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Honors

NEHS

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NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY

Below, please see several links that can be of benefit to current NEHS members, prospective members, and students seeking NEHS Peer Tutoring.

Applications for prospective OHS NEHS members can be obtained through the English Department.

Other information and NEHS opportunities will be shared via OHS student announcements.

OHS NEHS offers Peer Tutoring! Tutors are available through English-teacher requests as push-in support in English courses. Please let your English teacher or either NEHS adviser if you are interested.
 

Quill & Scroll

 
QUILL & SCROLL INTERNATIONAL HONORARY SOCIETY FOR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISTS
 
OHS' WILLIAM NUNAMAKER CHAPTER
 
Our SD308 Journalism Program includes Quill & Scroll, a journalism honor society, for those students whose contributions and excellence in scholastic journalism necessitate membership. OHS journalism instructors Amy Howerton and Ewa Tulak are co-sponsors of this society.  The society was named in honor of OHS' late Assistant Principal, Mr. William Nunamaker.  Mr. Nunamaker was instrumental in helping the journalism advisers establish the school's chapter of Quill & Scroll.
 
Students interested in applying should complete the OHS Quill & Scroll Application; questions may be directed to the English Department. To become a member of OHS' William Nunamaker Chapter of Quill & Scroll honor society, a student must meet five qualifications:
  • be of at least sophomore classification
  • be scholastically in the upper third of their class or have the equivalent of a "B" GPA average cumulative during the semester of their election
  • have done superior work in high school journalism
  • have been recommended by the journalism adviser or by the committee governing the high school's media
  • is approved for membership by the Quill & Scroll adviser(s)
During the ceremony, inductees use candles to symbolize the light of truth. Quill & Scroll first took its ideals from this light in 1926 when it was organized by a group of high school journalism advisers and George Gallup. This light has spread to more than 14,200 chapters located in every state and in 44 foreign countries. Quill & Scroll strives to make membership an honor that will stand as a model of the highest form of journalistic achievement. The quill represents the meticulous care that must be put forth to turn thoughts into proper language; the Scroll represents the permanent quality of good writing.

AP Capstone

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AP CAPSTONE
 
According to the College Board, the AP Capstone program is AP Capstone™ is a diploma program from College Board based on two year long AP courses: AP Seminar and AP Research. In SD308, AP Seminar is a Social Studies course for graduation credit. Students taking AP Research earn high school English graduation credit.
 
AP Capstone courses are described by the College Board as "Rather than teaching subject-specific content, these courses develop students’ skills in research, analysis, evidence-based arguments, collaboration, writing, and presenting. Students who complete the two-year program can earn one of two different AP Capstone awards, which are valued by colleges across the United States and around the world.  Students participating in AP Capstone can help students stand out to colleges, become independent thinkers, develop key academic skills, and more."
 
To learn more about the AP Capstone program from the College Board, please visit their AP Capstone website for further information.
 
To learn more about the specific AP Seminar and AP Research courses at Oswego High School, please contact the English Department.
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