National Honor Society

NHS officers are elected each spring for the following school year. Student officers for the 2022-23 school year are:

• President- Pranav Gupta
• Vice President- Samantha Cullen
• Secretary- Anesha Rahman
• Treasurer- Cal Fischer
• Historian- Ellie Fernelius
• Parliamentarian- Eliana Maciej

MGSH NHS typically meets once or twice per month at 6:45 a.m. in the Forum Room. Meetings are organized by student officers and cover information on service projects, upcoming events for which NHS is responsible, and celebrations.

Each year in the spring sophomores and juniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.7 and higher are invited by email to consider applying to become an NHS member. Applying to NHS often includes getting recommendations from teachers or other adults, completing a candidate information form documenting one’s service, activities, honors and awards, and a service project proposal, which would be followed by the student if s/he is chosen to become an NHS member. All application materials must be submitted by the designated deadline or selection is not possible. 

A faculty committee of five anonymous MGSH teachers reads and evaluates all application components. The committee votes to select or not select, with a majority required to select. If they do not select an applicant, they will provide a reason for their decision. The reason will be freely shared with the applicant upon request. The NHS advisers are not involved in the selection of NHS members. Selected students are notified by May 1^st and are inducted into NHS as part of the Academic Awards Night in May.

All selected NHS members must agree to the following:

1. Have and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.7 or higher
2. Complete required community service (volunteer) hours each trimester
3. Attend membership meetings
4. Seniors must chair a service event (initiate and head up)
5. Sign a MGSH Student Leadership Expectations form

NHS students get special recognition at graduation. NHS members in good standing are entitled to purchase and wear an honor cord. The honor cord is worn on the left shoulder. The honor cord is the student’s to keep. NHS students are also recognized in the graduation program.