Take 10: Winter 2020
Break Down Barriers Shari Benites, coordinator of Equity and Excellence and director of the Center for Leadership and Public Service at Yorktown High School in Arlington, VA, says the following barriers can limit the access and participation of students in your program: A lack of knowledge of NHS and the benefits of membership A lack...
Advise, Advise: Volume 48 (2019-2020)
Inclusive Leadership
The difference between access and inclusion? Access is an invitation to a party. Inclusion is an invitation to dance at the party. Leadership is very similar. Many may be invited, but how many of our student leaders get a chance to dance? How many truly get to participate and be seen by peers and school...
Advise, Advise: Volume 48 (2019-2020)
That’s Not What I Meant
Despite tensions in the current climate, society continually strives to embrace diversity. Smoky Hill High School in Aurora, CO, prides itself on celebrating diversity, and in doing so, students and staff are able to form close bonds and become a family. Subsequently, our diversity can also be a breeding ground for microaggressions—something we are...
Advise, Advise: Volume 48 (2019-2020)
Diamonds in the Rough
Kevin Grawer remembers reviewing “anonymous” National Honor Society (NHS) applications—but of course, committee members knew the captain of the football team and the president of the chess club. The reviewers often hesitated to extend membership to applicants who were “known troublemakers,” while applications from reclusive students simply weren’t there. Now, in Grawer’s 10 years as...
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