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WCS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
The National Honor Society - Established in 1921
The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since their beginnings in 1921.
Today, it is estimated that more than one million students participate in activities of the NHS. NHS chapters are found in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, many U.S. Territories, and Canada. Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active involvement in school activities and community service.
WCS CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization dedicated to strong academics, character, leadership, and service. The mission of the Westminster Christian School chapter of NHS is to recognize and encourage academic excellence and develop student leaders who are catalysts for a cause. While membership in the NHS is a great way to recognize academic achievement, it is our mission to pair this activity with a commitment and desire for students to serve others. When we say that we desire to develop students who are a catalyst for a cause, we are saying that we want to develop student leaders who care so deeply about their service to others that it becomes contagious in their school, their community, and even in the organization they are serving in. We desire that when students move on from their time serving, the organizations they have served are stronger, better, and more connected to the WCS community than they were previously.
We understand that the vision of this level of commitment may seem great, but we believe with our whole hearts that God has given students gifts and abilities that they may use to serve him. In this, we hold that our students are as capable as any other member of society to be a catalyst for a cause, and we seek to foster an environment in which students are able to both reach and exceed this potential.
For more information about eligibility, the application process, or maintaining membership, please see the attached documents below:
HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATIONIn 1921, the NASSP officially established the National Honor Society. Though many local and regional honor societies existed prior to 1921, no nationwide organization had been founded. Under the leadership of Dr. Edward Rynearson, principal of the Fifth Avenue High School, Pittsburgh, PA., the organization grew from the original Alpha Chapter at the Fifth Avenue School to more than 1, 000 chapters by 1930. Equipped with a constitution, an emblem and motto, and a group of dedicated principals as coordinators, the new NHS organization quickly developed into one of the country’s leading education groups.
Four main purposes have guided chapters of NHS from the beginning: "To create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools"(from the NHS Constitution). These purposes translate into the criteria used for membership selection in each local chapter.
Taken in part from The National Honor Society history web page www.nhs.us. | 
