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National Honor Society Essay Examples

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The National Honor Society is a society created to assist students in becoming well-educated scholars and assist them through their journey in high school. I believe that I am well qualified and am very fitting to be inducted into the National Honor Society. These reasons are scholarship, leadership, service, and character which I will further explain throughout this essay. Scholarship is the area in which I take the most pride. I have first demonstrated scholarship by always working hard on my assignments. I have also maintained a 4.00 GPA throughout my high school career. I have also received the grade of A+ 12 times for my semester grade. I also demonstrated my scholarship by allowing only one missing assignment for both years of high school. …show more content…

I have shown leadership by being a Sunday School assistant at Reading United Methodist Church. I worked with the younger kids and taught them various life lessons. I also practiced my leadership by being an assistant for the kindergarteners during the K-Ball program. I taught them the basics of basketball and other lessons they will be able to apply in their futures. I am hoping to further develop my leadership skills during the next two years of high school, which will help me lead others more successfully. One area I hope to gain leadership experience in is helping the communities I am a part …show more content…

It allows them to assist others without an expectation of a reward and to have a positive and enthusiastic spirit. I have participated in community service activities such as, assisting the national forest service in removing invasive species of The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, coaching kindergarteners for K-Ball, organizing the blessing box for my church, and assisting with the Reading High School Alumni yearly banquet. Each of these projects has allowed me to help my community in different ways. Removing invasive species in The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem allowed the national forest service to gain more intel on the various species of invasive plants. By helping coach the kindergarteners for K-Ball, I was able to practice another one of my skills being leadership, and teach the kids various skills that they will use not just in sports but hopefully as they go through life. I helped my community by organizing and managing my church's blessing box since it supplies my community food and other resources to people that are as not as fortunate. Finally, I helped my community by assisting with the Reading High School Alumni Yearly Banquet since it allowed the alumni to improve the core health of the community since they play a major part in my community in various ways. I also plan to do more community service to assist all of the different communities I am a part of, doing this will also help me

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