NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Sponsor:  Mrs. Mainquist

        The Stanton Chapter of the National Honor Society seeks members who have a commitment to study and to learning, which extends beyond the required high marks necessary for consideration for membership. They seek members who extend themselves in giving both small and large service to school and community. Demonstrated leadership of a positive nature is much sought after in the selection of member to the society.

Listed below are the steps followed in selecting new member for the Nation Honor Society.

1. All students in the junior and senior classes with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale are eligible for consideration.
    
2. Eligible students are asked to fill out an application to be reviewed by members of the faculty. This application asks students to highlight their leadership and service activities throughout their high school careers. The application also asks the students to write a short essay on their character strengths. If the student elects not to complete the application by a predetermined date they will not be considered for membership that year.
    
3. All faculty members are asked to review each application and rate each student in the areas of leadership, service, and character. This rating is on a 4-point scale, with 0 being the lowest score and 4 being the highest. Faculty members that feel they do not know the student well enough to rate them may withhold from rating that student. The students’ GPA grade will be the contributing score for the area of scholarship.
    
4. The faculty sponsor receives the rating sheets of the faculty members and compiles the total number of points received by each student considered. The totals are listed numerically from highest to lowest. This list is made available to the faculty council without names.
    
5. The faculty council, consisting of the heads of each department, considers the total number of points received by the various students and decided the number of points necessary for a person to become a member of the chapter.
    
6. The faculty sponsor reveals the names of those students who meet the cut-off value determined by the faculty council. The council then votes on these students and the ones receiving a majority vote will be extended an invitation to join the Stanton Chapter of National Honor Society.
    
7. Those students who meet the minimum number of points and who receive a majority vote of the faculty council are invited personally by the sponsor to become members of the society. Those students who choose to join the chapter are installed as new members at an all-school assembly in the month of October. The present Honor Society members conduct the assembly and install the new members.