NJHS

Central Middle School Selection Procedure Description

The National Junior Honor Society chapter of Central Middle School is a duly chartered and affiliated

chapter of this prestigious national organization. Membership is open to those students who meet the

required standards in five areas of evaluation: scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship.

Students are selected for membership by majority vote of a five-member principal-appointed faculty

council, which bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty of our school each Fall

of the new school year.

Students in grades 8 are eligible for membership. For the scholarship criterion, a student must have a

cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better on a 4.0 scale. Each Fall those students who meet this criterion are

invited to complete a Candidate Form that provides the faculty council with information regarding the

candidate’s leadership and service.

To evaluate a candidate’s character, the faculty council uses two forms of input. First, school disciplinary

records are reviewed. Second, members of the faculty are solicited for input regarding their professional

reflections on a candidate’s service activities, character, and leadership.

Any solicited faculty input and all Candidate Forms are carefully reviewed by the faculty council to

determine membership. A majority vote of the council is necessary for selection. Candidates are notified

regarding selection or non-selection according to a predetermined schedule.

Following notification, a formal induction ceremony is held at the school to recognize all the newly

selected members. Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the same level of performance

(or better) in all four criteria that led to their selection.