of a youth Church group or Community group with specific goals in which you led the group

Mentor-you alone served as an adviser or mentor to a group and/or individual on a consistent basis (official and/or unofficial)

Leader of a group or division on a team-maybe you didn’t create the group and not a captain but you were the leader of a subgroup or a part of the group or team on a consistent basis(official and/or unofficial)

Examples of

Leadership Roles

You took the initiative to create a group, committee, organization etc. because there was a need in the school and/or the community

You took an active role in promoting some type of initiative, group, and/or idea-you led the way in the promotion of it

SERVICE

You should clearly explain your service opportunity, activity,

experience

Simply stating that you donated isn't

sufficiently explaining your

service and donating alone is not an

acceptable example

Please use specific details and examples and how your service

directly benefitted and helped someone else

Service is an important aspect as this is what

NHS is-a service organization

CONCLUSION

Ask yourself the following questions:

How have I significantly influenced others, helped

resolve issues or contributed to group efforts over time and

what responsibilities have I taken for initiatives in

and out of school?

How have I emerged as a leader in these situations?

OVERALL PACKAGE

In determining a student’s eligibility in terms of leadership, service, and character, the Faculty Council

will consider the following information: Presentation of Candidate Forms which must be

typed Administrative and Service Learning records Citizenship/conduct/behavior grades on ratings,

including comments on report cards Professional records on individual faculty members,

including grade books and anecdotal information Comments based on the professional evaluation

and actions, of individual faculty members on candidate evaluation forms *STUDENTS MUST MEET OR EXCEED THE HIGH

STANDARDS OF ELIGIBILITY IN ALL AREAS*

Becoming a Member If you are selected, here is an overview of what to expect:1. Meeting twice or once a month on a Tuesday before school in the Kiva (7:00-7:30)2. Acquiring 25 hours aside from the school's requirement per year(I will offer these)3. Creating a service project with a group of NHS members4. Being a positive and productive citizen and student5. Being an organized member 6. Upholding the tenets of NHS: leadership, character, service, and scholarship, 7. Paying yearly chapter and member fees 8. Working with an adviser and officers who are passionate about the business of helping others

IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED

• You will have another opportunity your senior year, if you're a junior

• NHS is not a determining factor of getting into college

• Read my feedback on your letter carefully and work on the areas that were weak and/or lacking and set up a meeting with me to discuss your member packet

• There are other service groups in the school that work with the community in a positive and productive manner (Key Club, Cultural Outreach, etc.) See GAP Coordinator for more ideas of the clubs offered here

FURTHER QUESTIONS

Michelle CuretonMichelle.cureton@lok12.org

This PowerPoint will be on the website at

www.lakeorionschools.org, Lake Orion High School, Students,

After School Activities,National Honor Society