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The four criteria for selection to the National Honor
Society are scholarship, leadership, service, and character.
To be eligible for West Valley’s chapter of the
National Honor Society, a student must have junior or senior
standing (unless a transfer student, then he/she must have
been here for one trimester). He/she must have an
accumulative grade point average of at least 3.6. After
achieving the required grade point average, an eligible
student then must go through the following selection
process:
- All eligible students are given a Student Activity Information Form by the Honor Society advisor. The form is designed to learn about a student’s activities. It questions prospective members as to their school activities, leadership positions, community service, awards and honors.
- All students who turn in a completed application form then go through an evaluation by the entire teaching staff. Since the candidates have already met the scholarship criterion by virtue of their grade point averages, this evaluation is meant to assess the remaining criteria of leadership, service, and character.
- All Student Activity Information Forms and faculty evaluations are then reviewed by the Faculty Council, which is composed of a total of five faculty members representing the English, history, science, mathematics, and world languages departments respectively. Students receiving a majority vote of the Faculty Council will be inducted into Honor Society.
- The entire selection process takes about three weeks and tapping follows. Once selected and tapped, a student is a member of National Honor Society as long as his/her grade point average stays at or above a 3.6 and he/she isn’t suspended/expelled for violating the rules of West Valley High School. Honor Society membership affords the students the honor of wearing gold cords with their graduation robes as well as scholarship opportunities.
National Honor Society Homepage
http://dsa.principals.org