81 students were inducted in the National Honor Society on the evening of Thursday October 3. Including both current and newly-inducted students, the NHS now has a total of 135 members
Most new inductees are juniors, but if a senior who was not already inducted met the requirements, they could be inducted this year. Eight of this year’s inductees are seniors.
To qualify for membership, students must have a minimum GPA of 4.2 and must have completed a minimum of 60 community service hours before their junior or senior year. Students must also have not missed more than 10 days or have been late for more than 10 days per semester unless there were unusual circumstances.
When students meet these requirements, they are automatically considered. From here they receive an email with an application; students must fill out the application on time to be inducted
Once in NHS, students are responsible for keeping a 4.2 GPA, completing two service hours per quarter, being an NHS tutor, maintaining a clean discipline record, and helping assist at required NHS events.
During the induction ceremony, new inductees repeated the pledge, received their certificates, signed their names in the NHS book, and received their pins. After the ceremony, there was a brief reception with desserts in the cafeteria for inductees and their guests.
NHS Moderator Hope Hemphill hopes that students had a good time at their induction and will fulfill all of their requirements. She said that the induction “was a lovely evening that celebrated the academic, service, and leadership accomplishments of our most dedicated students.”
New inductee junior Marquis Mingle said that this was “an important feat in his life.”
He added that being a part of NHS shows off all his hard work in and out of school and hopes that being a part of NHS will show others his leadership skills and grant him more opportunities in the future.
A week after the induction ceremony, the moderators and student board members in NHS hosted a meeting during advisory with reminders, and requirements for both new and returning members.