National Honor Society

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 NHS Service Hours

Time spent serving at:

• Nursing homes
• 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
• Unpaid Coaching

Note: Full a full list of volunteer opportunities, dates, and contact information, NHS members should visit our NHS Google Classroom page.

Click HERE for NHS 8th Grade Night Video!

Requirements for Applying to NHS:

1) GPA of 3.5 or higher

2) Minimum of 10 Service Hours from high school years

3) Demonstrate the 4 Pillars of NHS: Scholarship, Character, Leadership, and Service

**To document service hours for future application into NHS, please use this "Service Hour Verification" form. 

**For those applying to NHS and want to further highlight their leadership, use this OPTIONAL Leadership Recommendation form**

CURRENT NHS MEMBERS:

For the most updated forms and service opportunities, please visit our NHS Schoology Classroom