Published: Thursday, December 27,
2007 6:07 PM EST
Give National Honor Society another chance
To the Editor:
Students at Worthington Kilbourne High School want to bring
the National Honor Society, or NHS, back.
All of the students I have talked to agree that the NHS had
become a mediocre program that hardly attracted students to
join.
Even though the NHS had experienced a downfall, students
overwhelmingly asked to reinstate the program.
If new advisers could be convinced to help and create
necessary change, the NHS could be successful at Kilbourne.
One of the biggest problems that occurred is that it was
focused all on academics and not the full purpose of the NHS.
It is true that good grades are a part of the NHS, you must
have a 3.0 or higher grade point average to join.
But at Kilbourne, good grades became the most important
part.
The society's purpose is, "To create enthusiasm for
scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service to
promote leadership and to develop character in the students
of secondary schools," according to the society's
constitution.
The idea of the NHS is to promote and encourage the students
who are showing qualities that will make them successful
through their whole life.
High school is not always a place that is conducive to
encouraging responsible students.
Some see getting rid of the NHS as a disadvantage to
students when applying to schools and keeping Worthington
schools improving all the time.
The NHS was the first nationwide organization to honor good
students. It was founded in 1921, it is sad to think that a
program that unites students from all over the United States
would be taken out of Worthington schools.