About the NJHS at MMS

The National Junior Honor Society of Secondary Schools’ (NJHS) purpose is:

• to create enthusiasm for scholarship
• to stimulate a desire to render service
• to promote leadership
• to develop character
• and to encourage good citizenship in students of secondary schools

NJHS is a program of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Membership in the Marietta Middle School chapter of NJHS is an honor bestowed upon a student. Selection for membership is by a Faculty Council and is based on outstanding scholarship, character, leadership, service and citizenship. Once selected, members have the responsibility to continue to demonstrate these qualities.

To be eligible for membership, the student candidate must be a member of those classes (seventh grade, or eighth grade) designated as eligible in the chapter bylaws. Marietta Middle School's minimum standard of eligibility for membership shall be a cumulative scholastic average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). In addition, student candidates must have scored 50% or higher on the most recently administered MAP Assessment and a score of 3 or above on the most recently administered ELA/Reading portion of the Georgia Milestone.

Candidates shall then be evaluated based on service, leadership, character, and citizenship. The selection of each member to the chapter shall be by a majority vote of the Faculty Council. Prior to notification of any candidates, the chapter adviser shall review with the principal the results of the Faculty Council’s deliberations. Candidates become members when inducted at a special ceremony.

Marietta Middle School Chapter of NJHS will meet twice monthly (schedule TBD). Marietta Middle School Chapter of NJHS will determine one or more service projects per year. Each member of the Marietta Middle School NJHS chapter will pay a designated annual membership fee.