Membership in the National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the highest honors that can be awarded to a high school student. The NHS has worked hard to bring the accomplishments of parents, teachers, peers, and the community. Chapters in more than 12,500 high schools across the Nation strive to give practical meaning to the Society’s goals of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These four ideals form the basis for selection to the NHS. No student is inducted simply because of a high academic average. The Society strives to recognize the total student: one who excels in all these areas.

The Standards used for selection are:
1. Scholarship – 85 GPA or better cumulative average since attending high school.
2. Leadership, Community & School Service, and Character – as demonstrated by activities and teacher evaluation.

Membership in the Society is more than an honor. It incurs a responsibility to demonstrate those outstanding qualities that resulted in a member’s selection. If the Excellence Chapter is to be effective and meaningful, each member must become actively involved by participating in all Chapter meeting, activities, and maintaining excellence in academics and character. Failure to meet responsibilities will result in dismissal from the NHS.

School year activities of the Excellence Chapter include a Thanksgiving Food Drive for the needy in lower Naugatuck Valley; a Holiday Toys For Tots Drive for the less fortunate children in the community; a Blood Drive for the local Chapter of American Red Cross; and fund drives, as need, for local, national, and international disasters.

The selection process for members in the NHS is as follows. The Chapter’s Advisor and officers will review academic records of Juniors and Seniors in September of each school year for qualified candidates. A letter of invite to join the NHS and an application is sent to all academically qualified candidates in early October of the school year. A committee of trade and academic teachers reviews submitted applications and makes selections by mid-November. Inductees are notified prior to the Thanksgiving Recess. Those students who are not selected are personally counseled by the Chapter Advisor as to how they may achieve membership. The selection process is repeated for eligible candidates beginning in February of the school year.

Excellence Chapter Members

OFFICERS

President – Gillian Lozinak
Vice President of Operations – Jean Wardle
Vice President of Activities – Jamie Rotunno
Secretary/Public Relations Officer – Michelle Lepore
Treasurer – Cody Savoy

NEW MEMBERS

Seniors
Torrey Childs
Norbert Kovacs
Hannah Uszakiewicz     

Juniors
James Blaskewicz
Joanna Fifer
Brittany Martin
Jessica Rotunno
Virginia Schneider
Rebecca Schneider
Lynette St. Germain
Nick Wood