Carmel High School Foreign Language Honor Societies

            Société Honoraire de Français: Les Etoiles de Carmel Chapter

Società Onoraria Italica: Claudia Montuori Chapter

                       Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica: Los Sobresalientes de Carmel Chapter

Requirements for Admission

 

I.                   The selection procedure is solely determined by the Carmel Central School District Foreign Language Department. The CCSDFLD shall make the final judgment on selection.     

II.                Selection is never considered on the basis of grades alone. Leadership,

community service, character, and integrity are very important criteria.  Amongst the criteria for admission to the French, Italian and Spanish Honor Societies: 

1.      Student must be a junior or a senior to be eligible.

2.      Student must have completed at least three credits of Regents track

foreign language study AND must be currently enrolled in either level

4 or 5 of the foreign language OR have completed level 4.

                  3.   Students should have at least two foreign language teachers’

                        recommendations, preferably three. (may include GFMS staff also.)

4.      Student should have maintained honors status in French/Italian/

Spanish. This is an 90% overall average for all levels of the foreign

language. Student must have achieved mastery (85%+) on the NYS Comprehensive Regents Exam in French/Italian/ or Spanish.  No grade below 80% for a final exam or average will be acceptable.

{If the student has been exempt from taking three years study, due to native speaker status, his/her qualifications will be examined by the department.}

                   5.  Student should have displayed academic integrity and a genuine

enthusiasm and effort in his/her study of foreign language. (i.e. class participation, travel, student tutoring, community service using knowledge of the foreign language, foreign language club participation, etc.)

                   6.  Each candidate must write a brief paragraph in the target language,  in

                        his/her own words WITHOUT help. (No teachers, native speakers, peers,
                        computer translators, etc.) The paragraph should explain why you feel

                        that you qualify for membership to the French, Italian, or Spanish Honor

                        Societies.  A student studying more than one foreign language that qualifies

                        for membership to more than one foreign language honor society must fill

                        out separate applications for each society.

             III.     ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 2008 2 P.M. TO THE

                        CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE OFFICE WITHOUT

                       EXCEPTION. 

             IV.     There will be a mandatory meeting for all of those students accepted to the honor

                        societies on Monday, Nov. 10th in room 410 at 2p.m.

V.                 The induction ceremony will be held on Monday, Nov. 17th in Casey Hall at 3p.m. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO BE INDUCTED!