National Honor Society

 

The mission of the National Honor Society is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools. The Shorewood High School chapter is large and active, and represents an elite group of students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance and upheld a commitment to the values of the national organization.

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NHS Requirements

• Attend Quarterly Membership Meetings (see schedule below)

• Complete 16 hours of community service a year ( 8 hours per semester; tutoring hours - recommended 4 hours, not mandatory). Can be turned into Canvas at any time!

• Maintain a 3.5 GPA

Important 2024-2025 NHS Dates: 

• Quarter 1:
  • NHS Q1 Meeting: Sept 20th, SAS, Theater
• Quarter 2: 
  • NHS Q2 Meeting: January 14th, SAS, Theater
  • NHS S1 Community Service Hours Due: January 24th
• Quarter 3: 
  • NHS Q3 Meeting: March 13th, SAS, Theater
• Quarter 4: 
  • NHS New Member Applications Open: March 15th Due: April 12th
  • NHS Officer Applications Due: April 12th
  • NHS Officer Online Election for All Members: May 3rd
  • NHS New Member Night: May 30th
  • NHS Q4 Meeting:  May 15th, SAS, Theater
  • Senior NHS gathering and cord pick-up: June 3rd, Lunch
  • NHS S2 Community Service Hours Due: June 14th

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Paperwork and Forms

1. Shorewood Community Service Form 
2. Application for Membership NHS 2023-24
3. Officer Application NHS 2023-24
4. NHS Membership Appeal

NHS Students - Become a Tutor

• Sign up to become a tutor on the Google Form: https://forms.gle/yf3XwLFoN9hBy5et8Links to an external site. Watch for emails connecting you to a person who needs tutoring and respond ASAP!

And/ OR

• Sign up to tutor on one of our Open tutoring sessions: Tuesday during SAS or Wednesdays after school.  To sign-up to tutor go to the Calendar option on the left hand side of Canvas, click on 'Find Appointment' button on the right and sign up for a shift.  Every month new shifts will become open so keep checking. (How-To Guide)

Or

• Sign up to tutor with Canopy:
• Tutoring is from 3:15 - 5:15pm Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, with ethnically diverse 2nd - 8th graders in the Shoreline School District. Serve with Canopy Scholars, just 1.3 miles from Shorewood. We especially need tutors on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 
• Please email lynn@canopyscholars.org to request an application. 
• Note that they also value their bilingual (or trilingual!) tutors. 

Or 

• Watch for Announcements through College and Career, Canvas, or through your email.

2024-2025 NHS Officers

President: Lexi Calandrillo

Vice President: Otto Erhart

Record Keeper: Eidil Adam

Treasurer: hanna Bruno

Parliamentarian: Nehal Rathee

Tech Lead: Malania Mirabueno

NHS Officer Communication

• When should I contact the NHS Officers?
  • Students should bring general questions to NHS Officers before Ms. Workman.
  • Parents should not be contacting NHS Officers.
• How do I contact NHS Officers?
  • Shorewood NHS e-mail: shorewoodnhs@gmail.com
  • Give the NHS Officers 2 to 3 days to get back to you.
  • Only contact an NHS Officers at their school e-mail if they have first reached out or you know your question specifically relates to their role.

NHS Sponsoring Teacher

Amanda Workman

Shorewood High School Librarian

amanda.workman@ssd412.org

206.393.4396

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NHS Officer Communication

• When should I contact the NHS Officers?
  • Students should bring general questions to NHS Officers before Ms. Workman.
  • Parents should not be contacting NHS Officers.
• How do I contact NHS Officers?
  • Shorewood NHS e-mail: shorewoodnhs@gmail.com
  • Give the NHS Officers 2 to 3 days to get back to you.
  • Only contact an NHS Officers at their school e-mail if they have first reached out or you know your question specifically relates to their role.

Volunteer Hours are essential to being a member in good standing.  9.5 hours of community service are due at the end of each semester.  Four of those hours can be tutoring hours needed for requirements.

Below is a link to a list of potential volunteer opportunities compiled by Ms. Stephens. Don't forget to send the person in charge of your volunteer experience a copy of your Shorewood Community Service Form to sign and send back to you. If there is an issue with a document being signed a copy of an email from the person in charge of your volunteer work stating what you did and how much time you served will work.

• In Person Opportunities
• Or check-in regularly with this website

Reminder

All community service hours must be completed during the school year, outside of school hours, at a non-profit organization. You cannot receive payment or academic credit for your service and it cannot fulfill any court mandated service hours. Hours must be supervised by an adult that is officially involved with the organization you are volunteering for, and must be beyond any work required for participation in an activity. For example, playing a sport is not community service, but mowing the field is. Acting in a play is not community service, but volunteering to build sets at a work party is. To abide by local and national guidelines that separate church and state, you will not receive community service credit for any activity that relates to worship or teaching faith, such as being an acolyte, teaching Sunday School, participating in a religious service, etc. However, you can receive service credit for faith related activities that do not involve worship or teaching faith, such as cleaning pews, preparing or serving food at a community dinner sponsored by your religious institution, pulling weeds in your faith center’s garden, etc. Any questions for concerns please email Ms. Workman.

You Are Expected To Abide By The Following Rules:

• It is your responsibility to regularly look for different volunteer opportunities.
• Ms. Workman and the NHS Officers are not required to give you volunteer or tutoring positions. So do not wait until the end of the quarter or semester to begin volunteering.
• Upload your community service forms to the appropriate NHS assignment in the Canvas course to receive credit.

Paperwork and Forms

 

• Shorewood Community Service Form 
• Application for Membership NHS
• Officer Application NHS 
• NHS Membership Appeal

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Dates to Remember - 
Applications - Available: March 15th
Due: April 12th

April 19th Nominees Announced
April 30th Candidate Speeches Videos Due
May 2nd-9th Virtual Election [Videos and Ballot Posted Online]
May 10th Officers Announced
May 16th Collective Officer Meeting During SAS

New Member Meeting May 30th

Requirements to apply and maintain good standing in the National Honor Society:

Maintaining a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average
• Performing community service each school year as outlined by the requirements that year
• Performing tutoring each school year as outlined by the requirements that year
• Attending at least 2 Shorewood Honor Society meetings per year;
• Abiding by the Shorewood High School ASB Honor Code;
• Participating in at least 1 chapter service project or activity per year;
• Setting a positive example for other students through demonstrating outstanding...Scholarship; Character; Leadership; Service
• Paying annual dues to support the goals and activities of the organization.
▪ Dues are $15.00 and will be collected during the first quarter of your membership year. In cases of
financial hardship, scholarships are available to pay student dues.