National Honors Society (NHS) is a nationally recognized club which hosts service projects that are run by the inducted senior members. According to the head NHS sponsor Michele Satchwell, newly inducted members of the class of 2013 can start volunteering right away.

“Next year’s members can go ahead and get started on their community service hours. We require 20 individual hours and 20 group hours, however the group hours won’t start until school starts. A lot of our members get the bulk of their individual hours during the summer because of summer camps and that type of thing,” Satchwell said.

According to Satchwell, the biggest change to NHS next year is the addition of a “facility council.” When juniors submit their applications, the three NHS teacher sponsors review all the applications. However, next year, the facility council will help go through the applications and choose new members.

“We want to review our chapter bylaws to make sure they are in compliance with the national bylaws. That is another reason why we are making the facilty council,” said Satchwell.

According to Rachel Aker, current NHS vice president and senior, the new officers have been selected too.

“The new officers basically get to decide what goes on next year and how the money we raise will be spent. I am really excited to see what they will do, because they all seem very capable;” Aker said.

As far as how NHS ended this school year, Satchwell said that it went well, and that the members worked very hard.

“We made more baby blankets than ever before. We sold more carnations than ever before. They did a good job deciding where to donate the funds that they raised. They provided a lot of help for the elementary school festivals and that sort of thing. It was a really good year for NHS. We had strong officers and dedicated NHS members,” Satchwell said.

There was an induction ceremony held for the new juniors, which was also the closing ceremony for the current officers, as well as all the current members, according to Aker. At the closing ceremony, the officers and sponsors were thanked.

While the charities NHS decides to donate to next year are currently undecided, there will still be many of the same events. According to Satchwell, there will still be a carnation sale, tutoring, and probably still final exam survival kits.

“This year’s members have been great, and I am looking forward to start working with this new group, they all seem very enthusiastic. It’s a great club to be in, the students really run the whole thing,” Satchwell said.