GHS Chapter NHS - Committees

Committees

Ethics Committee:

To meet with administration, or other department, on school-wide designated ethics issue initiatives for the year (this year Guidance is promoting a bullying education initiative and there is a school wide initiative to re-educate the student body on the Glenelg Honor Code)
To research possibilities for Ethics issues education, this is in conjunction with character education initiatives, like “The Choice is Yours” program use the research help educate members/student body on Ethics issues throughout the year.

Publicity/Information Committee:

To inform student body about the Glenelg National Honor Society
To update/create NHS bulletin board
To update the Glenelg NHS website
To generate an NHS information pamphlet/PowerPoint to be used at Freshmen orientation
To gather information on NHS paraphernalia, i.e. t-shirts, etc- for society identity.
To generate a proposal for the NHS to sponsor an Activities Information Fair during the 2008 Freshmen orientation.
To organize the fair, i.e. determine booths, positions, participants, etc.
To designate components of the Activities Fair booths, i.e. pamphlets, informational display boards, team members in uniform… etc…

Food/Inductions Committee:

To plan and organize the Induction Ceremony and reception and the NHS Banquet
To generate a check list for each event
To devise a budget for reception or banquet needs, as well as snack needs throughout the year.
To plan an appreciation breakfast for faculty, administration and staff during National Education Week.
To provide advisors with a list/schedule of snacks for the monthly NHS meetings
To set up/clean up snacks at monthly NHS meetings
To keep a resource binder including check list, programs, scripts, etc. to be given to the committee next year.

Service Project Committee:

Attendance/Hours Committee:

To take attendance at all monthly NHS meetings
To collect and file attendance notes/service hours provided by members
To keep track and advise the executive board on member’s attendance/service status, i.e. warnings and probations
To catalogue the member’s service hours/attendance in excel spreadsheet and on the website
To provide advisors with monthly paper and digital copy of spreadsheet updates
To organize and outline a collection schedule for any forms

Appreciation/Recognition Committee:

To provide information to the publicity committee about “recognition” and scholarship opportunities open to members (for inclusion on website).
To encourage members to apply for recognition and/or scholarship opportunities.
To generate awards that recognize NHS students who stand out in the community.
To devise an incentive program for active NHS members
To organize award presentation for the NHS Banquet
To brainstorm on ways and/or tokens for NHS to thank the teachers, staff and administration of Glenelg
To plan, assemble and distribute “appreciation tokens” during National Education Week and for Secretaries day.

Tutor Facilitators Committee:

To generate a “tutor pamphlet” for Glenelg outlining subject areas, and to distribute this pamphlet to Department ITLs at Glenelg
To generate a sessions schedule for all Glenelg NHS tutors
To track tutor hours of all NHS tutors- mandatory 3 hours of service per quarter.
To generate and distribute reminder notices to NHS students on tutor sessions
To act as liaisons for NHS to Glenwood Middle, and various Department ITLs at Glenelg, and the Homework Club.
To meet with the “Freshmen Team Committee” and discuss tutor possibilities for Glenelg Freshmen

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Last updated: March 13, 2008