NJHS
Membership in the National Junior Honor Society is both an honor and a responsibility. Students selected for membership are expected to continue to demonstrate the qualities of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship that were the basis for their selection.
"Selection to NJHS is a privilege bestowed upon students by the faculty of the school, and not considered a right inherent to any student. Technically, students do not apply for membership. Instead, they await a request or invitation to provide information to be used by the faculty council to support their candidacy for membership. Membership is granted to those students selected by the faculty council in each school on the condition of their having met the standards for selection established at the local level and based on the provisions of the constitution and NJHS Handbook.
"NJHS is more than an honor roll. Each member must demonstrate not only good grades, but also strength in each of the remaining four criteria. Membership is not an election, nor is it automatically conveyed simply because a student has achieved a specified level of academic performance.” (National Junior Honor Society Handbook, p. 14)