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THE EP CLARKE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The EP Clarke Chapter of the National Honor Society at St. Joseph High School recognizes students who are exemplary in scholarship, leadership, character and service. Feel free to contact the adviser Mrs. Gail Wadel at any time if you have questions at gwadel@sjschools.org.
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The Selection Process
a.Names of eligible juniors and seniors are posted on the Guidance Office window in early September. Students are eligible if they have a GPA of 3.4 or higher. Students should see Mrs. Wadel for a Student Activity Information Form the first week that the names have been posted (the form will also be available for down-load from this web page).
b. All interested students should attend the informational meeting in mid-September. Parents are welcome to attend if they are interested (the date can be found on the Student Activity Information Form).
c. The activity information form should be filled out and turned in by the due date no later than 3:15pm on the date specified! Turn them in directly to Mrs. Wadel in Room #258.It is highly recommended that students turn in your forms early in the event of illness, forgetfulness, etc.
d. A list of all interested students will be forwarded to every teacher in the building and these teachers will rate each student using a scale of 1-4 (4 being the highest and representing the top 10% of students at SJHS) on leadership and character. A score for service will be assigned based on the information submitted on the activity information form. GPA will be representative of scholarship.
e.Mrs. Wadel will tabulate the scores and present them to a faculty council. The faculty council typically looks at a cut off of 3.7 for character and leadership (however seniors and close scores are evaluated on an individual basis).It is important to emphasize, that one must be exemplary in character and leadership to be considered for induction.
f.All students who submit an Activity Information Form will be notified regarding induction status (selected, or not selected) in October via the e-mail that they provided on their Form. If a student does not make it into NHS the student may see Mrs. Wadel to receive their character and leadership scores anytime after the inductees are announced. The National web-site can be found at: http://www.nhs.us/s_nhs/sec.asp?CID=930&DID=53363
NOTE:
After
induction, to maintain membership, students must adhere to the following:
they must keep their GPA at 3.4 or above, they must consistently represent the ideals of NHS, they must attend brief monthly meetings, they
must volunteer for after-school tutoring at least twice a semester, they must
participate in one fund raiser, and they must complete an additional 6 hours
of NHS sponsored service each year.During graduation, members
are identified by wearing white cords during the ceremony.
OFFICERS 2009-2010
PRESIDENT: David Burkard
VICE PRES: Drew Hamilton
SECRETARY: Erin Reddaway
TREASURER: Vishal Arora
IMPORTANT NHS DATES for 2009-2010
Names of Eligible Students (with GPA of 3.4 or above)
Posted for NHS on Guidance Office Window (Students Interested Need to Pick-up
Information from Mrs. Wadel in Room #258): Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Mandatory NHS Informational Meeting: Wednesday,
September 16, 2009, 7:30am Auditorium or 3:15pm in Room #258
NHS Student Activity Information Due:
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 3:15pm (Rm #258)
NHS New Inductees Announced Prior To: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (All students submitting an Activity Information From will be notified as to their induction status using the e-mail address they provided on their Form)
