WELCOME TO THE 2009 - 2010 NATIONAL ART
HONOR SOCIETY!!
NOTICE: Officer meetings take place every 1st and 3rd Friday at
break. All members of the NAHS will meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays of every
month at break in the art room.
NAHS New Member Induction Ceremony: Thursday,
November 12th, and it will be held in SENIOR DINING!
Congratulations to the National Art Honor Society
Executive Board of elected officers for 2009 - 2010:
President - Weston Olencki
Vice-President - Toye' Durrah
Secretary - Mary Catherine Ramey
Treasurer - Chapin Jones
Public Relations Director - Lauren Wilson
The NAHS is planning a great agenda for this
school year - look for some great projects and activities and get involved
this school year!
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NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY CLUB
HISTORY/DESCRIPTION
(from the National Art Education Association Website)
In 1978, the NAEA began the NAHS program specifically for high school students
grades 10-12, for the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who
have shown an outstanding ability in art. The NAHS also strives to aid members
in working toward the attainment of their highest potential in art areas, and
to bring art education to the attention of the school and community.
In 1989, the NAEA introduced the NJAHS as a separate organization from the
NAHS. (When a student completes the junior membership, he/she must start anew
and be nominated to the NAHS). This program specifically for students in
grades 7-9 was designed to help generate interest in art programs at the
secondary levels and inspire and recognize the younger art student. The NJAHS
students will become members of a distinguished group of art students.
Here are some reasons why you should keep your grades high, take art, and be
invited to join the NAHS/NJAHS:
- You become part of a professional organization: The National Art Education
Association.
- You become members of a distinguished group of approximately 23,000 art
students.
- Your NAHS sponsor, as an NAEA member, would be eligible for four grant
programs.
- NAHS students would be eligible for award honors at the end of each school year!
- An NAHS Senior would be eligible to receive the Charles M. Robertson
Memorial Scholarship - a special four-year scholarship to Pratt's School of
Art and Design in New York.
- Your school art program would be eligible to apply for the NAEA Standards
Award.
- Your NAHS/NJAHS sponsor would be eligible to attend NAEA's annual
convention, co-sponsored academies and institutes held throughout the country.
They would also receive a variety of professional publications that could be a
valuable resource in the classroom as well as to your professional library.
- Participation in the NAHS/NJAHS, is a mark of accomplishment in the school
and community and well recognized by the institutions when your students apply
for entry into a college or university.
- These programs recognize student excellence and achievement in art.
