The National Honor Society chapter of The Beekman School is a duly chartered and affiliated chapter of
this prestigious national organization. Membership is open to those students who meet the required
standards in four areas of evaluation: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Students are
selected for membership by majority vote of a five-member principal-appointed faculty council, which
bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty of our school each September.
Students in 11th and 12th grade are eligible for membership. For the scholarship criterion, a student must
have a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or better on a 4.0 scale. Each fall those students who meet this criterion
are invited to complete a Candidate Form that provides the faculty council with information regarding the
candidate’s leadership and service.
To evaluate a candidate’s character, the faculty council uses two forms of input. First, school disciplinary
records are reviewed. Second, members of the faculty are solicited for input regarding their professional
reflections on a candidate’s service activities, character, and leadership.
Any solicited faculty input and all Candidate Forms are carefully reviewed by the faculty council to
determine membership. A majority vote of the council is necessary for selection. Candidates are notified
regarding selection or non-selection according to a predetermined schedule.
Following notification, a formal induction ceremony is held at the school to recognize all the newly
selected members. Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the same level of performance
(or better) in all four criteria that led to their selection. More information about the National Honor Society is available here: www.nhs.us/students.