Following the first year of membership in the NTHS, members are required to meet the following requirement to maintain Good Standing in the Honor Society:
A member will remain in ‘Good Standing’ in the Honor Society when s/he obtains ten points each school year by June 1st. A senior must obtain ten points by this date to be eligible for an honor cord.
Members must accumulate at least seven points in each given year to attend the Induction Ceremony held in the Spring of each school year. The remaining three points will be available to the member by 'working' the Ceremony or attending the Ceremony and bring food stuff to the event or completing service hours after the Ceremony. Points will be tallied approximately three weeks before the induction ceremony to determine eligibility. Service hours accumulated after they are tallied do not count towards the determination of eligibility, but will count towards the overall number of service hours. Failure to accumulate said points will not result in being placed on probationary status, but will result in the member not eligible to attend the Ceremony.
Note: opportunties for service hours occur organically based on need . Hence, they are not created on an as-needed basis for any one particular situation.
Additionally:
Should a member anticipate being absent
from a meeting or event, an email stating absence reason(s) must be sent to an Advisor
at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. The
notification of an absence from a meeting does not qualify a member as
attending a meeting; hence, the only way to obtain available points is to
physically attend, and participate in, a meeting or activity.
Points shall not ‘carry over’ from school year to school year; hence they are unique to each school year. Said accumulation of points shall be published for all members to review by a means and duration that is at the discretion of the Executive Board.
A point shall be defined as approximately one hour of service.
Points accumulation will be audited on a monthly basis by the Executive Board. Members who do not remain in ‘Good Standing’ will be subject to being placed on probationary status.
Members interested in running for elected office (e.g. President) are required to meet the following requirement to be eligible to run for office:
Be in good standing with a minimum requirement of fifteen points for each year of membership.
Should a member have any question about points accumulation, Mr. Shea and I welcome your inquiry.