WB National Honor Society
Applicants-
You are the people who hold the power in this application for selection process. You are the only ones who have had the ability to control your actions over the past three or four years, and even before that throughout your academic career. The choices you have made and the actions you have taken are a reflection of you and your values. By applying for selection to NHS, you are asking teachers, coaches, and advisors to evaluate your performance in the areas of character, leadership, and service.
NHS Advisor-
The advisor, Mr. Tim Fairfield, helps applicants through the selection process, presents submitted information to the Faculty Council, records all scores and votes cast by the Faculty Council members, and informs applicants of their selection or denied selection to NHS.
Teachers, Coaches, and Advisors-
Teachers, coaches and advisors will evaluate your performance in the areas of character, leadership, and service according to the standards set forth by the National Honor Society organization. Every teacher, coach, and advisor who chooses to participate will have an equal influence in the selection process.
West Branch Faculty Council for NHS-
The West Branch Faculty Council is made up of five teachers and is selected by the principal. The faculty council members give the official vote that supports the recommendations of the teachers, advisors, and coaches.
Steps to Selection to West Branch NHS
1. You must have a 3.20 or higher to meet the academic requirement.
2. Applicants must type the application and essay. The application and essay prompt are found on the WB High School Webpage under Mr. Fairfield’s page/ NHS. After typing the application and essay, you should save it and print it. THEN, go out and get signatures from advisors, coaches and supervisors for your volunteer service and activities. DO NOT get signatures until your application is completely typed and printed out.
3. The application and essay are due no later than 3pm on Monday, March 23rd and must be turned in personally to Mr.Fairfield Absolutely no late applications will be accepted.
4. The NHS Advisor will organize applications and essays into a book for teachers/coaches/advisors to view as they rate applicants in the areas of character, leadership, and service.
5. The NHS Advisor will organize all evaluations of each applicant to one document and find the average score for the applicant in the areas of character, leadership, and service. At this point you will have three scores rating from 0-4, rounded to the nearest hundredth and a combined score representing a sum of the three scores, rounded to the nearest hundredth. The combined score could be from 0-12.
6. To avoid any favoritism, the NHS Advisor will assign numbers to each applicant and his/her corresponding scores to replace names to submit information to the Faculty Council.
7. The NHS Advisor will rate the applicants in descending order based on their combined total score.
8. The Faculty Council will meet to find a natural break in the scoring. They will identify the cut-off point and evaluate applicants carefully on the cut-off point. Actual names will not be known at this time. The Faculty Council will be able to look at your application at this point with your name blacked out to see your activities and accomplishments, so please list all of your activities.
9. The faculty council will vote on all applicants. Each applicant must receive three of the five votes from the faculty council to be selected for membership to National Honor Society. The NHS Advisor does not have a vote in this process except to break a tie vote.
10. All applicants will be mailed a letter informing him/her of selection or denial tentatively on Thursday, April 9th.
11. For those who are selected for NHS, the Induction Assembly will take place on Friday, April 17th at 1:45pm. Please inform your parents of this date and time in advance in case you are selected.
If you have further questions, please feel free to see me before or after school in my office. I will be happy to assist you.
Mr. Tim Fairfield, NHS Advisor