The North gym is filled with students and their parents as they celebrate their induction to the National Honor Society, or NHS, here at the school. These students have spent countless hours not only ensuring they have an adequate amount of volunteering service hours, but also the integrity and character to uphold this high merit.
Even though the new inductees have already completed a minimum of ten service hours at a specific organization to apply for NHS, the junior class is required to complete 15 hours of service by the end of the school year; not only that, but the requirement of at least two different service projects and two board projects. Junior Nick Carnahan is one of the many juniors striving to continue volunteering during his free time to complete his hours before the date.
“I will be completing more service hours for the NHS by continuing work at the food bank as well as trying to do multiple of the bulletin board jobs when I have time,” Carnahan said.
For the senior class, some members, new and returning, are grateful for the opportunity to be back in the club. They are still required to complete a set number of service hours for the community, and while it is still a high number at ten, it is truly gratifying to know all the help their class has given already. One of those seniors is Collin Hassman who likes to do his hours in a quieter area of the community.
“I typically do stuff at the Sump library for my hours, during the summer I did all my volunteering there,” Hassman said.
Making it into NHS is a great honor to uphold the time and effort that both the junior and senior classes put into their volunteering hours, it is amazing. Members are given the opportunity to commit their time not only for the community inside and outside of the school. They play an important part of giving back to the community, sharing their strong leadership skills for the good of others, and upholding the highest national merit given to them under oath. The National Honor Society’s impact is nonetheless nothing short of a tradition of excellence.
“I try to have as much fun while doing the services, like racing my siblings against how many bags of noodles I can fill at the food bank, or even seeing who can have the larger garbage bag at the end of the trash cleanup. These activities are pretty vital to the heart of the NHS as well. Services are how we in the NHS can support who we stand for, the community. Without the community, there is no NHS,” Carnahan said.
