National Honor Society

The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized cocurricular student organizations in American high schools, with 1.4 million members. The purpose of the NHS is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to recognize outstanding students, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools. Membership in local NHS chapters is an honor bestowed upon a student by a Faculty Council and is based on the four pillars of NHS: scholarship, character, leadership, and service. Once selected, members have the responsibility to continue to demonstrate these qualities. Rynearson, then the principal of Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, envisioned an organization that would balance academics and athletics while emphasizing the role of high schools as a foundation for democracy. Prior to the establishment of the NHS, numerous local and regional honor societies existed, but the NHS was the first organization of its kind with a national scope.

Since its inception, the NHS has expanded significantly, with over 17,000 active chapters across the United States and beyond. Its colors are blue and gold.

Chapters

National Honor Society chapters operate in all fifty states, territories, and many schools around the world, engaging and serving more than 1.4 million students.

Activities

Each year, the average NHS chapter contributes: Scholarship recipients are selected based on their demonstration of the four pillars of NHS: scholarship, service, leadership, and character.

Sister organizations

National Junior Honor Society
National Elementary Honor Society
National Student Council

Notable members

Pope Leo XIV

Arts

{| class="wikitable"

!Name

!Chapter

!State

|Alda, Alan

|St. Thomas More High School

|NY

|Besterman, Doug

|Ramapo High School

|NY

|Bodett, Tom

|Sturgis High School

|MI

|Bradley, David

|Bedford High School

|PA

|Cameron, Peter

|Castlemont High School

|CA

|Cavett, Dick

|Lincoln High School

|NE

|Cobb, Lee J.

|Redford High School

|MI

|Couric, Katie

|Yorktown High School

|VA

|Crawford, Cindy

|DeKalb High School

|IL

|Davis, Jim

|Madison-Grant High School

|IN

|Estefan, Gloria

|Our Lady of Lourdes Academy

|FL

|Farr, Jamie

|Woodward High School

|OH

|Fey, Tina

|Upper Darby High School

|PA

|Francis, Connie

|Belleville High School

|NJ

|Gangemi, Joseph

|Concord High School

|DE

|Goldberger, Paul

|Nutley High School

|NJ

|Gross, Michael

|Kelvyn Park High School

|IL

|Guy, Jasmine

|Northside High School

|GA

|Harold, Erika

|Urbana High School

|IL

|Henson, Jim

|Northwestern Senior High School

|MD

|Lachey, Vanessa Minnillo

|Bishop England High School

|SC

|Lynds, Gayle

|Abraham Lincoln High School

|IA

|Mangione, Chuck

|Franklin High School

|NY

|Morris, Sarah

|Hutchison School

|TN

|Phillips, Stone

|Parkway West High School

|MO

|Rogers, Fred

|Latrobe High School

|PA

|Stewart, Jon

|Lawrence High School

|NJ

|Streep, Meryl

|Bernards High School

|NJ

|Swift, Taylor

|Hendersonville High School

|TN

|Underwood, Carrie

|Checotah High School

|OK

|Vinton, Will

|McMinnville High School

|OR

|Voight, Jon

|St. Thomas More High School

|NY

|Zindel, Paul

|Port Richmond High School

|NY

Education/Science/Business

{| class="wikitable"

!Name

!Chapter

!State

|Allen, Joseph

|Crawfordsville High School

|IN

|Bastian, Bruce

|Twin Falls High School

|ID

|Bobko, Karol

|Brooklyn Tech High School

|NY

|Cerullo, Leonard

|Hazleton High School

|PA

|Dole, Elizabeth

|Salisbury High School

|NC

|Iacocca, Lee

|Allentown High School

|PA

|Keith, Leroy

|Howard School of Academics and Technology

|TN

|McGuire, Patricia

|Merion Mercy Academy

|PA

|McMonagle, Donald

|Hamady High School

|MI

|Morava, Jack

|Mercedes High School

|TX

|Penzias, Arno

|Brooklyn Tech High School

|NY

|Plunkett, Roy

|Newton High School

|OH

|Quinn, Jane Bryant

|Niagara Falls High School

|NY

|Resnik, Judith

|Firestone High School

|OH

|Silkwood, Karen

|Nederland High School

|TX

|Whitson, Peggy

|Mount Ayr High School

|IA

Politics/Military

{| class="wikitable"

!Name

!Chapter

!State

|Acton, Amy

|Liberty High School

|OH

|Agrast, Mark

|Charles F. Brush High School

|OH

|Battani, Marianne

|Tuscola Community High School

|IL

|Bingaman, Jeff

|Silver High School

|NM

|Block, John

|Knoxville High School

|IL

|Brown, Joanne

|Notre Dame High School

| GU

|Chiles, Lawton

|Lakeland High School

|FL

|Cohen, William

|Bangor High School

|ME

|Corzine, Jon

|Taylorsville High School

|OH

|Ford, Gerald R.

|Grand Rapids South High School

|MI

|Gabriel, Charles A.

|Lincolnton High School

|NC

|Gonzalez, Felix

|Riverside Military Academy

|GA

|Gray, William H.

|Simon Gratz High School

|PA

|Griffin, Marc L.

|Beech Grove High School

|IN

|Hastings, William C.

|Newman Grove High School

|NE

|Hinojosa, Ruben

|Mercedes High School

|TX

|Jackson, Henry "Scoop"

|Everett High School

|WA

|Kirkpatrick, Jeane

|Mt. Vernon Township High School

|IL

|Martin, Kevin

|Charlotte Catholic High School

|NC

|McKernan, John R.

|Bangor High School

|ME

|Miller, Robert

|Bishop Garmon High School

|NV

|Robinson, Michelle

|Whitney Young High School

|IL

|Moffard, Rose

|Globe High School

|AZ

|Rodham, Hillary

|Maine South High School

|IL

|Spade, Douglas

|Camden-Frontier High School

|MI

|Sullivan, Mike

|Douglas High School

|WY

|Trail, Jeffrey

|DeKalb High School

|IL

|Yellowtail, William

|Lodge Grass High School

|MT

Sports

{| class="wikitable"

!Name

!Chapter

!State

|Aikman, Troy

|Henryetta High School

|OK

|Atwater, Steve

|Lutheran High School North

|MO

|Bell, Earl

|Jonesboro High School

|AR

|Belote, Melissa

|Robert E. Lee High School

|VA

|Everett, Jim

|Eldorado High School

|NM

|Fitzgerald-Brown, Benita

|Gar-Field High School

|VA

|Gilbert, Gale

|Red Bluff High School

|CA

|Glenn, Mike

|Coosa High School

|GA

|Grogan, Steve

|Ottawa High School

|KS

|Hoying, Bob

|St. Henry High School

|OH

|Huber, Vicki

|Concord High School

|DE

|Jansen, Dan

|West Allis Central High School

|WI

|King, Lilly

|F. J. Reitz High School

|IN

|Kinnick, Nil

|Benson High School

|NE

|Lucas, Jerry

|Middletown High School

|OH

|Monroe, Henry

|Ben C. Rain High School

|AL

|Mulkey, Kim

|Exeter Turnpike High School

|PA

|Ripken, Cal Jr.

|Aberdeen High School

|MD

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