Peachtree Ridge HSNational Honor Society

01.08.2015 // 2015-16 School Year Meeting #4

WELCOME.

Hours Reminders34 (1st and 2nd semester) hours are due Friday, May 6th at

2:30pm. Get started early! SENIORS: If you want a cord at Honors Night, complete the 34 hours completed

by Friday, March 4th Hours do not roll over in NHS!

FOUR (4) out of the 17 hours MUST come from EndZone tutoring Remember to ALWAYS sign in and out behind circulation desk for tutoring! DO NOT send in hours forms for EndZone tutoring! All hours will be taken from

the sign in/out sheet at the circulation desk!

Hours Reminders

New: Minimum of THREE (3) outside hours! (almost all of you meet this requirement anyways)

Send all hours forms to prhs.nhshours@gmail.com Find hours forms on prhsnhs.weebly.com!

All hours starting from Saturday, December 5th will count towards second semester.

New Hours Spreadsheet/Forms

How to get to the Hours Spreadsheet: prhsnhs.weebly.com New Hours Form

Emails!It is IMPERATIVE that all of you check your

emails often!We will be sending newsletters, updates, and

volunteer opportunities through this platformRemind101 is NOT enough!

New platform, so if you do not see an email from ‘PRHS NHS’, then check spam/junk mail and/or the “Promotions” tab for Gmail.

Lions’ CARE Closet

2nd Semester NHS Service Project

CARECommunity

Assistance &

Resource

Effort

What?An ”Absolutely ANONYMOUS”

Food Pantry

Who?

Students in Need

Why?Students Are Too Embarrassed to Ask in PublicStudents Need ItMore Student Success!!

NATIONAL

GeorgiaGwinnett County

The Plan…

Care Closet

NHS

How? School Clubs Local Business Sponsors

School Clubs

Different Club Each Month

Stock with Non-Perishable Items (cans, rice, dry soups, etc.)

Discard Expired Items

“CARE Closet” Rep – Explain purpose/process to each club

Local Businesses

Request Goods or DonationsAs Needed

How? “Word of Mouth”/Announcements Contact Guidance Counselor for

Access CONFIDENTIALLY put food in back pack

When? During the School Day Before/After School

Where? Closed-Off Area In the Counseling

Office IMPORTANT: No Students (aides, other

students in counseling office, etc.) can see students accessing the closet.

Why Start with PRHS?

TRIBE

What is going to happen?NHS will be involved and responsible for the

preparation, kick off, and the maintenance of the Lions’ CARE Closet.

To kick off the Closet, a food drive will be held on the week of March 7th.

After that week, donation drop-off locations will open up and be open for the rest of the year.

How will this work?Four committees: Outreach Committee, Food Drive

Committee, Advertisement Committee, Maintenance Committee

EVERY member is REQUIRED to participate.Seniors are recommended to be involved in the

Outreach and Food Drive Committees.Each committee needs a 1 or 2 committee chairs. If you

are interested, please talk to Officer Contact of that committee.

How will this work?

Roles of each committees are outlines. Lots of planning and involving yourself will be required.

Optional (but NOT replacement): 3 articles of food = 1 hr 3 hr maximum

Committee Descriptions

Four different committees:Outreach Committee: Liaison between CARE Closet

and other clubs. Person will keep clubs accountable and updated; continually keeping up with the club. (Officer Contact: Priyanka Desai // 60 members)

Committee Descriptions

Four different committees:Food Drive Committee: Plan the food drive and work

with the outreach committee to make sure that the food drive is successful (Officer Contact: Reeya Shah // 20 members)

Committee Descriptions

Four different committees:Advertisement Committee: Advertise with flyers and

other means, decorate the drop-off locations (Officer Contact: Eric Yan //15 members)

Committee Descriptions

Four different committees:Maintenance Committee: Maintains the drop-off

locations around the school after the kick off food drive and keeps inventory (Officer Contact: Keshav Kalathoor // 15 members)

List the order of preference on the sign-out sheet!

Questions?

It’s better to ask them now rather than later!

Summary

Get started on your hours! Seniors: Hours are due March 4th if you want your cord on Honors Night!

Check your emails often! Make sure you are getting our emails! We’ll send one out today by 6:00pm.

Everyone needs to sign out and indicate the committees you want to be a part of in the order of preference on the sign out sheet!

Next meeting: February 19th

Remember to stay awesome!

NHS Officers & Sponsors 2015-16