National Honor Society

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

President: Emma Choi

Vice President: Katie Wong

Point Representatives: Paige Stewart, Kayla Tran, and Ava Lee

Activity Coordinators: Elaina Dumaliang and Zane Rubenstein

PR/Social Media Manager: Lilian Berrios

• The electronic membership application (Google form on the Schoology Course) for the 2024-25 school year is due February 7th by 3 pm. ALL students must fill out the application/membership form, even if you were a member previously. 
  • First, use the access code for the Schoology Course that matches your grade level in the 2024-2025 school year. 
    • Freshmen: NHHV-XF5C-4BP53
    • Sophomore: SXWB-CRNN-BPVM8
    • Junior: 5FCF-389N-MZMC9
    • Senior: ZSSK-H62H-48CB7
  • The NHS Application is linked to the Schoology course and is due February 7th, 2025.
    • 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 the ASB room, the NHS Office (Room 511A), and linked on Schoology. It is your job to check that your membership form/application has been correctly submitted.
  • After joining the course, you should be automatically assigned the first hour's submission "assignment". Only submit this "assignment" when you are completely done with the first 10 Valhalla/10 Individual hours and all of your documentation is attached to the document. 
  • The second hour submission will be assigned after February 7th. 
• Part of the service hours (10 Valhalla/10 Individual) are due on Feb 7th, 2025 by 3 pm. 
• The remainder of service hours (5 Valhalla/5 Individual) and the Membership Dues ($5) are due on April 4th, 2025 by 3pm. 
• Remember that full IB Diploma candidates (11th and 12th grade) are exempt from the 15 Individual Hours. Everyone does the 15 Valhalla hours.
• There are absolutely NO exceptions to any of the deadlines. REALLY.
• This year the induction ceremony will be May 22nd, 2025 at the Music Hall. Time TBD. 

Requirements FOR NHS Induction 2024-2025

1. GPA Requirement: 3.5 cumulative (FOR ALL STUDENTS)
2. Hours Requirement:
   ** 15 Valhalla Hours (FOR ALL STUDENTS)
   ** 15 Individual Service Hours (Full IB Diploma Students Exempt – Juniors/Seniors)
3. Membership Fee ($5) paid to bookkeeper pr on Touchbase by April 4th, 2025 at 3 pm. Those students qualified for Free and Reduced Lunch MUST submit for this fee with the bookkeeper or on Touchbase and the system will automatically zero out the $5 membership cost.
4. 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..
5. More than 1 Academic Dishonesty incident (cumulative) on record means no NHS membership eligibility.
6. 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).
7. Summer camps, retreats, trips- max of 8 hours earned per day- must be verified by the supervisor that you were working those hours.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10.    Hours/Award year is always from the day after Induction until the due date the following year- so for 2024-2025, it is June, 2024 - April 4, 2025.
11.  Who is eligible for NHS Officer: Jrs and Srs who were also members as Sophs.
12.  Link Leaders can claim a total/maximum of 10 Valhalla Hours for their participation in Link Day Orientation activities throughout the school year.

Valhalla Hours (15 Required for ALL Students)

• Regularly check the Schoology course and Instagram.

Individual Service Hours (15 hours for all students - Full IB Diploma Candidates 11/12th Grade are EXEMPT from this)

• Check the Schoology course and NHS Instagram

Important Reminders
 

• All hours forms are digital (can be printed if desired) and  the links can be found on the Schoology courses.
• 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 or Advisor to come up with last-minute Valhalla opportunities the week before the Hours deadline. 

Questions? 
Email: kskinner@nsd.org (Kamille Skinner, 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.  

***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 15 Valhalla hours, NOT the 15 Individual hours.

***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.

Upcoming Events:

Check the Schoology Course and/or the Instagram page, for info on any upcoming events. We add events throughout the year as they get approved- check back often.
All upcoming Valhalla opportunities may now be found on our Schoology group. You MUST sign-up on the Schoology Course for your grade-level. Access codes are as follows:

• Freshmen: NHHV-XF5C-4BP53
• Sophomore: SXWB-CRNN-BPVM8
• Junior: 5FCF-389N-MZMC9
• Senior: ZSSK-H62H-48CB7

*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.