National Honor Society

ONLINE SERVICE HOUR FORM
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CRITERIA FOR NHS

Cumulative GPA over a 3.5 entitles 11th and 12th grade students to petition for membership in the York Community High School chapter of the National Honor Society.   Please understand that eligibility to petition does not automatically assure selection for National Honor Society membership.  

The criteria for membership are SCHOLARSHIP, LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER, and SERVICE.  These standards are established by the National Honor Society’s governing board.  Therefore, the York Chapter of the NHS must abide by the Society’s constitution.  In order to qualify for membership, you must demonstrate excellence in all four areas.  (An additional summary and explanation can be found in the York School Agenda/Handbook.)  

ACCEPTABLE SERVICE HOURS
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Acceptable NHS Service Hours

Time spent serving at:

• Nursing homes
• Misericordia
• Northern Illinois Food Bank (Food Pantry)
• PADS (Homeless shelters)
• Feed My Starving Children
• Hospitals

Boy Scout/ Girl Scout/ Church clean-up days
ECO Club recycling/ECO Club service activities
Key Club activities
Meals on Wheels
Mission Trips (please only count hours actually spent serving)
Raising money or volunteering for Relay for Life
Religious education/Teaching Sunday school
Salvation Army Bell-Ringing
Snowflake
Unpaid Coaching

*The above list is not exhaustive.  If you have a service activity that you feel qualifies, please email Julie Feldkamp or Heather Saylor to make sure it will be approved.

NHS IMPORTANT LINKS AND INFORMATION
FILES FOR MEMBERS APPLYING TO NHS:

2018 Petition Directions

2018 NHS Petition 

NHS Commitment Contract 

Service Hours Form

Leadership Recommendation Form

FILES FOR CURRENT NHS MEMBERS:

Online Link Documentation for Service Hour Completion 

Service Hours Form

2018 NHS Officer Application