What you need to know about NHS at Plainfield East

Welcome Welcome to the National Honor Society

Required Hours TWO TYPES OF SERVICE HOURS NHS SPONSORED HOURS – 10 hours per semester INDIVIDUAL HOURS – 10 hours per semester TOTAL: 40 hours of service. NOTE: AT THE END OF THE YEAR Sponsored will carry over to individual, but not vice versa

NHS SPONSORED HOURS Hours that are offered to ALL NHS members through an NHS-Sponsored Event. Examples: Ice Cream Social SIP Day Snack Sales End-of-year / Beginning-of-year teacher help Tutoring in the media center Test center helper Fundraising activities Other events will state in the that these are NHS Sponsored Hours VERIFICATION If verification form is needed, print the form on Ms. Griffin’s teacher site and have the person in charge sign the form. The form then gets turned in to room 223 (next school day)

Individual Hours Volunteer work done through an organization Examples: Feed My Starving Children Must have our individual form completed and signed with their yellow verification form attached Weeknights max: 1.5 hours, Weekends max: 2 hours Food Pantries Library Park District District Events (often we receive notifications for help and I send to you) Nursing homes Run a preschool Tutor through an organization Habitat for Humanity build

Individual Hours (cont) Bad examples Babysat my brother/sister (not an organization) Babysat a neighbor (not an organization) Sang in church choir during church service (counts as your going to service, this is not volunteering) Tutored my friend Johnny in math Filed, answered phones, (etc) at my mother/father’s place of employment

Individual Hours (cont) NOTES: Individual Service Project Evidence Form must be completed and turned in ON TIME in order to receive full credit for hours. Hours should be related to our four pillars: CHARACTER LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP SERVICE If you are not sure if something will count, please ask an advisor! Each month we will randomly verify at least 5 forms turned in! If it cannot be verified your HONOR is in question!

Summer Hours NHS SPONSORED SUMMER HOURS (Not required-this is to get ahead) Work in offices at school (end of this year and beginning of next year) NOTICE GOES ON REMIND Help teachers in classrooms (end of this year and beginning of next year) NOTICE GOES ON REMIND There will be a form to keep track of your sponsored summer hours on the PEHS/NHS website. They will also be submitted to us through Ms. Newtoff and teachers. INDIVIDUAL SUMMER HOURS There is a form for INDIVIDUAL HOURS on Ms. Griffin’s teacher site. PRINT SOME OUT TO HAVE ON HAND WHEN YOU DO SERVICE (due to signature requirement)

How do you find out about hours? SIGN ON TO REMIND RIGHT NOW (if you have not done so already!) You may be notified of hours opportunities Through REMIND (primary) PEHS/NHS website (send out a REMIND to say they are there) At meetings Signing up for hours We often use signupgenius.com to sign up for hours opportunities (notified on REMIND)

SUMMER HOURS DUE DATE All forms for SUMMER hours must be submitted to room 223 in the NHS bin by Tuesday, September 4, 2:15 pm If they are not submitted by the due date, summer hours will NOT be accepted without penalty (10% each month they are late). DUE DATES are important!

Sponsored VS Individual Hours Sponsored hours Anything SPONSORED by NHS Tutoring in the Media Center, Test Center Helper (25 minutes per period) Any hours that are Sponsored will state that they are sponsored Individual hours Volunteering through an organization and approved by the officers You need to turn in an Evidence Form (PEHS/NHS website) for approval by the officers. There will be MONTHLY DUE DATES! If you have already completed hours, please turn those in prior to the end of the school year! After they are approved they will be entered into the Excel Spreadsheet which will also be posted on the NHS site on Ms. Griffin’s teacher page and by 220 It is your responsibility to check for your hours to have been posted! If your hours are not posted, see Ms. Griffin to clarify why your hours were not approved. ***All Individual Hours and Tutoring Hours will always be due on the 1st of the next month. If the 1st falls on the weekend, turn it in right after the weekend. ***

“Double Dipping” Any hours required by or because you are a member a different organization will not count toward NHS service hours. If an organization has an event and hours are not required for the organization, the sponsor should contact Ms. Griffin/Mrs. Riedel so we can make sign-up available to ALL NHS members. Otherwise it is considered something you are doing because you are a member of that organization.

How many hours do you need? -- Tyler You will need a total of 20 sponsored and 20 individual hours this year. You may attend one school board meeting (or a different local governing body) for a sponsored hours activity. This will count as sponsored hours. ONLY ONE counts for service hours for a maximum of 1 hour and you must provide evidence that you were there (a signed copy of minutes for example) Evidence forms will be SUBMITTED the first of every month for the prior month. Officers will approve at their monthly meeting. For example, you cannot turn in September hours in November. They will be DUE October 1. If your hours are late, you will be deducted 10% per month.

INDIVIDUAL HOURS OPPORTUNITY A list of places looking for volunteers will be placed on our website! Contact the organizations if interested in volunteering! You do not contact the NHS advisors for these.

FORMS on PEHS/NHS Website Individual Hours Verification Form Also ideas on places to volunteer Absence Form If you are absent from a meeting, this form needs to be filled out after you read the powerpoint posted on our site. The form MUST be filled out, however not all absences are excused absences. EXAMPLE: We had sectionals (excused) We had practice (unexcused…we meet once a month approx. 15-20 min)

Calendars, Schedules, Deadlines An NHS Calendar will be placed on the PEHS/NHS website. Time management is a very important skill that you should be working on while in high school. Please write these dates and deadlines in your planner.

DUES If you have not turned in your DUES ($20) money or T-SHIRT money please do so after the meeting

T-Shirts You can still order T-Shirts ($10) at the first meeting of next year. We will then see if anyone who hasn’t paid wants a t-shirt, get sizes and place orders. This will be done at our first meeting of the new school year

REMIND If you didn’t do it before DO IT NOW! Enter: 81010 Text: @eackcg MUST BE DONE to RECEIVE MINUTES for today’s MEETING (you receive 15 min sponsored time for each meeting)

FOLLOWING RULES YOU ARE THE LEADERS Follow School Rules – failure to follow school rules can result in disciplinary action in NHS including removing membership from the National Registry

FIRST MEETING First meeting will be August 30 immediately after school. They are typically the 3rd Thursday of each month, but we do look at the calendar to see if there are conflicts. We will post our meeting dates after our first officer’s meeting. Our location for meetings next year will be in the 200 open area.

OFFICER VOTING We will now vote for your next year’s officers. Each candidate is allowed to speak. We will then tally the votes and post the results outside of room 223 tomorrow as well as on our website and in the announcements.