Among the clubs or student organizations within the school, one sticks out for its prestige and the dedication to community service from the students involved in it.
National Honor Society (NHS) is a school organization for which students in good standing and with a 3.5 grade point average or higher are eligible. Students who meet the requirements receive invitations in the spring to join the group.
Junior Corbin Shillinger is among the select few who received one of those invitations.
“I mainly joined NHS because I know it’s going to be a really good thing to put on resumes in the future for jobs or applying to colleges,” Shillinger said.
Shillinger finds the community service aspect of NHS to be a pleasant experience; he enjoys making a positive impact on the community.
“Going to the required volunteer work we have to do is nice,” Shillinger said. “Whenever I do go to the Caring Center to give out food; it’s not fun in a traditional sense, but it’s kind of a pleasant thing to do. Then you see smiles and other people being happy. So, that’s cool.”
Other students, like senior Rachel Womeldorff, had already completed volunteer work for the community before she joined.
“I did a lot of the things that we volunteer for, so getting credit for it and using it for something else was also just beneficial for me,” Womeldorff said. “I already helped at the Caring Center because of my church.”
Womeldorff considers the experience within the community work to be a good motivator
“It’s really a lot of fun and most of the time you’re in there with people that you know and that’s nice, and it’s a motivator for keeping your grades up,” Womeldorff said.
Science teacher Erika Richardson sponsors NHS. She is proud of the work students put into local services.
“They work very hard,” Richardson said. “We have a lot of service hours each semester, and the students stay local to our community.”
The foundations of NHS are built upon a four-pillar system.
“It has four pillars of leadership, service, character and scholarship,” Richardson said. “Those are the four pillars that we try to abide by.”
Richardson encourages students to join if they receive an application.
“If you get an application, I would highly recommend applying,” Richardson said. “Our numbers have gone down recently, just because I don’t think our society likes to put out a lot of effort in order to get recognized for something.”
