We are pleased to announce that Nativity Catholic School has opened a chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. The description of the selection procedure follows:

The National Junior Honor Society chapter of Nativity Catholic 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 a 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 October.

Students in grades 6-8 are eligible for membership. (6th graders are not eligible until the spring semester of their 6th-grade year). For the scholarship criterion, a student must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 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 within a week of the panel review and vote.

Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the same level of performance (or better) in all five criteria that led to their selection.