National Honor Society

Please congratulate the following students for being elected as National Honor Society Officers for this year!

Co-Presidents: Vivianna White and Alicia Jurado

Vice President: Jenny Shyu

Point Representatives: Priya Annapureddy, Maya Nair, and Esha Thakur

NHS Activity Coordinators: Grace Liu and Ashley Wu

Website Manager: Whitney Nakata

Important Deadlines

• The electronic membership form for the 2020-21 school year is due Jan 22, 2021 by 3pm. The application/membership form is an electronic Google Form. Click the link below. ALL students who want to be a member must fill out the application/membership form.
  • **You must sign in to the form with your apps.nsd.org (school ID) email. You will get email confirmation when you submit successfully. IF you don't get the confirmation, it means it didn't submit and you need to retry. A list of students who have applied will be periodically posted outside of Mr. Allen's office in the College and Career Center. It is your job to check that your membership form/application has been correctly submitted.
  • This is the link for 10th-12th grade: 10-12th Grade Application/Membership Form
  • This is the link for the 9th grade: 9th Grade Application/Membership Form
• Half of the service hours (2 Valhalla/5 Individual) are due on Jan 22, 2021 by 3pm. This is the same deadline as the Application/Membership Form. Please note that if you get all your hours done by the Jan 22nd deadline you can submit them then- you do not HAVE TO wait to submit them for the March deadline.
• The remainder of service hours (3 Valhalla/5 Individual) and the non-refundable NHS membership fee (around $10, tbd) are due on March 26, 2021 by 3pm. 
• Remember that full IB Diploma candidates (11th and 12th grade) are exempt from the 10 Individual Hours. Everyone does the 5 Valhalla hours.
• There are absolutely NO exceptions to any of the deadlines. REALLY.

REQUIREMENTS FOR NHS 2020-2021

1. GPA Requirement: 3.5 cumulative (FOR ALL STUDENTS)
2. Hours Requirement:
   1. 5 Valhalla Hours (FOR ALL STUDENTS)
   2. 10 Individual Service Hours (Full IB Diploma Students Exempt – jrs/srs)
3. Freshman: You are required to fulfill the Valhalla and Individual Service Requirements this year (9th grade) in order to be eligible for membership AFTER your grades for the entire year have been entered. The reasoning for this is that we need to have a year of High School cumulative GPA that will be checked at the end of this (9th grade) year after final grades are submitted in June- that, along with your hours, will be used to determine your eligibility for membership in the IHS Valhalla chapter of NHS. Your NHS Certificate for your 9th grade year will be available for pick up from NHS Advisory at the start of your Sophomore year (details available online).

To reiterate:

4. No hours awarded for ‘helping’ teachers- Valhalla or Individual.
5. Hours verification: 2 Valhalla/5 Individual due when Application are due in January, 3 Valhalla/5 Individual hours and membership fee are due on Final Hours Due Date in March at hours deadline (you can turn hours in early or as you do them).
6. More than 1 Academic Dishonesty incident (cumulative) on record means no NHS membership eligibility.
7. Must be a member of NHS for 3 of 4 IHS years INCLUDING Senior Year to earn Honor cord at graduation (or majority of time at IHS including Senior Year).
8. Summer camps, retreats, trips- max of 8 hours earned per day- must be verified by supervisor that you were working those hours.
9. No double dipping- hours that you are counting for ANY other club or activity (DECA, Amnesty, Key Club as examples), including CAS hours or any paid activities are not eligible for NHS hours.
10. Only specific Church-sponsored activities are eligible for individual hours- see information online or on the Service Hour forms for requirements and guidelines. Must benefit and be open to the community as a whole.
11. Hours/Award year is always from the day after Induction until the due date the following year- so for 2020-21, it is May, 2020-March 26, 2021.
12. Who is eligible for NHS Officer: Jrs and Srs who were also members as Sophs.
13. Link Leaders can claim a total/maximum of 5 (five) hours for their participation in Link Day Orientation activities at the start of the school year.

Valhalla Hours (5 Required for ALL Students)

• Regularly check website for upcoming opportunities (under “Valhalla Hours”). Also check the IG page maintained by our Officers.

Individual Service Hours (10 hours for all students - Full IB Diploma Candidates 11/12th Grade are EXEMPT from this)

• Check website for ideas (under “Community Service Hours” link).

Important Reminders

• All hours forms are digital and  the links can be found on the website.
• Do NOT wait until the last minute to get hours accomplished. Valhalla hours are very specific opportunities that need to be completed throughout the school year. It is NOT the job of the Officers to come up with last-minute Valhalla opportunities the week before the Hours deadline. 

Questions? 

Email:  jallen2@nsd.org (Mr. Allen, NHS Advisor)

*For the individual service hours , you have choice in the activity in which you participate.  HOWEVER -- paid work, working for an immediate supervisor who is a parent (or guardian), working at a for-profit agency, duties in extra-curricular events in which you're already involved are unacceptable for credit.  Church related activities are acceptable only if they help the community at large (e.g., a canned food drive for the poor in your community); National Honor Society requires inductees to fulfill the needs of the community at large.  See "Community Service suggestions" link for further ideas. 

**For the Valhalla hours , you MUST participate in the Inglemoor "Valhalla" organized or sponsored opportunities.  See "Valhalla Hours" link for further opportunities. 

For summer camp, retreats, and similar hours opportunities- you are allowed to count a maximum of 8 hours per day- and those must be verified by your supervisor who can attest that you were actually volunteering and working during all 8 hours.  These must be volunteer, community service opportunities- you can't get paid or otherwise compensated for these hours and they can't count for credit to any other organization (no 'double dipping'). Always ask the Advisor before assuming that your hours will be applicable if there is any question.

For the Valhalla hours, you MUST participate in the Inglemoor "Valhalla" sponsored opportunities. DO NOT ASSUME THAT AN EVENT IS VALHALLA! Double check before attending a volunteer event. Valhalla hours must be organized by our officers and benefit our community. Always make sure to bring the Valhalla Service Hour with you to the event so that the coordinator can sign it. Our new officers are busy organizing Valhalla hour opportunities. Make sure you check Schoology and the IHS National Honor Society Instagram account. See the NHS Advisor with further questions. 

**Remember: if you are a full IB Diploma Candidate you only have to complete the 5 Valhalla hours, NOT the 10 Individual hours as well.

**To get approved for offering a Valhalla event we need the following information, in the format listed, in order for our Officers to vote on it for approval. Once we have done so we will let you know our decision and if we approve it, will start advertising it. 

Name/Title of Event

Date/Time/Location

Number of Volunteers/Job Description

How to sign up

Contact Person for Questions/Approved Person to sign off on Valhalla hours forms.

Check our Schoology and/or the Instagram page, for info on any upcoming events. We add events throughout the year as they get approved- check back often.

Upcoming Valhalla Opportunities:

All upcoming Valhalla opportunities my now be found on our Schoology page. You may sign up on  Schoology through the access code: N9TR-GZW2-86QMG

*For the INDIVIDUAL service hours , you have choice in the activity in which you participate.  HOWEVER -- paid work, working for an immediate supervisor who is a parent (or guardian), working at a for-profit agency, duties in extra-curricular events in which you're already involved are unacceptable for credit.  Church related activities are acceptable only if they help the community at large (e.g., a canned food drive for the poor in your community); National Honor Society requires inductees to fulfill the needs of the community at large. You can tutor in an NSD classroom and count those as community service hours.

For summer camp, retreats, and similar hours opportunities- you are allowed to count a maximum of 8 hours per day- and those must be verified by your supervisor who can attest that you were actually volunteering and working during all 8 hours.  These must be volunteer, community service opportunities- you can't get paid or otherwise compensated for these hours and they can't count for credit to any other organization (no 'double dipping'). Always ask the NHS Advisor before assuming that your hours will be applicable if there is any question. 

**Remember: If you are a full IB Diploma candidate you only have to complete the Valhalla hours.