2023 Outstanding Advisor

This year’s winner of the John L. Manear Outstanding Advisor Award is Katie Burnett, Chapter Advisor for the Beyond the Book Chapter at Edgewood High School in West Covina, CA.

The award is given in memory of John Manear, a former teacher at Seton La Salle Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, PA, and one of the original team of educators who founded the National English Honor Society in 2005. The Advisory Council takes applications for the award very seriously and only gives out the award when it feels a candidate has truly epitomized the NEHS motto, “Duty goes with Honor.”

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Membership

new NESH Members

NEHS is open to high school students and select faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability in such areas as literary analysis, media studies, composition, linguistic study, and creative writing, and who meet the requirements of membership.

26,304

NEHS Members Inducted
2022

1,040

Active Chapters

Chapters

Chartering a chapter of the National English Honor Society (NEHS) connects schools with a national network of English teachers and students who share a special interest in language, literature, and writing.

Each chapter plans and directs a program of activities in order to develop the community of people who are interested in English. Participation in chapter activities is one of the most valuable benefits of NEHS membership; the kinds of appropriate activities are limited only by the members' imaginations.

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The Common Reader

The NEHS Advisory Council is happy to announce that the text chosen as the 2023-2024 Common Reader is Kayte Nunn’s The Botanist’s Daughter. This historical novel was originally suggested as a Common Reader contender by NEHS alum Maria Quiroz Abascal. Maria was enthralled by the text from the outset and "didn’t want the book to end, but at the same time needed to know where and how it concluded. It was a true adventure story!" This sentiment is echoed by many respondents to the NEHS Common Reader Survey who enjoyed that it combines a "Thrilling story, history, science . . . all three in one!"

Applicants for the NEHS Scholarships are to select this text as the basis of their application submissions, which will be due January 8, 2024.

 

 

The Bontanist's Daughter, by Kayte Nunn

Scholarships

Annually, NEHS offers a variety of scholarships valued at up to $5,000 for active NEHS members planning on enrolling full time in two-year and four-year colleges.

$5,000 Scholarship
University of California Los Angeles, CA
Major: English

Diana Aboul-Hosn

Edgewood High School, CA

$2,000 Scholarship
Mercer University, GA
Major: Public Health & Management

Mary Taylor

Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy, GA

$1,500 Scholarship
University of Florida, FL
Major: Journalism

Alexis Vivanco

Christopher Columbus High School, FL

$2,000 Scholarship
University of Chicago, IL
Major: Economics

Kalyna Vickers

Langley High School, VA

Writing Contest

NEHS faculty and student members are invited to submit to the three contests NEHS offers each year. Winners from each of the contests are published, and the NEHS Advisory Council selects overall winners from each of the three contests. At the end of the school year, overall winners receive a selection of prizes.

Writing Contest