NJHS
Oneonta Middle School
Selection Procedure
Description
The National Junior
Honor Society chapter of Oneonta Middle School is a duly chartered and
affiliated chapter of this prestigious national organization. Membership is
open to those students who meet the required standards in five areas of
evaluation: scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship.
Students are selected for membership by majority vote of a five-member
principal-appointed faculty council, which bestows this honor upon qualified
students on behalf of the faculty of our school.
Students in grades 6, 7
and 8 are eligible for membership after 3rd quarter grades are
reported during that school year. For
the scholarship criterion, a student must have a cumulative GPA 90% or higher.
Those students who meet this criterion are invited to complete a Candidate Form
that provides the faculty council with information regarding the candidate’s
leadership and service.
To evaluate a
candidate’s character, the faculty council uses two forms of input. First,
school disciplinary records are reviewed. Second, members of the faculty are
solicited for input regarding their professional reflections on a candidate’s
service activities, character, and leadership. These forms are confidential are
details are not shared with anyone outside the selection committee process.
Any solicited faculty
input and all Candidate Forms are carefully
reviewed by the faculty council to determine membership. A majority vote of the
5 member council is necessary for selection. Candidates are notified regarding
selection or non-selection according to a predetermined schedule.
Following notification,
a formal induction ceremony is held at the school to recognize all the newly
selected members. Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the same
level of performance (or better) in all four criteria that led to their
selection.