CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Scholarship

Students eligible for membership must have and maintain an unweighted Grade Point Average of at least a 3.0, or B. A student is not guaranteed membership based solely on the Scholarship criterion. Once a student is deemed eligible based on his or her G.P.A., he or she is then eligible for consideration on the basis of leadership, service, and character.

Leadership

To meet the leadership criterion for National Honor Society, a student must name three (3) leadership roles at school or in the community achieved since the ninth grade and indicate the roles and the name of the adult who supervised each of these activities on the Candidate Form. More than three roles may be listed, but there must be three verifiable listings to be selected to our chapter.

A student exercises leadership when he or she:

  • Is resourceful in proposing new problems, applying principles, and making suggestions

  • Demonstrates initiative in promoting school activities

  • Exercises positive influence on peers in upholding school ideals and spirit

  • Contributes ideas that improve the civic life of the school

  • Is able to delegate responsibilities

  • Inspires positive behavior in others

  • Demonstrates academic initiative

  • Successfully holds school offices or positions of responsibility; conducts business effectively and efficiently; demonstrates reliability and dependability

  • Is a leader in the classroom, at work, or in other school or community activities

  • Is dependable in any responsibility accepted

Service

To be selected as a member of our chapter, a candidate must demonstrate on his or her Candidate Form, the completion of at least ten (10) hours of service undertaken at school or in the community since the start of ninth grade.

The student who serves:

  • Volunteers and provides dependable and well-organized assistance, and is willing to make sacrifices to offer assistance

  • Works well with others and is willing to take on difficult or inconspicuous responsibilities

  • Enthusiastically renders any requested service to the school

  • Is willing to represent the class or school in interclass and interscholastic competition

  • Does committee and staff work without complaint

  • Participates in some activity outside of school, for example, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, religious groups, volunteer services for the elderly, poor, or disadvantaged

  • Mentors in the community or students at other schools

  • Shows courtesy by assisting visitors, teachers, and students

Character

A person of character demonstrates the following six qualities: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. All judgments based on these qualities and other selection criteria will be fair and free of speculation, rumor, or hearsay.

The student of character:

  • Consistently exemplifies positive and desirable qualities of behavior (cheerfulness, friendliness, poise, stability)

  • Cooperates by complying with all school policies and regulations and codes of student conduct

  • Takes criticism willingly and accepts recommendations graciously

  • Demonstrates the highest standards of honesty, academic integrity, and reliability

  • Regularly exhibits courtesy, concern, and respect for others

  • Complies with instructions and rules, and displays personal responsibility