Membership in the Honor Society is a privilege the faculty bestows on students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) who exemplify the four pillars designated by the National Honor Society - scholarship, character, leadership, and service. The Honor Society Faculty Council has set standards for each of these areas and created a selection procedure to determine which students meet those standards.
Scholarship. Students must have a quality point average over the last three terms of at least 2160 quality points (average grade of 90).
Character. A person of character demonstrates many qualities, including trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. We look to the faculty to help discern this particularly hard-to-quantify requirement.
Leadership. Students who have demonstrated and active role in school or community organizations show leadership. But we also recognize that leadership exists outside of elected positions. Qualities of leadership include initiative, inspiring positive behavior in others, promoting school activities, resourcefulness, and dependability.
Service. Students need to document ten hours of community service to be eligible. Those hours begin to accumulate the summer before entering high school.
Every spring the Honor Society adviser first using the scholarship component to gather a list of eligible students. Those students then receive letters inviting them to provide documentation of positions held, employment, activities, and community service. Once this information is collected, each eligible student will be interviewed by the Honor Society Faculty Council. After which, the Honor Society adviser will contact each eligible student to let them know if they were selected or not.
For more details such as Honorary Membership, exceptions, and upholding standards, please see the White Horse Chapter bylaws. You may also contact the adviser, Mrs. Martha Odhner at martha.odhner@ancss.org.
