Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)

Advise: April/May 2019

One cannot deny that school is a busy place. With classes, new learning initiatives, sports, clubs, celebrations, and of course, National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, and student council meetings, students and staff are constantly juggling multiple commitments. Features Exemplifying Excellence M. Diane McCormick Personalizing the Leadership Experience Jim Paterson College Access Strategies That...

April 1, 2019

NatStuCo Update: April/May 2019

National Student Council’s Distinguished Student Leaders Program is a rigorous and challenging skill- and knowledge-based recognition program created specifically for high school students who want to take their leadership to the next level. Now is a good time to remind your students to submit their portfolios or to familiarize themselves with the requirements of building...

April 1, 2019

Distinguished Student Leaders Portfolio Recognition

Personalizing the Leadership Experience

Experts increasingly suggest that educators should explore the ways that each specific student learns, and provide personalized instruction and opportunities. Doing so can not only help students individually, but can strengthen school groups like student council as different students work together. Amanda Pinson, who has been a student council adviser for 10 years at Crescent...

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April 1, 2019

IEPs Personalized Instruction VARK

Take 10: April/May 2019

Exemplifying Excellence Warren E. Shull Award winners Susan Waldrep, TX, and Lisa Whirtley, WV, offer these pearls of wisdom: Word of mouth can be a great tool for creating a diverse council. Try establishing a theme for your student council at the beginning of the year. Remind council members that their peers are watching how...

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April 1, 2019

Personalized Leadership Summer Planning Warren E. Shull

Exemplifying Excellence

While the “job” might technically be theirs, top National Student Council (NatStuCo) advisers know that in order to empower and stimulate students in NatStuCo, they must let the younger set lead. For Susan Waldrep and Lisa Whirtley, guiding students to embrace diversity and promoting student voice has led to award-winning councils, and now these two...

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April 1, 2019

Advice Middle Level Warren E. Shull

College Access Strategies That Support Student Success

Spring showers bring May college decisions? That’s not quite the saying we’re used to; however, May 1 is National College Signing Day—the deadline for many students to declare the college in which they intend to enroll. For some students, this decision may be a no-brainer; for others it can be a grueling task. The point...

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April 1, 2019

College prep Strategies The College Board

A Conversation With… Jenny V. Ha

Jenny V. Ha, a National Honor Society (NHS) scholarship recipient, is the Legislative Affairs Subcommittee chair and youngest serving board member on the University of Southern California (USC)Norman Topping Student Aid Fund—a student-led initiative to provide financial and academic support to high-needs students. She is currently a freshman majoring in sociology and pursuing double minors...

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February 1, 2019

NHS scholarship USC

Honor Society Update: February/March 2019

It’s time to look ahead, not just to the end of the school year, but beyond. Empower your members with all the resources they need to prepare for their futures. From navigating financing options and programs, to applying for various scholarships, to tackling the college admissions process, www.nhs.us/college has the tools students need to plan...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)

February 1, 2019

Scholar Dollars scholarship Webinars

NatStuCo Update: February/March 2019

By now, your students have probably been asked countless times what they want to be when they grow up. Some may already have detailed career goals, while others are still figuring out their path. Wherever they are in their career journey, all of your students will benefit from the words of wisdom offered in the...

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February 1, 2019

Adviser Resource Center Career Exploration Series Planning

The Middle Ground: February/March 2019

“Would you help with the pep rally skit?” It all began as a benign, innocuous question. Who could have known exactly what those words would entail? How could I have suspected that seven years after agreeing to help, I would find myself standing on stage at the NatStuCo Conference as the Region 3 middle level...

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February 1, 2019

Fraggle Rock Middle Level NatStuCo