CALVARY CHRISTIAN HIGHSCHOOL HONORSOCIETIES
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 NationalHonorSociety T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Mathematics:MuAlphaTheta NationalEnglishHonorSociety Science NationalHonorSociety SocialStudies:RhoKappaHonorSociety AmericanSignLanguageHonorSociety Spanish:LaSociedadHonorariaHispánica InternationalThespianSociety
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY SecondsemesterSophomoreorJunior UnweightedCumulativeGPAof3.25 25hoursofCommunityServiceperyearof highschool Juniors need a total of 75 hours. Sophomoresneedatotalof50hours. NATIONALHONORSOCIETY 1 TheNationalHonorSociety (NHS)elevatesaschool’s commitmenttothevaluesof scholarship,service, leadership,andcharacter. Thesefourpillarshavebeen associatedwithmembershipin theorganizationsinceits inceptionin1921. E s t . 2 0 0 3
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY NATIONALENGLISH HONORSOCIETY TheNEHSmotto,"gelastscealmidare,"is OldEnglishfor:"dutygoeswithhonor." Themottorepresentsoneoftheearliest formsofourlanguage—itaffirmsand celebratesanobligationtouseone'sgifts inservicetoothers.Servicetopeers, school,andcommunityispartandparcelof theNEHSmission—and,indeed,inthe grammaticalstructureoftheOldEnglish phrase,"duty"actuallyprecedes"honor." Studentsingrades11or12areeligible UnweightedCumulativeGPAof atleast3.25 UnweightedCumulativeEnglishGPAof atleast3.5 Completionofatleast3semestersof EnglishatCCHS 2 C a l v a r y L i t e r a r y S o c i e t y
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY Studentsingrades11or12areeligible Completionofatleasttwo(2)ofthe followingmathclasses: Algebra1, Geometry,orAlgebra2 MinimumUnweightedGPAof3.0inthose mathclassesandmaintainaminimumGPA of3.0inmathforallsubsequentyearsof membership MUALPHATHETA 3 MuAlphaThetais"an organizationdedicatedto promotingscholarshipin mathematicsandestablishing mathasanintegralpartofhigh schoolandjuniorcollege education."ThenameMuAlpha Thetawasconstructedfromthe Greekletteringforthephonemes m,a,andth. C h a p t e r 4 6 8 3
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY Studentsingrades11or12areeligible UnWeightedCumulativeGPAofatleast3.0 WeightedGPAofatleast3.5inScienceclasses CurrentlyenrolledinanHonorsorAPlevel Sciencecourseandmustmaintainthatadvanced levelcourseworkforallyearsofmembership MaintainanAorBinyourAdvancedScience classesforallyearsofmembership SCIENCENATIONAL HONORSOCIETY 4 "SNHSisaprominentscientific organizationthatwill engenderanewgroupof youngthinkerswhowillbe thefutureofindustry, research,andscientific explorationforAmerica." C h a p t e r 1 3 9 4
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY Studentsingrades11or12areeligible Juniorsmusthavecompleted2.5credits ofSocialStudieswitha3.5Unweighted GPA Seniorsmusthavecompleted3.5credits ofSocialStudieswitha3.5Unweighted GPA RHOKAPPAHONORSOCIETY 5 TheFloridaCouncilforthe SocialStudiesestablishedan academichonorsocietyfor juniorsandseniors. Students mustdemonstrateexcellent academicperformance,provide servicetowardtheirschoolor community,andexhibitthe attributesofleadershipand goodcitizenship. E s t . 2 0 1 2
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY Studentsingrades11or12areeligible StudiedASLforatleasttwo(2)years OverallweightedGPAofatleast3.5inASLCourses CumulativeweightedGPAofatleast3.2 Completionofatleastfivehoursofcommunity servicethatbenefitsthedeafcommunity RemaininanASLclassinordertomaintain membership StudentswhohavetakenthehighestlevelofASLthatCCHSoffers[ASL4Honors] priortotheirsenioryearmaymaintainhonorarymembershipandbepermittedto wearcordsatgraduation. ASLHONORSOCIETY 6 "Theprimarymissionofthe ASLHSistorecognizehigh academicachievementinASL studiesforhighschooland college/universitystudents andencouragetheuseofthe languagealongwithlifelong learningandlanguage enjoyment." E s t . 2 0 1 6
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY Studentsingrades10, 11,or12areeligible Havetakenatleast3semestersofSpanish,atthe highschoollevel,andcurrentlytakingatleast Spanish2 WeightedcumulativeGPAofatleast3.5inSpanish classes RemaininSpanishclassinordertomaintain membership StudentswhohavetakenthehighestlevelofSpanishCCHSoffers[AP Spanish]priortotheirsenioryearmaymaintainhonorary membershipandbepermittedtowearcordsatgraduation. LASOCIEDADHONORARIA HISPÁNICA 7 "ThemissionoftheSociedad HonorariaHispánicaisto recognizehighschool achievementinSpanishand Portugueseandtopromote interestinHispanicandLusoBrazilianstudies." E s t . 2 0 1 4
MEMBERSHIPELIGIBILITY Studentsmustearn10points(theequivalentof 100hoursofexcellentwork). Inductionpointsmustbeearnedoverthecourse ofmorethanoneproduction. AtCCHS,thismeans thatallstudentsapplyingforinductionmust participateinboththeFallPlayandtheSpring Musical. Studentsmustattendthemonthlytroupe meetings. Irregularattendancewilljeopardize membership. "TheITSgroupateachschoolisknownasa troupe. Thetroupeistheschool’stheatre honorsociety,andstudentscanearn inductionbasedontheirachievementsin itstheatreprogram. TheITSpointsystem helpstrackstudentworkinperformance, tech,andproductionstaffcategories. Inducteesmustearnpointsoverthe courseofmorethanoneproductionandin morethanonediscipline." INTERNATIONALTHESPIAN SOCIETY 8 T r o u p e 7 8 4 2