A special group exclusively for high school honor society advisers, where you can share how-to's, best practices, frustrations, challenges, ideas and more.
Alternate Faculty Council Members?
Submitted by Jeannee Yakel on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 07:58.
Three members of our NHS are going before the Faculty Council regarding an incident that took place on a school sponsored field trip to Europe that is resulting in the students being considered for removal. Two of the five teachers on the faculty advisory board were chaperones on the trip. One of the parents thought that they might be biased in the appeal. Are there other ways to handle this? Can we find new Faculty Council Members?
NHS/NJHS Selection Using "Point Systems"
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 10:29.
Our school uses a point system where the cutoff is 60 out of 84 for membership. We have a few students who scored within a couple points of the cut-off. Can we induct them on a probationary status where they are aware of the areas in which they need to demonstrate improvement in by a given deadline, or would they either have to be selected or not selected.
Part-Time Students and NHS Eligibility
Submitted by non member on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 12:17.
National Honor Societies always seem to struggle with eligibility. Whether it's the students that are just below the minimum GPA or students that fall short on the other three pillars. A more rarely thought of case is that of "part-time students". Whether the student is part time at the local high school and part time at the career center, or at the high school and local community college, or whichever unique combination you find, there is an answer, although in some situations, that answer is about as clear as mud!
Who selects NHS/NJHS members?
Submitted by non member on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 12:16.
In speaking with a school a few weeks ago, I found that their selection process was a bit off. Instead of using a Faculty Council for selection, the Faculty Council (FC) gave recommendations based on student forms, then the NHS Adviser selected the students that would be inducted. For schools that hold chapters with NHS/NJHS, this process is incorrect and the appropriate way to select members is spelled out in the National Constitution.
