Requirements for Admission:
- Candidates must have attended Providence for a minimum of one semester.
- Only Juniors (rising Seniors) are eligible for admission.
- The minimum cumulative grade point average for election into NHS will be a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale (five semester cumulative unweighted GPA).
- Candidates must demonstrate good character, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Honor code violations, cheating, detentions, cutting class, ISS, and OSS will result in disqualification or removal from National Honor Society.
- Candidates must have demonstrated leadership both in school and in the community from ninth through eleventh or twelfth grade. Examples include: elected or appointed positions held in school, community or work, elected student body, class or club officers, committee chairperson, team captain, newspaper editor, community leader, work area manager, etc.
- Candidates must have demonstrated service to the school and community from the ninth through the eleventh or twelfth grade. Service can be done with a group or individually, in or out of school, and it must be done on behalf of others (no including family members) for which no compensation (monetary or otherwise) has been given. Examples include: homeless shelters, Meals on Wheels, blood drives, Friendship Trays, day care youth worker, Candy Stripers, school clean-up campaign, usher at school events, Peer Tutor, canned food drives, etc.
Requirements to Remain in Good Standing:
Once inducted as an active member of National Honor Society, members are expected to:
- Maintain an unweighted GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- Continue to demonstrate good character, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Honor code violations, cheating, detentions, cutting class, ISS, and OSS will result in removal from National Honor Society.
- Members must individually complete 6 hours of School Service as well as 6 hours of Community Service every semester (24 hours total for both semesters). School Service can be done in direct aide of a teacher, volunteer at school events, etc. Community Service hours may only be completed at specific local organizations outlined on the Volunteer Organizations section of this website.
- Members must attend quarterly meetings with their adviser.
- Members must attend both the Fall and Spring School Service Projects (these are in addition to the 6 individual school service hours completed each semester). If a member cannot attend, they must communicate with their adviser and will have to complete 2 additional service hours on their own.