September Meeting 6th and 7th  7:10am or 3:15pm

If you didn't... TURN IN DUES: make sure you get those in ASAP! We will be noting that they were late but it's better late than never. If you do not turn in dues, be expecting an email or letter to be sent to your parents notifying them that you have not yet paid them.  MAKE IT TO THE LAST MEETING: make sure to be attending every other one. Know this is an opportunity, not right. We are trying to help you by scheduling meetings four times a week. National Honor Society is a commitment. We are being more strict about attendance this year and are keeping an eye on everyone! Here's a quick recap of the last meeting... 10 service hours are due December 11th for this new hour period. If you didn't turn in the full 10 hours from the last deadline, you can redeem yourself by making up the hours you didn't get done plus the 10 that are due. No exceptions for this due date!! If you cannot attend a meeting, you must communicate with an officer or teacher face to face/via email BEFORE the meeting dates arrive. No more telling us after the fact. Keep the "Honor" in National Honor Society by being truthful and a true role model both inside and outside of the school. Turning in falsified hours is an automatic release from the club. Plus that's just unnecessary when we're requiring an hour every month of volunteer hours from us. At the very least just come to every day and get your ten that way. We will be requiring you to attend at least an hour of the NHS sponsored volunteer opportunity every month. We will also be hosting monthly get-togethers that we highly recommend you attend. 

September's Volunteer Opportunities The Humane Society is hosting a Walk for Animals on Sunday, September 24th and asked us if we would be available to do teardown afterwards! It will be from 2pm – 4pm that day at the Humane Society on 90th and Fort. They need 20 volunteers who would be willing to help. We will figure our carpooling once we know who is volunteering. (It will involve physical activity but it's nothing us Bulldogs can't handle!)  This opportunity is now full. If you would like to be on a waiting list of for the next "like" volunteer opportunity, you may sign up in the back. Despite this, you are required to sign up for a dog toy making day! If you can't make it to the teardown of the walk, we will be making dog toys to donate to local shelters, clinics, etc. the week before that/ after homecoming! Those dates will be:  Monday September 18th Tuesday September 19th Wednesday September 20th ^These toy days will go from 3:10-4:10pm directly after school.  Sign up for the one you would like to attend to in the back! Remember: An hour of our NHS sponsored activities are required. These hours and others will help contribute to your 10 hour requirement that's due December 11th. Communicate before hand if scheduling one of these days is difficult for you.

Activity for the month What? A group get together with food, games, and a movie to end the night! Where? Lake Zorinsky When? Saturday, September 23rd at 5:00pm  - 10pm Why? To get together as a group and have some stress- free fun.  This will be a potluck, so tell your parents about it. RSVP in the back if you know for sure you can make it. We need a head count so we can send out an email regarding the amount of food and supplies we'll need!

T-shirts Winner!!! We will have more information about how much and when you can order them at the next meeting! Be watching and saving! Will be around $10. There's a survey on twitter to see how many people will buy one, get on there and take it!

Just a few ending points! Our next meetings will be October 4th and 5th. One those mornings at 7:15am and again in the afternoons at 3:10 pm. If you haven't already joined our remind, text @burkenhs18 to 81010 Follow us on twitter @_BurkeNHS Sign up for a volunteer date in the back as well as our group get together! We are so super excited to share this chapter with every single one of you and hope you are pumped too! This year is going to be awesome as long as you put time and effort into making it awesome! (Just a side note from your NHS President – your officers have been dedicating a lot of outside of school time to making this chapter organized and fun, despite being very involved in other organizations. Please don't take them for granted because they're doing a great job at organizing a spectacular chapter for all of us!)