National Junior Honor Society

The requirements for NJHS are:

• Maintaining a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average
• Abiding by the Kenmore Middle School policies specified in the Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Setting a positive example for other students through demonstrating outstanding scholarship, character, leadership, and service
• Members must submit a completed application by March 27, 2026, which includes:
• A three-paragraph essay
• A completed Documentation of Hours form

NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Prompt: Write a reflective personal narrative about your community service experience. Explain how your community service helps develop one of these core values: leadership, character, or citizenship. Describe an experience (what happened?) during your volunteering experience using specific details and narrative/storytelling techniques (setting, dialogue, figurative language). Share your response to this experience (what were your feelings or thoughts about this experience?), and reflect on the connection to one of the core values: leadership, character, or citizenship (what lessons did you learn?).

Requirements

• Must answer the prompt
• Must be typed
• Must be uploaded to this application
• Minimum of 250 words; maximum of 750 words. Include word count on the essay.

*Essays will be read by the Honor Society Adviser. Students with notable essays may be asked to read at the Honor Society Induction Ceremony in April and/or share their essay on our website.

Community Service Options Page

Members must consistently show exemplary behavior on campus and be a positive role model for other Kenmore students throughout the year. You must demonstrate high standards of Character, Scholarship, Leadership and Service, abiding by all policies specified in the Kenmore Middle School Rights and Responsibilities Handbook.