1. In the fall of their junior year and senior year, students with a cumulative grade average of 92% or above will be considered eligible for the scholarship aspect of selection.
2. The students who meet the above criteria are then notified by email of their eligibility for membership into the National Honor Society. Attached to letter of eligibility is a list of criteria used to evaluate the other aspects of membership: leadership, service and character. Students are notified in the letter that they will attend a meeting with the advisor to review the selection process. At the meeting, students are given instructions on how to properly fill out the student activities form, which is used to assess the leadership and service aspects of membership. The application must be the original work of the student. Eligible students must hand in the student activities form if they wish to proceed in the selection process.
3. Once the student activities form has been submitted to the advisor by the deadline, the student’s candidacy is considered official. No late applications will be accepted.
4. The faculty selection committee convenes to consider each candidate based on all the available information collected: the student activities form, recommendation forms, attendance records and discipline records. The selection committee uses the above data to assess a student’s leadership, service, and character qualities. All aspects are weighed equally; a student must demonstrate excellence in all the above-mentioned categories to be chosen for membership into the National Honor Society.
5. Once the selection process is complete, each candidate is notified via a letter as to the status of his or her membership. Selected students attend a formal induction ceremony held at VHS. Induction ceremonies are held in the fall.