A Conversation With David L. Collier-King: Spring 2022
David L. Collier-King loves Walt Disney. In fact, he carries this quote from the famous animator with him wherever he goes: “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and our curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Collier-King’s...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
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)
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...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Cross-Cultural Connections
Lauren Zolkiewicz knows an annual trip to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport to welcome home the troops will always be moving and memorable for members of her NHS chapter; it’s also special for the men and women in the service they greet with handmade goody bags and rambunctious cheering. She’s seen the faces on both sides....
Advise, Advise: Volume 46 (2017-2018)