NJHS

Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Habicht, Moderators

NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY

Next Meeting Date:  Monday, January 8

The St. Jane Frances Chapter of the NJHS, approved in January, 1994, inducts eligible 7^th and 8^th grade students one time a year, usually in March. This chapter was established to give practical meaning to the Society’s commitment to scholarship, leadership, service and character. Only students who display the highest quality of these characteristics are nominated to the Society.

The National Junior Honor Society was founded in 1929 to create an organization that would recognize and encourage academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. These ideals of scholarship, character, service, leadership, and citizenship remain as relevant today as they were in 1929.

St. Jane Frances de Chantal School is a member in good standing of the National Junior Honor Society of Secondary Schools (NJHS). Students in grades 7 and 8 have the opportunity to apply for admission. A student in grade 7 may apply in the second semester and in grade 8 in the first or second semester. Through NJHS Chapter service activities, members maintain and extend the qualities that won them selection. Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment. Under all circumstances, advisors and members of the Faculty Council are reminded that continued membership in the chapter is based upon students maintaining the standards under which they were admitted as members.

The following criteria have been established by SJF for admission to NJHS.  The criteria used for SJF is of a high standard:

a. Attainment of 3.5GPA with no unsatisfactories in either Conduct or Effort (including Progress Report Comments)

b. Satisfactory completion of an application

c.  Verification of a leadership position in school/community by a supervisory adult

d.  Documentation of 15 hours of community/service (outside the home)

e. Favorable Faculty Council vote (3 out of 5) - advisor has no vote. The SJF Faculty Council will ask the  teachers with whom the students have daily contact for input on character and citizenship. The Faculty Council will use input to help determine eligibility of candidates. The Faculty Council may wish to interview candidates before the final selection.

f. Student elected by majority vote of Faculty Council after the completion for the process.

The National Council and the NASSP shall not review the judgement of the Faculty Council regarding selection of individual members to local chapters.  Any student who does not meet the induction criteria on the first attempt may be asked to reapply the following academic year.

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