High School and National Honor Society

2013 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION
National Honor Society members will be selected based on four qualities:

SCHOLARSHIP: student has achieved a 3.000 or above out of a possible 4.000 for classes of 2013 and 2014.
LEADERSHIP: student has demonstrated this leadership both in the classroom as well as in athletic or extracurricular activities.
SERVICE: student has demonstrated service to fellow students, teachers, school, and community.
CHARACTER: student has exhibited a positive attitude toward teachers and peers, exemplifies good conduct in school and at school sponsored activities; shows honesty, has no serious disciplinary situations.

A more detailed explanation of the NHS selection process is available in the FCHS Student Handbook on pages 24-25.
If you wish to submit your name, grade point average, and list of activities for membership consideration by the FCHS faculty to the National Honor Society, e-mail this completed form to [e-mail] by Tuesday, February 5th no later than 3:00 PM. HARD COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE FORM BELOW:
You can save this file to your flash drive or Google Docs if you want to be able to work on it from home. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE TYPED DIRECTLY ONTO THIS DOCUMENT. You will need to do a SAVE AS to secure your responses before you can attach it to your email message. I would suggest saving your file as NHSyourname.doc. After you have saved the document, attach your saved WORD form to your email message and send it to [e-mail]. Type Completed NHS Application in the subject line of the email.

Please include your GPA and type the activities and school offices you are currently participating in or have participated in during your high school career including the grade level of participation: (Church and 4-H activities may extend to years prior to high school.) Also include any honors earned (i.e. SAGE winner, Harvard Model Congress, Girl’s State). Do not be modest; a lack of school and/or community involvement could prevent you from being selected for NHS membership. The NHS Faculty Council’s decision is based only on what you submit in your application; therefore, the information needs to present an accurate and detailed picture of you!

An example: SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Key Club 10, 11, 12 (President); STUCO 11(Class Rep), 12(Secretary); Football 11, 12; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: 4-H 6-12; Church Youth Group 11, 12; Operation Bundle Up Volunteer 12.

Your application will be submitted exactly as you type it, so please take time to proofread. Refer any questions to Mrs. Kirby (E218). Any applications not submitted, submitted after the above due date and time or that are incorrectly completed will NOT be considered.
*All information including club membership, GPA’s (if submitted) and community involvement will be verified with sponsors*

IMPORTANT: PLEASE SAVE A COPY OF YOUR APPLICATION. ALSO PLEASE VERIFY YOUR APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED VIA THE LIST POSTED BY MRS. KIRBY (ROOM E218)
ON MONDAY, 2/4.
COACH Teacher:
Nancy Bailey

NAME:
Kelsey Baker

GRADE:
Junior

CUMULATIVE G.P.A.:
3.5917

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES W/ YEAR(S) OF PARTICIPATION NAME OF COACH/ SPONSOR

Beginning Women’s Concert Choir: 9 Caroline Garber
Advanced Women’s Concert Choir: 10, 11 Caroline Garber/Michael Hummel
Advanced Mixed Concert Choir: 11 Michael Hummel
Grapplette: 9, 10 Robert Hasseman
FCHS Mentor: 11 Nancy Bailey/ Holli Terrell
FCHS Musical: 11 Michael Hummel

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT& YEAR(S) OF PARTICIPATION NAME OF LEADER/ SPONSOR

Volunteered at Sawmill Woods Elementary School: Create Data walls, Create school wide bulletin boards, Stuffed beginning of the year Jenni Baker, Principal envelopes, Sorted and delivered text book materials, chaperoned 2 field trips, volunteered in various classrooms with majority of time with essential skills: 6-11
4-H: 3-7 Becky Canary
Rawhide Ranch Camp Counselor: 9-11 Jenny Cartwrite
Babysit for various family and friends: 7-11 Jenny Carwrite, Shannon Hix, Andi Vaught
Volunteered at CJ’s Consignments: 8-9 Connie Carson