Background
Since 1967, NHS has had a chapter of the National Honor Society. To be a member, students must be a junior or a senior with at least one trimester in attendance at the high school and demonstrate good Character, Leadership, Scholarship, and Service.
Process
Each fall the advisor compiles a list of students with the minimum grade point average of 3.40 for consideration by a Faculty Council. Students with the requisite GPA who have been enrolled in challenging classes in at least two of the three core subjects (English, Math, and Science) will be considered for the next step toward selection. Each student must submit a profile which must include information regarding their Character, Leadership, Scholarship, and Service. The criteria to be included in the profile will be discussed at a meeting which is mandatory for all perspective National Honor Society members. The final recommendations will be made by a Faculty Council. The principal may accept or refuse the Council's recommendations. Those selected will be then invited to attend an induction ceremony. (Examples of challenging classes: English III Accelerated, Geometry, Biology and it is also suggested that students have had at least one credit of foreign language.)
Faculty Council of Newaygo
Mr. Hall
Mr. Horling
Mr. Gracik
Mrs. Gross
Mr. Milner (advisor)
Membership Criteria
Scholarship
Scholarship means a commitment to learning. A student is willing to spend hours in reading and study, because he knows the lasting benefits of a cultivated mind. This student continues to learn even when formal education had ended, for education ends only with life. Knowledge is one great element in life which leads to the highest success, and it can be acquired in only one way-through diligence and effort. Learning furnishes the lamp by which we read the past, and the light which illuminates the future. Each candidate has the charge to continually expand his world through the opportunities inherent in scholarship.
Service
Service can be expressed in various ways. In the routine of the day's work, many opportunities arise to give help to others. Willingness to work without monetary compensation or without recognition for the benefit of those in need, is the quality we seek in our membership. Students are committed to the idea of volunteering their time and abilities to the creation of a better tomorrow.
Leadership
Leadership should exert a wholesome influence on the school. In taking the initiative in class and school activities, the real leader strives to train and aid others to attain the same objective. The price of leadership is sacrifice, the willingness to yield one's personal interests for the interest of others. A leader had confidence in himself and will go forward when others hesitate. No matter what power and resources may exist in a country, they are ineffectual without the guidance of a wise leader. Leadership is always needed, and is thus a substantive charge to each member and candidate.
Character
Character is the force in one man that distinguishes him from others. It gives him individuality and personality. It is that without which no man can respect himself, nor hope to attain the respect of others. It is this force of character that guides men through life and, when once developed, grows steadily. Character is achieved and not received. It is the product of constant action, daily striving to make the right choice. The problem of character is the problem of self-control. We must be in reality what we wish to appear to others. By demonstrating such qualities as reliability, honesty, and sincerity, we may hope to prove by example that we value character.
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