Oakwood Elementary forms National Elementary Honor Society

Oakwood Elementary forms
a chapter of the National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS)

Oakwood Elementary is
forming a chapter of the National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS). Oakwood will
join 3 other elementary schools in Anne Arundel county with NEHS chapters and
will be the first elementary school in Glen Burnie, MD to form a chapter. According
to the NEHS website, “NEHS was established in 2008 to recognize elementary
students in both public and non-public elementary schools for their academic
achievement and demonstrated personal responsibility, to provide meaningful
service to the school and community, and to develop essential leadership skills
in the students of elementary school”.  Oakwood Elementary is excited to acknowledge
and promote the achievements of its students in this meaningful way. 

 Fourth Grade students that have maintained a
3.0 cumulative GPA from the second semester of 3^rd grade and 1^st
semester of 4^th grade are eligible to apply for NEHS.  Applications will go home with eligible
students on February 15 and are due back on February 27, 2013.  Applications will be reviewed by a committee
of teachers.  Students selected will be
inducted at a special ceremony on March 15^th from 1:30pm to 2:25pm
at Oakwood Elementary. Once inducted, students will elect officers to lead the
honor society.  Students will conduct
service projects that they choose and develop at Oakwood. 

Oakwood Elementary is a
small school in an economically impacted area that serves 324  pre-K through 5^th grade students
and provides Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) in the Glen Burnie area.  Oakwood Elementary  is a 2011 recipient of the Maryland and
National School of Character designation, as awarded by the Character Education
Partnership (www.character.org). For
more information about our NEHS chapter please contact Principal Donna Usewick
or Ms. Lisa Gahs at 410-222-6420.