The purpose of the National Honor Society is to recognize students who have exelled in areas of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. It is a national organization sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). The national organization provides the guidelines to be used in the selection and dismissal procedure.


Please see the student handbook for information on the selection criteria for admission to the Philomathian Chapter of the National Honor Society of Haverhill High School.

NHS Officers 2006-2007
President: Jessica Chang
Vice President: Lindsay Deschenes
Secretary: Marla Strykowski
Treasurer: Geehae Moon

CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

Important News and Notes

--Congratulations to our new officers. I am hoping we can all have a chance to serve in a leadership position as Chairperson(s) of committees and fundraisers.

--If you have not picked up your Honors Pass please do so in K13. The new certificates will be ready next week for those who want to pick those up too.

--Please check back here periodically to get information about meetings, service, fundraisers, etc.

--Have a great summer, and I am looking forward to a great year with you all next year. Remember you eight hours of documented service. See right for service opportunities.

--Email me anytime with questions or suggestings/ideas on fundraisers, or if you have any service projects we can share with the group. sfinn@haverhill-ps.org

Fundraising and Fundraising Ideas

--If you have any fundraising or service ideas, please email an officer or send it to me (sfinn@haverhill-ps.org) and I will post your ideas for discussion.

--Here is some information on a fundraising idea for the fall. This will be a joint effort and can be fun and raise some funds for us. The National Honor Society Raffle Calendar (click the link for more information) will be a monthly calendar with daily drawings. We need to go out to the community and get coupons/items/etc DONATED to raffle. Then we need to SELL the calendars. I will design them with the help of the new secretary Marla. I would like to have two co-chairs to help coordinate this with the officers. I was thinking of Brian Staponites and Martyna Przybylowska. If you two are interested, let me know so se can get started; otherwise, I will ask for volunteers.

--I have also put in the date for our Holiday Babysitting in December. I will need chairperson(s) for that project.

--We will look to do a bake sale on Election Day and I need to grab that date fast as it is very popular.

--I would like to do a joint fundraiser or service project with the Student Council and Senior Class and would be looking for chairperson(s) for that project.

 

Meetings/Important Dates:

--Link to 2007-2008 Meeting Schedule HERE

--Will be posted when the dates are set. We usually meet the first Tuesday of the month with all members (see above).

--I will be meeting with the officers once a month on the second Tusday of the month (or another day if you all want) in either the morning or after school. We will discuss this later.

Service Projects

--Monthly Service Project--Emmaus House Children's Activitiy Day. More on this. You will be assigned a group and that group will plan the event. Please see Mrs. Finn with questions. I hope we can keep up with this and will need different chairperson(s) every month to coordinate. A WONDERFUL CAUSE and LOTS OF FUN!

--If you have any community service or requests from the community please email me so I can post them for other members.

--City Hall Office Worker contact Peggy Twomey at 978-374-2312 (press 5 for voice mail).

--Haverhill Public Schools Even Start Family Literacy Program--2.5 hours a week assisting teachers in an early childhood classroom. Contact Connie Archambault at 978-469-8706

--In the fall we will be volunteering our services to help with the elections. Only those who are 18 can work the polls; however, there is enough work for us all. More later.