History & Function: The National Honor Society was formed in 1921 to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership, and to encourage the development of character in the nation’s secondary school students.
Qualifications: A student must be at Newark Tech for at least one semester and a member of the junior or senior class. Candidates eligible for selection to the Newark Tech chapter must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5. Candidates eligible for selection must have good attendance (no more than 15 points—2 points per unexcused absence, 1 point per unexcused tardy). Candidates are expected to submit a student information form, two teacher recommendations and a Vice Principal recommendation. Their eligibility shall then be considered by the Faculty Council based upon their service, leadership, and character. All members are required to accumulate ten hours of community service by the end of the school year.
Induction: Candidates are considered members after the induction ceremony which is held every year in the fall.
What Can Members Expect: All members of the National Honor Society are required to participate every year in helping others through our annual toy drive for Newark children, food drives for Newark shelters and individual community service. The Society also sponsors college tours of such colleges as Yale University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, College of New Jersey, NJIT, and others.
Benefits of Membership: There are many benefits of being a member, such as college trips, scholarship information, helping others, college and financial aid webinars by the national office of the National Honor Society.
Members Active in Their Communities: Most members of the National Honor Society are active in their communities and churches.
