By being a part of the National Honor Society, members are expected to show good character, leadership, scholarship and be responsible for their own independent service hours. Students are expected to communicate with advisors if there are any questions concerning their membership in NHS.

Yes. Service hours are completely independent from the service project. Members must complete 20 service hours each year to join. For the 2020-2021 school year, service hours must be completed 9/1/2019-9/1/2020. These hours must not have been used on a previous NHS application or as a requirement for another club/honor society. Once a member you must participate in 1 service project per semester that is hosted by an NHS  board member. Semester One projects must be complete by January 31st, 2021 and Semester Two projects must be completed by April 30th, 2021. 

New and returning members must complete 20 hours by September 30, 2020. New members may count any volunteer activities from January 2019 - September 30, 2020. Returning Members may count any service hours from September 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020 that was not included in your 2019-2020 application and were not done as a requirement for another club or honor society.

You may count 6 hours for each week long volunteer experience.

You must complete 1 service project with a designated NHS board member or through the WLHS tutoring center each semester. Semester 1 projects must be completed by January 31, 2021. Semester 2 projects must be completed by April 30, 2021.

NHS Service projects are announced at monthly meetings, via Instagram, and here on the website at the top of the page.  Please be aware that there are a limited (but plenty enough) number of projects per year.  Only so many people can participate in each project, generally around twenty.  Toward the end of each semester, the projects fill up quickly.  The sooner you sign up for one, the better.

No, there will be no excuses issued. You need to prioritize and plan ahead. You are expected to complete, at minimum, one service project per semester.  Members have and continue to successfully balance their activities and National Honor Society; there will be no exceptions.

You cannot have any unexcused absences from meetings. If you have an unexcused absence, you must complete a service project to make up for the meeting. You are only allowed to do this once a semester. A second unexcused absence will result in removal from the society. 

Yes. Your school attendance must be good.  Students that are on the chronically absent list will first receive a warning that their attendance is below standards. Appearing on the chronically absent list a second time may result in removal from NHS.

If your absence is excused, bring a hard copy of your School Master attendance to Ms. Matin.   Ask one of the officers or another member about information you may have missed. Check the website. Do not ask one of the advisors to review all the information you missed. 

If your absence is not excused, you will need to complete a second service project in order to make up for the absence. Two unexcused absences from a monthly meeting will result in removal from National Honor Society.

The usual meeting time is every second Tuesday of the month at lunch in the AUX gym. The 2020-2021 meetings will be held on zoom until further notice. Zoom links may be found in the NHS Google Classroom. May's meeting is the only exception and is held the first Tuesday of the month. See the important dates section at the top of the website.

Reschedule it! Reschedule to make up your test another day; these meetings provide very important information about being a member of the National Honor Society and should not be missed.

The NHS acceptance list will be posted in the NHS Google Classroom by October 12, 2020.  Please plan on attending the first required meeting for all members on October 13, 2020 via zoom.

Read all the Frequently Asked Questions to make sure your question has not already been answered. If you still have a question or concern, please contact one of the advisors.