 National Honor Society Membership in the National Honor Society (NHS) is an honor bestowed up deserving students by the faculty and shall be based on the criteria of scholarship, service, leadership and character.
Minimum requirements to be considered for eligibility: a. Candidates eligible for election to the chapter must be a member of the junior or senior class. b. Candidates from the junior class should be enrolled in eight classes for credit. Candidates from the senior class should be enrolled in a minimum or four classes for credit at Lincoln High School and/or college classes. c. To be eligible for selection to membership in this chapter, the candidate must have been in attendance for a period of at least one semester at Lincoln High School d. Candidates eligible for selection to the chapter shall have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. The 3.5 GPA must be without a D or F during the year of selection. This scholastic achievement shall remain fixed and shall be the required minimum level of scholastic achievement for admission to candidacy. All students who can rise in scholarship to or above such standard may be admitted to candidacy for selection to membership. e. Upon meeting the grade level, attendance and GPA standard requirements, candidates shall then be considered based on their service, leadership, and character. The minimum requirements are: three leadership positions, ten hours of service with participation in at least two activities, three different extra curricular activities and two community activities which are entirely exclusive of school. f. If a prospective member is punished with ISS, ASD or OSS, he/she will not be eligible for membership the year the misconduct occurred. To be eligible no prospective member shall have unexcused absences. Spring Induction 2008
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