<p>In our district NHS has a gpa, service and EC requirement to be considered, with an ongoing requirement to stay in. I noticed it was hard for them to find available students to man the concessions booth when they had a turn- too many busy with their EC’s concurrently. The local HS also had a strictly gpa honor with a higher gpa req- good for those who got the grades but didn’t choose to do the extra service hours (24 required to graduate over 4 years) or participate in ECs- good recognition within the school.</p>
<p>Sometimes those awards/memberships serve to help students during their HS career- an ego boost and peer awareness of their abilities- who knew Joe Blow got the grades, etc unless there is some recognition. Good to acknowledge more than athletic prowness.</p>