11 Pine Street
Southbridge, MA 01550
508-765-5991
11 Pine Street
Southbridge, MA 01550
508-765-5991
On Tuesday March 4th, Trinity Catholic Academy held its annual National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony. The induction took place at 7 p.m. at St, Mary’s Church in Southbridge. Trinity is very proud of the fact that one out of every two students in the junior high at Trinity was inducted. There are 62 Junior High School students at TCA and 30 were inducted.
All NJHS students at Trinity must maintain an average of 90. (Note: the National Average is an 85. See below)
Principal Ms. Madeleine Brouillard said, “The students must be involved in service projects for the community. Some are altar servers, or belong to student council, most help out at home, in families and in their neighborhoods. We have one student who is devoted to his uncle who is in a wheel chair. He is helping his Dad to rehab the uncle's home to make it easier for him to get around. Others in the classes are in scouting. All have done a wonderful job of balancing their sports, extra curricular activities, academics and service.”
National Junior Honor Society, 
or NJHS is a worldwide organization that consists of many chapters in middle schools (grades 6-8). Selection is based on five criteria: citizenship, service, leadership, scholarship and character. Members must maintain a high grade point average (the national minimum is 3.0 on a 4.0 scale) and become good citizens (by participating in service projects). The NJHS requires some sort of service to the community, school, or other organizations. The projects help students meet the required service hour total monthly.
The NJHS has candles for every aspect of its requirements. A different colored candle is lit for either; Character, Citizenship, Leadership, Service, and Scholarship. A speech is given for each topic, usually done by a group of specially selected students, to describe what each topic is about.