Category: Volume 48 (2019-2020)

Advise: Summer 2020

As the school year winds down, it’s time to look back and celebrate wins. Add up your hours volunteered, dollars raised, and donations collected to share in the year-end report. Features Change for the Better Jim Paterson Spend It Wisely Lyn Fiscus Healing in the Aftermath of School Violence John Crawford Building a Better World...

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May 29, 2020

Collaboration Space: Summer 2020

The following projects are highlights from this year’s NHS and NJHS Outstanding Service Project awards. View all the project winners at www.nhs.us/osp and www.njhs.us/osp. Seuss on the Loose For more than 15 years, the NJHS group at Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts in Chattanooga, TN, has been implementing the “Seuss on the Loose”...

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May 29, 2020

Grow-A-Row Laundry Love Outstanding Service Project

Put This Into Practice: Summer 2020

Objective Students will gain confidence in public speaking through this fun group lesson that allows them to recite well-known songs/poems using a voice accent. Materials Selections to read as a “speech” (suggestions: “Old Town Road,” “Mary Had a Little Lamb”) Voice accent options printed out on small cards (Valley girl, Jersey, baby/child, British, Italian, Irish,...

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May 29, 2020

practice Public speaking Voice

Active Voices: Summer 2020

We are the founders of the Breathe In Change initiative—high school students taking a stand against the vaping epidemic plaguing our classmates and friends. During the last five years, e-cigarettes and vaping devices have taken control of our generation’s bodies—for some students, even as young as 10. Nicotine, a highly addictive chemical, has been snaking...

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May 29, 2020

Breathe in Change Student advocacy Vaping

The Middle Ground: Summer 2020

Middle level students are increasingly introduced to discussions involving career and college exploration and delving into their passions and pursuits at an earlier age. They, along with advisers, teachers, and parents, are engaged in thought partnership around the commonly asked question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Arguably, it’s not an...

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May 29, 2020

Academic journey Inclusivity Student engagement

Advise: Spring 2020

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 The Best Version of Yourself Jim Paterson Empowering Student Voice and Advocacy Julie Kasper Create...

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March 13, 2020

From the Directors: Spring 2020

We are only a couple of months into 2020, but good health and leadership are on our minds as we head into spring. Self-care—a simple notion that people must take steps to improve their mental and physical health—may seem at first blush to be too focused on the individual and not on the team. But,...

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March 13, 2020

health Leadership Self-care

Morning Announcements: Spring 2020

Coming Soon: Design Your Own Apparel We’re putting the finishing touches on Torchlight Studios, the official custom apparel stores for NHS, NJHS, and NatStuCo with exclusive permission to use the student program logos. With Torchlight, you and your chapter or council members will be able to show your pride and raise awareness for your chapter...

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March 13, 2020

Custom apparel NatStuCo Conference Webinars

Honor Society Update: Spring 2020

Springtime means induction season for many Honor Society chapters. As you plan this pinnacle of your chapter’s calendar year, tap into resources from the national office to help make the experience a memorable one for students and advisers. Adviser Resource Center The Adviser Resource Center has everything you need to get started on planning your...

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March 13, 2020

Adviser online community Adviser Resource Center NHS stores

The Best Version of Yourself

Mark Skowron slept well on a cold night last December before a big holiday event sponsored by his students, but it had not always been that easy. In the past, he often tossed and turned, concerned that his students’ thorough planning still might have left some gaps. In the past, he’d also mull over the...

— Advise, Volume 48 (2019-2020)

March 13, 2020

mental health and wellness Self-care stress