National Honor Society

Leadership is action, not titles.

Congratulations to our new officers for 2008-2009 school year!!!

President: Ellen Buchanan

Senior Vice-President: Cody Evans

Service Vice-President: Allison Crawford

Secretary: Sally Friedman

Fall Events Coordinator: Lauren Gray

Treasurer: Jasmine Lawson

Publicist: Julie Lim

Academic Support Directors: Brianna Castle and Sam Snyder

Spring Events Coordinators: Doug Davis and Bailey Longhofer

Community Affairs Director: Alexander Bohn

Member Relations Directors: Corrine Hoffschneider and Lauren Clifford

Legislative Affairs Director: Katie Watkins

In 1921, 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 educational 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 also translate into the criteria used for membership selection in each local chapter.