National Honor Society 4 Pillars Analysis

Describe how the four pillars of National Honor Society shaped your development. How will you apply these pillars to your future goals?
The four pillars of National Honor Society has shaped my development in that I always keep these pillars in mind for all of my days to day activities. I maintain my GPA above the standard to be National Honor Society member and within the range set by my chapter’s range to be a continuous member. In college, I wish to continue this high standard set by my time in high school as an NHS member of which has become second nature to me after four years. Service is one attribute that I am very apt to do for others many times subconsciously. For example, for the last school, I had one teacher that I didn’t even a class with the teacher who called me a service girl because I was always one of the

first to volunteer when anybody needed any volunteers.

In general, I am considered as a stable volunteer for whenever anybody around me needs help with something. In terms of my future, I don’t think I will ever stop being a “service girl”. My years in NHS has taught me that the best service I can give is not the biggest grandest devotion to going overseas and serving there, but it is right in my own background helping people who may be as close as a fellow classmate in sport to yell words of encouragement as they compete or helping to make a mulch path in my school’s garden. Leadership is the pillar that I like the most because I find it follows the first two pillar mentioned. By keeping my grades leveled and served my community, I realized that leadership naturally followed with my dedication for the other pillars made other people regard me as one who could lead and found that I enjoyed having leadership roles, for example, my role as president of the Creative Writing club at my school. In the future, I wish to continue to rise to more leadership roles and maybe make it to be a representative for a country in Model UN. Lastly, character is a quality that one must

build over time and as an NHS member, this is what I definitely built as I worked with others for special events throughout each school year. As a creature of habit, the habits I built to form the respectable character I have now from NHS will only strengthen as I continue forward from high school as I continue my schooling and all also afterward.

This project impacted the school because working as a member of National Honors Society, I helped to clean up and lighten up the school's Presidential garden by placing adding in new mulch and flowers. In addition, I also helped to make the pathway through the garden.
This activity had an impact on the community because foster families from all over my county received financial aid in buying school supplies for their foster child or children. In addition, although many are too young to understand the fiscal relief the school supplies provide, they are excited to receive the new book bags every year.
This service gave relief to parents with their toddler and or young children because it gave them peace of mind to focus on the message of the Church's pastor while their children also received the word, but in a much simpler version for their young minds to be able to understand. It also impacted the community because seeing so many volunteers continuously work and earn the respect of innocent children makes people feel that the surrounding area is a safe place. In general, it brightens up the environment with happy children and happy volunteers working with the children.