Community House Middle School Name of Candidate: ______
National Junior Honor SocietyName of Assessor: ______
SCORING RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING MEMBERSHIP
NJHS Trait / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / ScoreLEADERSHIP
(Times 3) / Student shows strong, effective leadership in formal and informal situations. S/He takes initiative in setting, and asserting direction towards goals. S/He is also seen as a positive leader in the classroom. / Student shows effective leadership in formal situations. S/He displays leadership in class and other settings. / Student shows or has shown some tentative leadership activity. On occasion, s/he displays leadership in class and other settings. / How the student was a leader is unclear. Little evidence of leadership. / Score from Teacher Rubric:
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ESSAY
(Times 4) / Student addresses all components of the required essay with details, elaboration, and/or examples. No grammatical and/or mechanical error noted. The essay is cohesive and unified. The essay included appropriate thought and extreme effort. / Student addresses all components of the required essay with details, elaboration, and/or examples. One or two grammatical and/or mechanical errors noted. The essay is cohesive and unified. The essay included appropriate thought and effort. / Student addresses most of the components of the required essay. The essay has very little details, elaboration, and/or examples. More than three but less than five grammatical and/or mechanical errors noted. The essay is lacking cohesiveness or uniformity. The essay is lacking appropriate thought or effort. / Student includes an essay but not all parts are addressed. The essay has little or no details, elaboration, and/or examples. The essay has more than 5 grammatical and/or mechanical errors. The essay is lacking cohesiveness and/or uniformity. NO evidence of thought or effort noted. / ______
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
(Times 1) / Consistent, sustained, outstanding service and involvement to better improve our community. / Student evidences service performed on an ongoing basis through participation in organized community activities. / Community service involvement in sporadic. / How activities impacts community is unclear, OR little to no evidence of any community service documented. / ______
CHARACTER
(Times 4)
Respectful, mature, responsible, fair, trustworthy, honest, good citizen / Student shows strong evidence of exemplifying all of the seven desirable qualities of character. / Student shows good evidence of exemplifying most of the seven desirable qualities of character. / Student shows moderate evidence of exemplifying most of the desirable qualities of character. / Student shows no evidence of desirable qualities of character. / Score from Teacher Rubric:
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TOTAL SCORE:
** A total score of 36 or more is needed to be selected as a member of NJHS **