National Junior Honor Society
Sponsors
NJHS Announcements
Important! End of Year Info
New Members: NJHS had their first official meeting today (21 Sept. 2011). The meeting was lead by Mrs. McAllister (NJHS sponsor) and Ms. Carraway (NJHS co-sponsor). Forty-three members and one parent volunteer, Mrs. Warmowski, attended the meeting. Topics discussed were: Members' expectations, necessary student information, officer selection process, and next meeting date and location. NJHS will meet again on Wednesday, 28 Sept. 2011 at 3:45p.m. in the library.
I never imagined that many students would want to run for the President and Vice-President positions! Many of them even asked about the Historian and the Recorder positions! Candidates are all 8th graders, and they are going to hand out their teacher recommendation forms starting tomorrow. Teachers, please give your honest opinion about the candidate you're recommending. NJHS needs students who can be relied upon to be at every activity and give 110% without interfering with their school work.
Thank you,
Christina McAllister
NJHS Sponsor
Meetings!
Sept 28, 3:45-4:15PM Library.
Service Project
NJHS members are asked to volunteer to help teachers tutor students.
NJHS T-Shirts!
Sizes S-3X available. NJHS members may purchase a shirt for $2.00. Adults and staff may purchase shirts for $10.00. 2X and 3X shirts cost $12.00. Be sure to order now! Contact Miss Ruiz for more details.
November 8th - 12th: Food Drive
Alongside Nimitz Student Council and JR Pals, NJHS hosts the Holiday Food Drive. All food will be given to the San Antonio Food Bank. Last year, Nimitz donated over 5,000 pounds of food. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s goal!
October 29th: Halloween Dance
NJHS decided to sponsor the first dance of the year. The dance will be on Friday, October 30th from 3:45pm to 5:45pm. Tickets are $2. Students are allowed to wear costumes. We will have food, prizes, and a costume contest. There will also be Haunted House at this year’s dance, sponsored by Girl’s Volleyball. Come out to support our NJHS students and our volleyball team at this year’s Halloween Dance.
October 25th – 29th: Red Ribbon Week
Every year NJHS is asked to provide some form of service during National Red Ribbon Week. We offer our time and energy to make our student body more informed about the negative effects of drug and alcohol abuse. We are a drug-free organization. Our motto has always been “NJHS is too smart to start.”
This year we decided to make the school more informed about all the young people that have died from drug or alcohol abuse. Participating NJHS members designed black t-shirts to include information about a young person who died. We all wore our shirts proudly and made sure we let everyone around know about the negative effects of drug and alcohol abuse. We tried to send the message that young or old – no one is immune to effects of drug and alcohol.
Goals
The Nimitz Middle School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society is sponsored by Ms. Christina Mcallister and Ms. Romelle Carraway. Sponsoring this organization is an opportunity to work with some of the brightest students on campus. Our goal for these students is to not only provide them with opportunities to build character and citizenship, but also to make them feel privileged and honored to be a member of this organization.
Each year we ask our students to elect five officers, who will lead the organization as the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is made up of five positions: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Historian. We are in the process of electing our officers for the 2011 – 2012 school year.
Image courtesey National Junior Honor Society. Available at: http://www.nhs.us/NJHS.aspx.
