Collaboration Space: Summer 2021
Destined for Greatness Knowing the detached experience of distance learning was complicating students’ ability to uphold academic participation and performance, NatStuCo members at Chula Vista High School in Chula Vista, CA, developed an awards-based system to promote increased productivity. Members created various digital award certificates as well as a request form for teachers to complete....
Advise, Volume 49 (2020-2021)
Honor Society Update: Winter 2020
The NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) is designed to recognize accomplishments of middle level students and their dedication to the pillars of NJHS while giving them a jump-start on their quest toward higher education. The award recognizes 500 exceptional NJHS students with $500 from the New Mexico Education Trust Board’s 529 college savings plan. This...
Advise, Volume 48 (2019-2020)
Prudential Honorees: Being Good By Doing Good
While “kids these days” often are accused of only thinking about themselves, some middle level and high school students have proven just the opposite. In fact, this year’s recipients of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been recognized for seeking out ways to do good in their communities, championing a far-reaching impact. These remarkable...
Advise, Volume 48 (2019-2020)
Prudential Honorees Primed to Save the World!
Generation Z—those born during the period between the mid-1990s and 2010—are just now beginning to enter the workforce. Most are still students in K–12 institutions around the country, but they’re making their mark in ways that generations before could only imagine. A 2018 article in The Atlantic titled “Getting Gen Z Primed to Save the...
Advise, Volume 47 (2018-2019)
NatStuCo Update: September 2018
The 2018–19 school year has just begun, but it’s never too soon to start planning your applications to National Student Council signature programs and awards recognitions that take place throughout the year. As an adviser, you guide your students into becoming hardworking, devoted leaders—and you all deserve to be recognized for your outstanding achievements that...
Advise, Volume 47 (2018-2019)
From the Directors: September 2018
Back to school! It’s not just about getting back into a routine; it’s also about getting in the right mindset for a successful year. We are eager to support you and your students in helping the entire school community stay positive for 2018–19. But before your student leaders can help others, they need to help...
Advise, Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Morning Announcements: June 2018
The Best Schools Are Honor Society Schools U.S. World News & Report recently released its annual list of the top 100 schools in the country. Of the leading 10 schools, all have National Honor Society chapters. The third school on the list, BASIS Oro Valley in Arizona, has chapters for all three programs—National Honor Society,...
Advise, Volume 46 (2017-2018)