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NHS Chapters of Distinction Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help you celebrate and showcase your chapter’s achievement as an NHS Chapter of Distinction while inspiring other chapters to apply. To make sharing easy, included are third-person captions for advisers, schools, and chapters to highlight this recognition. Social Media Graphics | Certificate | Press Release Template | Social Media Posts...

How to Nail a Media Interview

Planning to speak with a journalist? Curious about what that’s like? Check out this four-minute video on how to ace the interview by Chris Tao, Vice President of Communications, NASC National Student Council.  https://youtu.be/LBlnrfrHqY4?enablejsapi=1

Publicize Your Chapter Activities

Spread the word! Everyone loves a feel-good story, and your council has many to share with a wider audience. Through your council's service projects and its leadership, your student leaders contribute both as individuals and on behalf of the council to a positive climate both within the school and around your community. Here, we offer...

Share Your NHS Events, Stories, and Social Posts 

We want to highlight the positive work your chapter is completing on our social media channels: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. We are looking for good stories that highlight student members and/or advisers. When you share these project details, you are giving us permission to post them. Once you submit your information, you will be notified...

NHS Scholarship Toolkit 

This toolkit is designed to help you celebrate and share the achievements of NHS Scholarship recipients while inspiring other NHS members to apply. With more than $30 million awarded since 1946—and $2 million awarded to 600 students this year—this recognition reflects a student’s commitment to the four pillars of NHS: scholarship, service, leadership, and character....

NHS Handbook

The National Honor Society Handbook, together with the NHS Constitution, serves as the national governing documents for all member schools and chapters. The handbook outlines the expectations for chapters regarding chapter operations, member selection, discipline, and the responsibilities of advisers, principals and faculty councils. Together, they help ensure consistency, fairness, and alignment with the purposes...

NHS Checklist for new advisers and chapters

Before you continue New advisers for an existing chapter: Fill out the principal/adviser change form. Allow 10 days for processing. FILL OUT FORM Starting a new chapter: Fill out the new chapter application. Allow 3-4 weeks for processing. APPLY NOW New Adviser and Chapter Checklist: The following checklist can help you as a new adviser...

Presentations

Presentations delivered by Honor Society national office staff at state conferences and adviser workshops will be made available to advisers for download. Please click on your event to download presentations before or after you attend the event. Hardcopy handouts will not be available onsite. Adviser Webinars and Presentations February 2026 Honor Society Discipline & Dismissal...