Requirements for Admission

1. Criteria

Students must make high honor roll for the first three marking periods of the current academic school year. 

Students must be enrolled in at least five major subjects and two minor subjects.  Pass/Fail grades will not be accepted.

2. Community Service

Students are required to have at least five hours of community service to be eligible for induction into the National Junior Honor Society. A student may not be paid for this service. The community service must have been performed within the past two school years. Examples of community service can be found in the chart below. 

3. Enrollment 

Only those students who have attended Wilson Central Junior High for three quarters will be eligible for Honor Society selection.  Transfer students entering after the start of the school year must earn three quarter grades from Central.  Transfer grades will not be accepted.  Transferring students from another high school who are members of another chapter is eligible for membership in Wilson Central Junior High School's chapter as long as they maintain Central’s eligibility requirements.

Students who “graduate” from Wilson Central Junior High School are not automatically eligible for membership in the National Honor Society at Wilson Senior High School.  Students must reapply based on the criteria set thereof.

Leadership

Students must demonstrate responsibility in clubs and have a positive influence on peers. They must uphold scholarship and maintain a loyal school attitude. Candidates with these attributes will be considered for NJHS.

Character

A student with character must demonstrate the following six qualities: respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Candidates will be selected on their ability to demonstrate and uphold these standards. Faculty advisors will assess the observed behavior of students who are candidates and take into consideration the aforementioned attributes of character.

Citizenship

Students who demonstrate an understanding of the importance of civic involvement, have a high regard for freedom, justice and respect of the American form of government, and demonstrate mature participation and responsibilitythrough involvement in school clubs and community organizations.

Requirements to maintain Membership

1. Academic Review

Once a candidate has been inducted he/she is responsible for maintaining a 90% cumulative GPA.  The chapter adviser will review grades at the end of each quarter.  Members who fall below the required GPA will be given a warning, in writing, as soon as quarter grades become available.  During this probationary period, members have one quarter to meet the scholarship requirement.  The Faculty Council will review members who fail to meet this requirement by the end of the probationary quarter.

2. Community Service / Student Activities

Once a candidate has been inducted he/she is required to earn 20 hours of community service throughout the school year. Ten of these hours must be a service to Central Jr. High School and/or Wilson School District. The other ten can be served throughout the community. Examples of community service are found on the chart below. Students are encouraged to acquire all of the 20 hours within the school and district. Students will be given log sheets to keep track of their community service hours. The log sheets will be collected throughout the year. All community service must be approved before the hours are served by Mr. Wetherhold or Mr. Edelman.

*Helping with food and clothing driving	Conservational projects
Working at soup kitchens	Disabled citizen assistance
Providing community wide day care	Hospital volunteer
Animal care/ shelter work	Library work
Camp volunteer	Meals on Wheels
Aid to the Elderly	Tutoring
Park volunteer	Big Brother/Big Sister

-Singing in school or church choir             -Alter boy/girl

-Volunteer work in a private law firm        -Volunteer work in a private doctors office 

-Working for an elected official                -working on a political campaign

-School intramural sports                        -baby sitting

-Chorus                                               -Band

-Band Front                                         -Confirmation classes

-PIAA recognized sports                        -Club sports

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