NHS Meeting Minutes

Here are links to last week's meeting minutes, and this week's meeting minutes:

12.9.13's Meeting Minutes

12.16.13's Meeting Minutes

WHEELS NHS @ City Harvest Food Rescue!

NHS Rock Climbing!

Yesenia making her way up the wall.

Erika on her first attempt.

Ms. Carmichael waves from the top of the wall.

Erika on her second attempt.

Byron makes it to the top on his second attempt.

Arlene climbing through the cold.

Lhia makes it on her second attempt.

Links to Important Google Docs

Last year's service Google doc

This year's service Google doc

SLC Bake Sale Sign Up

Congratulations, 2013-2014 WHEELS NHS Officers!

Please join me in congratulating your newly elected WHEELS NHS Officers:

President: Alexandra Casado
Vice President: Yesenia Negron
Secretary: Lhia Hernandez
Treasurer: Erika Cabrera

Thank you for all of your participation during our officer elections.

Other reminders and announcements:

• Meeting on Monday, October 21: Please bring your waivers for rock climbing if you have not already.  Dues will begin to be collected on Monday.  Please bring your $10 as soon as possible.
• In search of photos!   If you have photos from our NHS Induction Ceremony and/or the NJHS Induction Ceremony, please email them to me at e.carmichael@wheelsnyc.org.  

Have a great weekend!

Sample Weekly Schedule for an NHS Officer

Considering running for NHS office?  Take a look at two sample weekly schedules below:

2012-2013 NHS Seniors

An overdue congratulations to the WHEELS NHS seniors!  We wish you all the best as you get ready for college!

End of Year Dinner

What a year!  Congratulations to all of you on your hard work and dedication this year.  As WHEELS very first NHS, you did an admirable job setting the stage for future classes of NHS.  I wish all the best to the graduating seniors and am looking forward to a great 2013-2014!

Waiting for the latecomers... Apple pie cookies were worth it!

WHEELS NHS 2012-2013

Cupcake Professional, Bianca Romarion

WHEELS NHS Seniors: Cesar Cotrina, Bianca Romarion, Eric Mestiza, Dianitza Mendez, Jianny Demorizi, Claiane Rojas, Ashley Prenza, (Not pictured- Jonathan Diaz)

2nd NHS Cleaning Day

NHS members worked with various teachers throughout WHEELS to clean, paint, organize, and prepare classrooms for end of the year cleaning.  Great job, NHS!

Seniors Cesar Cotrina and Jonathan Diaz organize Mr. Kannan's library

Junior Jailene Hidalgo prepares Ms. Gianella's room for a makeover

Juniors Angel Cardona and Keilis Perdomo prep the bulletin boards

Senior Claiane Rojas organizes art supplies for Ms. McMahon

Juniors Alexandra Casado and Keilis Perdomo give the bulletin boards a fresh coat of chalkboard paint

Jailene prepares experiment kits

The scientists at work

Kiss the Seniors Goodbye!

10th and 11th grade NHS members came together to carry out the "Kiss the Seniors Goodbye" project last week.  10th grade members Lhia Hernandez, Reyna Moreno, Erika Cabrera, and Yesenia Negron gathered supplies, printed the notes, and assembled the bags of Hershey kisses.  11th grade members Angel Cardona, Alexandra Casado, Alessandria Sanchez, and Jailene Hidalgo distributed the kisses and notes to seniors on Friday, June 7th.

End of Year Cleaning Service Project

Teachers have signed up for various tasks for NHS members to help out with on Friday from 1-3:00 PM.  Please be sure to check in with your assigned teachers before Friday.  An email today or tomorrow or an in-person check in during the day on Friday would be fine.

Sophomores- Please make sure you are in contact with either Ms. Gianella or Ms. Ramirez.  They are expecting you to help out TODAY, WEDNESDAY after school or make arrangements for next week.  

You can find the details on the Google Doc I shared with you here

Teachers had great things to say about our Spring Cleaning Project.  Great job in March.  Let's take advantage of this opportunity to continue to show WHEELS what NHS is all about.

I'll be around to take some pictures for the blog!

Passage Portfolios and Kiss the Seniors Goodbye

There are still several empty spots on the passage portfolios volunteer document.  All of the spaces highlighted in yellow need to be filled.  Please select one or two more times.  See the document here.

Sophomores- Please update me tomorrow at the information meeting about the status of the Kiss the Seniors Goodbye assembly.

Portfolio Presentations Green Room Volunteers

WHEELS NHS-

Ms. Palmer-Smith has invited NHS to participate as volunteers hosting the outside of WHEELS guests who will be visiting to participate in the Passage Portfolio Presentations for both 8th and 12th grades.

She has requested that NHS members "be in the CAR from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Friday, June 14th; Monday, June 17th; andTuesday, June 18th.  It would be ideal if we could have 2-3 students in the room at a time to help panelists get their folders, frame passages, help direct them to rooms, etc.  And if they can go in shifts so that they have a lunch break and another break somewhere, that would be ideal."

Thank you for exemplifying the NHS attribute of service and leadership!

Sign up here: Volunteer Sign UP 

NHS End of Year Dinner

Our End of Year Dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13th at 5:00 PM in the CAR.

Please use the Google Doc below to sign up for the dish you will bring.

NHS Dinner Sign Up

AIDS Walk Registration

Register with the WHEELS Team for the NY AIDS Walk:

AIDS Walk Registration

NHS Bake Sale

WHEELS NHS raised money through a bake sale during SLCs on Thursday, April 11th.  NHS members baked cupcakes, made colored chocolate lollipops, brought donuts and muffins, and staffed the bake sale table throughout SLCs.  Profits from the bake sale will be used to purchase National Honor Society graduation cords for NHS seniors.

Thanks to Senior Dianitza Mendez, who led the project, and the volunteers and all who supported the bake sale!

WHEELS NHS Bake Sale

Another successful sale!

Treasurer Erika Cabrera manages the money

$200 to Habitat for Humanity!

WHEELS NHS raised over $200 for Habitat for Humanity through the sale of tie-dye uniform shirts.  Great work!  Special thank you to those students (both NHS members and other student leaders) who led the project and took the uniform shirts home to rinse and prepare for delivery: Arlenis Bueno, Ashley Hidalgo, Jailene Hidalgo, Keilis Perdomo, Alessandria Sanchez, Anauris Soto.

Best of luck to the Habitat for Humanity group who leaves for Miami tomorrow!

NHS Officers Claiane Rojas, Yesenia Negron, and Jianny Demorizi with
Habitat for Humanity leaders Chenisvel Nunez and Yesica Frias

To: Habitat for Humanity
From: WHEELS NHS

WHEELS NHS and Habitat for Humanity Representatives

Save the Date: Citizenship Day at WHEELS

A reminder to save the date for Citizenship Day at WHEELS on Saturday, April 20, 2013.  Mr. Lenzner is organizing the date and has requested that WHEELS NHS be available to assist as needed on the day.

Please indicate your commitment here: WHEELS Citizenship Day

Spring Cleaning

To celebrate Spring and give back to the WHEELS community, NHS members volunteered their time on Friday, March 22 during a Spring cleaning project.  Teachers signed up in advance and requested NHS members to help out with various tasks.  NHS members washed chalkboards, organized independent reading libraries, filed papers, sorted sports uniforms, and cleaned desks.

Thanks to Sophomore Reyna Moreno who led the project.

Thanks, too, to Ms. McMahon who provided a pizza lunch for the volunteers!

President Jianny Demorizi and Secretary Claiane Rojas show off Ms. McMahon's detailed task list.  

Senior Eric Mestiza sweeps Mr. Fox's classroom

Senior Cesar Cotrina washes Ms. Ramirez's chalkboard

Senior Jonathan Diaz washes desks... even the ones in the closet

Senior Dianitza Mendez updates the bulletin board for Ms. Bruxelles

Jianny washes the chalkboard in the art/health classroom

Senior Bianca Romarion and Junior Alexandra Casado help in the art room after finishing their other assignments

Treasurer Erika Cabrera and Vice-President Yesenia Negron sort soccer uniforms for Mr. Voulgarides

Claiane organizes paint brushes in the art room

Senior Ashley Prenza sorts and files papers

Juniors Alessandria Sanchez and Angel Cardona sort and file papers

Sophomores Reyna Moreno and Lhia Hernandez organize books in a 7th grade classroom