NHS Meeting Agenda –May 3, 2017

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

  1. Please sign attendance sheet. If there are any changes to your email address, please PRINT it clearly for me.This is the main method of communication in NHS. If you do not have email, you must find a reliable buddy to copy all correspondence for you.
  1. Description of duties for NHS officers and election procedure

PresidentEmily Hansen

Vice PresidentHenry Don

SecretaryZachary Stanik

TreasurerMicha Nouafo

HistorianLindsay Blashka

  1. Nominations & Voting Process
  2. Self-nominate and fill out form (due Tuesday, May 9!)
  3. I will type all applicant info out, and then email to everyone – check your email!
  4. Vote on Friday, 5/12 by dropping off ballot to me (stop in my room before/after school/between classes).
  5. Results announced early week of 5/15 – First officers’ meeting Thursday, 5/18 at 3:00
  1. Bylaws -- On my SHS webpageunder “Calendar / National Honor Society / Class files”
  2. Announcements and Service Opportunities

- Requirements by end of next year – 35 hours. Popcorn, tutoring, Talent Show (?) a MUST for everyone.

  • Kids for the Cure – Sunday May 14at Legacy Village, 7:00-10:30 (Mrs. Berns)
  • After-Prom Decorating– Friday May ______, 3:00 -- ? (Find ______or another organizer there and have them sign off the hours you work).
  • Senior Banquet - Tuesday, May 16,Report from 4:00-7:30 pm (Mrs. Holub). Dress nicely, be in the cafeteria by 4:00, be sure to sign in, work, then you get pizza/ .Instructions on back-side of this. SIGN-UP SHEET ON BULLETIN BOARD IN 125.We need 45-50 people.
  • Solon Food Pantry – 4th Tuesday of each month (2 shifts – can do one or both) – ()
  • Carwashes TBA once officers are elected and plan the summer events.

7.Questions

CONFIRMATION OF SELF-NOMINATION

FOR 2017-2018 NHS OFFICE

I, ______, wish to submit this form in order to be considered for election to a NHS officer for SolonHigh School’s Athenian chapter. I realize that I will have the responsibility to check in daily/weekly with the NHS advisor in order to plan and monitor NHS service and fundraising activities. I also realize that I must plan and run monthly chapter meetings and, in all ways, uphold the constitution of the Solon High School NHS Athenian chapter.

Circle the office for which you plan to run:

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Historian

Please write a few sentences describing why you believe you are best qualified for the office you circled. EMAIL THIS PART TO ME.This will be presented to your peers.

FOUR TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRED:

______

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STUDENT’S SIGNATURE ______

PARENT’S SIGNATURE ______

DATE ______1°room______Phone______

This form must be submitted to Ms. Grondolsky no later than 3:00 pm on Tuesday May 9, 2017.

Senior Honors Dinner

Student Volunteer Instructions

Thank you for volunteering to help at this event. Your efforts are very important in making this a special evening for our graduating seniors and their families.

Dress Instructions: Please wear khaki or black slacks or skirt (2 inches above knee or longer) and a white shirt. For safety wear flat or low-heeled shoes. Adult volunteers will be wearing khaki or black bottoms and a black shirt. Arrive at the cafeteria at 4:00pm, sign in, pick up your nametag, andreport to the PTA Volunteers Chair

Summary of Student Volunteer Duties

4:00 to 5:15 pm-Before Guests Arrive:

  1. Get ice from the training room in tubs provided by the cafeteria. Continue to get ice until:

a. all water goblets are full

b.tubs of ice for the beverage table are full

c. there is ice in each of the water pitchers for the tables and extra ice in the cafeteria freezer

2. Begin putting ice into water goblets at each place setting.

3. Fill all goblets with water from the pitchers. After all water is poured, put ice in the pitchers, fill with water, and place one at

each table of six.

4. Make lemonade and iced tea in the large pitchers. The pitchers will then be poured into the punch bowls at the beverage

table.

5. Place six dinner rolls in each basket, wrap with paper napkin, and place in the middle of each table of six.

6. Each table of six will have a small blue bowl with six butter pats.

7. Each place setting will receive a salad and a piece of cake.

5:15-5:35 pm-While Guest are Arriving:

Direct guests into cafeteria, ask the guests to place their tickets at their seat to be collected when the dinners are served, serve beverages and assist guests in finding seats.

5:35: Once the Guests Arrive:

Four serving lines will be open; three in the cafeteria and one in the Senior Commons. You will be divided into groups and assigned a serving line. We will quietly begin serving once everyone is seated and while speakers are welcoming guests.

  1. Carry only two plates at a time.
  2. Everyone will have a ticket at their place setting so you know what to serve them.
  3. An adult volunteer will be at the end of each serving line and will direct you to a table to serve. We will be serving the "Reserved" tables (with blue table cloths) first and then each serving group will serve their section in south to north order.
  4. As you go down the row, place the plate at the next opening and then continue to the end of the table instead of turning around.

Cleanup:

The awards ceremony begins at 6:30 and cleanup will begin once all guests have left the cafeteria.

  1. The cafeteria workers will provide instructions on how to clear the tables.
  2. Do not throw away the bowls that hold the butter pats.
  3. Table cloths are to be bundled and tied to form a bag.
  4. Once cleanup is finished, a snack will be served.

Thank you for your help!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me,

Volunteer Chair

SHS PTA Senior Honors Dinner

Patti Holub