Eta Sigma Alpha
The Mu Xi Chapter of the Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society is an organization of talented homeschool students who have a desire to enhance their leadership skills and serve the community through Christ.
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What is Eta Sigma Alpha?Eta Sigma Alpha is the first honor society established exclusively for homeschooled students in Grades 9-12. Founded in 1999 by Joanne E. Juren, M.Ed., Executive Director of the Home Education Partnership of Texas Inc., it has grown into a national organization.
Source: http://www.etasigmaalpha.com/abou/ Mu Xi ChapterOur chapter is Located in Cumming, Georgia. This is the official website for this chapter ONLY. If you are looking for a different chapter, please follow these links to the official NHSHS website.
Georgia Chapters: http://www.etasigmaalpha.com/chapters/georgia/ All Chapters: http://www.etasigmaalpha.com/ |
The 5 Pillars: What Makes Us Who We Are
Leadership means the influence you have on people to do something extraordinary. A leader is someone that is not afraid to stand by their decision even if no one else standing by them. They have a drive to change the world into something better. A leader is that person everyone looks to for advice, confidence and a smile. They are someone who overcomes obstacles each day, not for themselves, but to better the lives of those around them. Being a leader is having an innate belief that the sky is never the limit.
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Scholarship is not about being the most skilled or intellectual person. It is about having an intellectual curiosity that drives one to not only enjoy learning new things, but to also have the persistence and integrity to apply oneself to understanding difficult concepts. Through hard work you strive to become a more educated individual that is better suited to initiating positive changes in society.
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Character means to have the qualities of honesty, courage, integrity or similar traits. Honesty requires you to display fairness in all activities and situations even when it means losing or experiencing a negative outcome. Courage involves shows honesty with confidence and resolve, even in the face of opposition. Integrity is having the courage to stand by your morals despite peer pressure and competing interests. Character is not something that can be taught, but rather something that must be modeled through example.
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Service is to help another by performing an action or work for someone else, according to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Community serve is an essential part of the National Honor Society. Each member of NHS strives to provide service to the surrounding communities in order to benefit those around them, a necessity in society today. Service is not just to satisfy a requirement set by NHS, or for college applications, but to help another through reaching out to them, a value that can never afford to be lost within
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Christ must be the center of our lives. The importance of placing God at the center was discussed in Deuteronomy 30:20 that "you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He [is] your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.” Paul reiterated this desire in Colossians 3:1-3 "Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God."
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10