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.

NHS Requirements

• Attend Quarterly Membership Meetings (see schedule below)

• Complete 16 hours of community service a year ( 8 hours per semester; four of which should be tutoring hours. Can be turned into Canvas at any time!

• Maintain a 3.5 GPA

Important 2025-2026 NHS Dates: 

• Quarter 1:
  • Q1 Meeting: October 13th, SAS, Theater
  • Q1 Recommended: Four community service hours due: November 30th
• Quarter 2/ Semester 1: 
  • Q2 Meeting: Jan 15, 2026, SAS, Theater
  • S1 Community Service Hours Due: January 22, 2026
• Quarter 3: 
  • Q3 Meeting: March 19, 2026, SAS, Theater
  • Q3 Recommended: Four hours due: March 30, 2026
• Quarter 4/ Semester 2: 
  • New Member Applications Open: March 17, 2026 Due: April 14, 2026
  • Officer Applications Due: April 14, 2026
  • Officer Online Election for all members: May 1-7, 2026
  • Q4 Meeting:  May 14, 2026, SAS, Theater
  • New Member Induction Night: May 26, 2026, 6 pm - SW Theater
  • Senior gathering and cord pick-up: June 2, 2026 - Room 2306 - Lunch
  • Final Community Service Hours for the '25-'26 school year due - June 15, 2026

Paperwork and Forms

1. Shorewood Community Service Form 
2. Application for Membership NHS 2025-2026 Applications open March 17th, Due April 14th
3. Officer Application NHS 2025-2026 Application open March 17th, Due April 14th
4. NHS Membership Appeal

NHS Students - Become a Tutor

Students are required to submit four hours of tutoring assistance per semester this year as part of their total service hours of 16 (the other eight hours can be regular community service hours).

• Sign up to become a tutor on the Google Form. Watch for emails connecting you to a person who needs tutoring and respond ASAP!

• Teachers in need of support at SAS: Email the teacher to see if they are still in need.

  • Leslie Silver - English 10 & 12 - Room 3509 - essay assistance - any open SAS

  • Emma King - all subject areas to assist students with their Executive Functioning skills - Room 3414 - any open SAS

  • Angela Nouwens - UW Precalc, AP Calc AB - Room 3105 - Tuesdays SAS; possible M/TH SAS with Jill Owen same room as well

  • Amy Gonzalez - AP Calculus - Room 3103 - any open SAS except Fridays 

  • Amy Chertock - Geometry, Algebra 2, Biology, Chemistry, Physics - to assist with MLL (English as a second language) students- Room 1407 - Thursday SAS

  • Robin Hellyer - SAS - Geometry help - Room 3106

  • Tammy Fawcett - Chemistry - SAS

                         and/ or

• Sign up to tutor on one of our open tutoring sessions: Tuesday/Thursday SAS in  Library or Wednesdays-Lunch-Room 2306.  To sign-up to tutor go to the Google doc sent to you via Canvas email.
• Tiger Tutoring at Einstein: Use this LINK to sign up; this LINK to complete a background check; and/or contact Lindsay Cornelius at lindsay.cornelius@ssd412.org for more information. 

• Sign up to tutor with Kanopy:
• 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. 

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

2025-2026 NHS Officers

President: Nehal Rathee

Vice President: Daniel Bruno

Vice President of Service: Mahima Bhargava

Record Keeper: Kariana Strom

Treasurer: Zachary Binz

Parliamentarian: Elijah Graves & Maya Morgan

Tech Lead: Bibiana Chavez

NHS Officer Communication

• When should I contact the NHS Officers?
  • Students should bring general questions to NHS Officers before Ms. Moquin.
  • Parents should not be contacting NHS Officers.
• How do I contact NHS Officers?
  • Shorewood NHS e-mail: shorewoodnhs@gmail.com
  • Give the NHS Officers two to three 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

NHS Officer Communication

• When should I contact the NHS Officers?
  • Students should bring general questions to NHS Officers before the supervising teacher
  • Parents should not be contacting NHS Officers.
• How do I contact NHS Officers?
  • Shorewood NHS e-mail: shorewoodnhs@gmail.com
  • Give the NHS Officers two to 3 three 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.  At least eight hours of community service are due at the end of each semester.  Four of those hours must be tutoring hours.

Below is a link to a list of potential volunteer opportunities compiled by the Career Center. 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 Moquin at barbara.moquin@ssd412.org.

You Are Expected To Abide By The Following Rules:

• It is your responsibility to regularly look for different volunteer opportunities.
• Ms. Moquin 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 - 2025-2026 Open March 12th, Due April 11th
• Officer Application NHS , Open March 12th, Due April 11th
• NHS Membership Appeal

Dates to Remember - 
Applications - Available: March 12th
Due: April 11th

April 16th Nominees Announced
April 27th Candidate Speeches Videos Due
May 2nd-7th Virtual Election [Videos and Ballot Posted Online]
May 9th Officers Announced
May 16th Collective Officer Meeting During SAS

New Member Meeting May 27th

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

• Maintaining a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average
•  Performing community service (eight hours per year) each school year as outlined by the requirements that year.
• Performing tutoring (eight hours per year) each school year as outlined by the requirements that year.
• Attend at least two Shorewood Honor Society meetings per year.
• Abide by the Shorewood High School ASB Honor Code.
• Participate in at least one chapter service project or activity per year.
• Set a positive example for other students through demonstrating outstanding...Scholarship; Character; Leadership; Service
• Pay 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.