National Art Honor Society

In 1978, the NAEA began the NAHS program specifically for high school students grades 10-12, for the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art. The NAHS also strives to aid members in working toward the attainment of their highest potential in art areas, and to bring art education to the attention of the school and community.

In 1989, the NAEA introduced the NJAHS as a separate organization from the NAHS. (When a student completes the junior membership, he/she must start anew and be nominated to the NAHS). This program specifically for students in grades 7-9 was designed to help generate interest in art programs at the secondary levels and inspire and recognize the younger art student. The NJAHS students will become members of a distinguished group of art students.

Here are some reasons why your school should join the NAHS/NJAHS:

1. You become part of a professional organization: The National Art Education Association.
2. Your students become members of a distinguished group of over 32,000 art students.
3. Your NAHS sponsor, as an NAEA member, would be eligible for four grant programs.
4. Your NAHS students would be eligible for the Rising Star Secondary Recognition Award.
5. An NAHS Senior would be eligible to receive the Charles M. Robertson Memorial Scholarship  — a special four-year scholarship to Pratt's School of Art and Design in New York.
6. Your school art program would be eligible to apply for the NAEA Standards Award.
7. Your NAHS/NJAHS sponsor would be eligible to attend NAEA's annual convention, co-sponsored academies and institutes held throughout the country. They would also receive a variety of professional publications that could be a valuable resource in the classroom as well as to your professional library.
8. NAHS News is published twice a year and is received by students as well as sponsors. We encourage students to submit artwork for publication in the News.
9. Participation in the NAHS/NJAHS, is a mark of accomplishment in the school and community and well recognized by the institutions when your students apply for entry into a college or university.

These programs recognize student excellence and achievement in art.

For more information on the National Art Honor Society or the National Junior Art Honor Society, please e-mail your name and school mailing address to Margi Worrest at mworrest@naea-reston.org and the 2007-08 NAHS Chapter Application Handbook will be mailed to you, or you may download the pdf version.