VOL. XXVIII, NO. 2
OCTOBER 31, 1986
Honor students offer services
to departments
to departments
by Dan Adamson
This year National Honor Society started a service project to assist the teachers and departments in area where they need help.
Amy Sharman, NHS treasurer, stated, "We created the project because our NHS charter states that we must provide a service for the high school."
Through the NHS service project, teachers are able to request help from students by filling out a form and presenting it to NHS. The NHS officers and sponsors then collaborate to find NHS members to work for the teachers. The type of service rendered is entirely up to the teacher, this could range from grading papers, tutoring, to ushering a school play or decorating a bulletin board.
One student from NHS, Rob Sweet, works for the Speech and Drama department. He said, "I do odd jobs and I work whenever a teacher needs help." Rob runs errands for the teachers and helps them grade papers.
Betty fulfills her service project by helping Mr. Swearingen with his biology classes. She stated, "If Mr. Swearingen has a solution he wants made for a biology class, I make it. I also grade some of his papers, I run tests through the scantron machine and record the scores, and I do anything special he wants done." She continued, "Working with him is different because he wants me to see what it's like being a teacher. "
This year National Honor Society started a service project to assist the teachers and departments in area where they need help.
Amy Sharman, NHS treasurer, stated, "We created the project because our NHS charter states that we must provide a service for the high school."
Through the NHS service project, teachers are able to request help from students by filling out a form and presenting it to NHS. The NHS officers and sponsors then collaborate to find NHS members to work for the teachers. The type of service rendered is entirely up to the teacher, this could range from grading papers, tutoring, to ushering a school play or decorating a bulletin board.
One student from NHS, Rob Sweet, works for the Speech and Drama department. He said, "I do odd jobs and I work whenever a teacher needs help." Rob runs errands for the teachers and helps them grade papers.
Betty fulfills her service project by helping Mr. Swearingen with his biology classes. She stated, "If Mr. Swearingen has a solution he wants made for a biology class, I make it. I also grade some of his papers, I run tests through the scantron machine and record the scores, and I do anything special he wants done." She continued, "Working with him is different because he wants me to see what it's like being a teacher. "
Karen Schaumburg works in the Personnel Office a half period a day. Her job is to run passes, put them in mail boxes and alphabetize papers and forms. She commented on the NHS required project, "I think it's good, but it should be voluntary. I think because it's NHS that people should be willing to do it."
NHS tries to fulfill the needs of all areas in the school. Other workers include Mike Androff who helps grade tests and in in the Industrial Ed. classes, Karen Triebe who works with Mrs. Pagiahnis in the Home Ec. department and Kristin Schnell who helps Mr. Burk. As these examples show, each student works in a area where he/she can give assistance. Their projects usually require an average of a period a week of their time.
Mike Miller, president, of NHS stated, 'The project is starting off slowly but with more teachers responding to our help, it could improve immensely."
Students are selected for NHS on the basis of these four qualities: leadership, character, scholarship, and service. Students are inducted into NHS during May of their junior year. In order to be selected, a student must display the four NHS qualities and have at least a 4.0 g.p.a. To remain a member, students must maintain a 3.5 g.p.a.
This year's officers for NHS include: Mike Miller, president; Kristin Schnell, vice president; Amy Sharman, treasurer: and Sharon Kaufman, secretary.
In closing Mike Miller stated, "The group this year is good and we have more people to work for teachers if they need them."
NHS tries to fulfill the needs of all areas in the school. Other workers include Mike Androff who helps grade tests and in in the Industrial Ed. classes, Karen Triebe who works with Mrs. Pagiahnis in the Home Ec. department and Kristin Schnell who helps Mr. Burk. As these examples show, each student works in a area where he/she can give assistance. Their projects usually require an average of a period a week of their time.
Mike Miller, president, of NHS stated, 'The project is starting off slowly but with more teachers responding to our help, it could improve immensely."
Students are selected for NHS on the basis of these four qualities: leadership, character, scholarship, and service. Students are inducted into NHS during May of their junior year. In order to be selected, a student must display the four NHS qualities and have at least a 4.0 g.p.a. To remain a member, students must maintain a 3.5 g.p.a.
This year's officers for NHS include: Mike Miller, president; Kristin Schnell, vice president; Amy Sharman, treasurer: and Sharon Kaufman, secretary.
In closing Mike Miller stated, "The group this year is good and we have more people to work for teachers if they need them."
