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The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States. Membership is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achievement), leadership, service, and character. Jones students can submit applications in the fall of their junior year OR senior year. This school year we are accepting applications from the Class of ‘24 and the Class of ‘25 in the fall semester.

NHS Admission Requirements:

  1. Grade Point Average (GPA): Students must have an unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher at the end of the previous school year. Click here to understand the difference between weighted and unweighted GPAs.

  2. Volunteer Hours: Junior applicants must earn and submit documentation of a minimum of ten (10) volunteer hours prior to the late September deadline. Senior applicants must earn and submit documentation of a minimum of twenty-four (24) volunteer hours prior to the late September deadline. Volunteer hours can be completed and submitted to the main office between initial enrollment in high school and the fall deadline.
 
  1. Hours earned within the Jones community - Jones teachers, sponsors, coaches, or staff members submit volunteer hours directly to Ms. Guevara.

  2. Hours earned from nonprofit organizations -

    Students can submit volunteer hours using one of the following options:

    1. Email Ms. Guevara ([email protected]) a PDF of the letter from the organization.
    2. Forward to Ms. Guevara ([email protected]) a confirmation email from the org (must come from an org email).

    Necessary information that must be provided:

    1. Student name(s)
    2. Dates
    3. Times or hours
    4. Action/event/project (please see acceptable activities below)

    It is strongly recommended that you document details about the volunteer hours you earn and submit for your own records to be certain you meet the requirements.

  3. Submission of On-Time Online Application: Applicants must submit an online application within a two-week window in late October. 

Requirements for NHS members to remain in good standing (after induction):

  1. Grade Point Average (GPA): NHS members must maintain an unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher.
  2. Volunteer Hours: Students inducted in their junior year must earn and submit documentation of 20 NEW hours by the end of the first semester of their senior year (prior to the winter break). Students inducted in their senior year have no further volunteer requirements after their induction. 
  3. Meeting Attendance: NHS members are required to attend at least two of the four NHS chapter meetings each semester. 
Student Volunteer Service Guidelines:
 

Acceptable Activities

  • Volunteering in a soup kitchen, food pantry, animal shelter, or hospital (reading to children, delivering food)
  • Volunteering at a YMCA or Boys & Girls Club
  • Tutoring students in a school or community-based organization
  • Walk-a-thons for non-profit organizations
  • Neighborhood clean-ups for community organizations
  • Volunteering as helpers at Jones functions such as graduation, open house, or any other activity approved by the student volunteer hour coordinator
  • Only acceptable religious organization activities: tutoring, food/clothes pantry, and soup kitchen.

Restricted Service Activities

  • Work with for-profit businesses and corporations (including daycare centers)
  • Work with religious organizations if the service involves promoting a particular faith
  • Work that is financially reimbursed
  • Participation in a sports team or other extra-curricular activity unless that group designs a service-learning project that contains the components and standards listed above
  • Assisting a teacher (i.e. correcting papers, cleaning the classroom)
  • Artistic performances or recitals unless students are involved in creating a project that includes a performance as an outcome of the project
  • Attending a workshop, conference or other educational event unless that training leads directly to a service project
  • Chores, babysitting or assisting a relative
 

Please Note: The Jones Chapter of the National Honor Society is a student organization. It’s not a class. NHS membership is not a right. In the spirit of the NHS pillar of character, it is the responsibility of students - not their parents - to advocate for themselves as NHS applicants and NHS members at every turn. Parents are welcome to inquire about the process, but the students must take full responsibility for meeting all requirements, expectations, submissions, and deadlines outlined in this document and communications throughout the year. 

 

The NHS application process takes place completely within Jones College Prep. Please be wary of organizations soliciting memberships for a fee. They are not the National Honor Society. Please reach out to the NHS moderators for questions about this. 


Any questions? Please reach out to NHS co-moderators: Ms. Brun: [email protected] & Ms. Lunn: [email protected]

 

2023-2024 National Honor Society Student Leadership

 

Co-Presidents

Maximiliano Castro  

Emet Shifrin

     

Secretary

Nina Mwanga

  

Volunteer Service Coordinators

Ayla Carli 

Samuel O'Mara 

 

Blood Drive Coordinator

Dasha Dworkin-Cantor