How to Use honor society in a Sentence

honor society

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  • The honor society is made up of the top students enrolled in two-year colleges around the U.S.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 15 May 2021
  • For now, the project is working with a local high school’s art honor society.
    — Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The high school honor society sells tickets for games and midway rides.
    — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2019
  • He’s admitted to New York’s high school honor society, Arista — the Greek word for excellence.
    — Amy X. Wang, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Just then a buoyant Clemens High School honor society student, one of 2,000 energetic helpers, cruised past with a big round serving tray of apple pie.
    — Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2017
  • In 2019, Maria Rosaria invited me to give a talk at the Casa to students being inducted into an Italian honor society.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Adam has served as president of the Yale chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, an honor society for history students.
    — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2019
  • A century ago, March was named to an undergraduate honor society called, oddly enough, the Ku Klux Klan.
    — courant.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The cafeteria at the school’s Brookside Campus will be decorated to resemble a traditional jazz café by the school’s music honor society, Tri-M, and drinks and desserts will be served at the event.
    — Jeff Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most important academic honor society in the United States.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 2 July 2021
  • LaRavia was a veterinarian, and had been a member of The Spades, a secret honor society made up of the 10 most influential seniors on campus.
    — Anna Claire Vollers, AL.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Rashid was inducted into the Nu Rho Psi (neuroscience) honor society.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Guerrieri said that Mullen was an honor society student, the outlet reported.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • In 1933, he was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, which is the elite Jesuit academic honor society on campus.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Indeed, when the latter group arrived on campus in 1922 with the intent of recruiting members, the UW-Madison honor society quickly changed its name to avoid any association.
    — Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 May 2021
  • The academy is an honor society with a core membership of 250 writers, musicians, architects and visual artists.
    — Hillel Italie, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The order is an academic honor society and a unique student government body among U.S. colleges and universities.
    — NOLA.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The group is one of over 100 active student clubs, organizations, national honor societies, and special interest groups at UF.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Over the last decade, middle school membership in the International Thespian Society, an honor society for theater arts students, has doubled to 7,000.
    — Jim Rendon, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The National Society for Leadership and Success is the nation’s largest leadership honor society.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Hoque, seeing the struggles of students like Tang, organized the Phi Theta Kappa honor society to help immigrant students access online classes and understand how to use their email to communicate with their professors.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Ivey was nominated to Homecoming Court, president of her sorority pledge class, and joined a laundry list of campus organizations and honor societies.
    — Anna Claire Vollers, AL.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Despite decades of calls for reforms from some scouts and Indigenous advocates, the organization still encourages scouts to don headdresses and imitate Indigenous dances as part of its honor society.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Willsey graduates as a member of Sigma Xi, an honor society that recognizes excellence in scientific research.
    — courant.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Prior to graduation, she was inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha honor society, which recognizes academic excellence in the field of journalism.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Only 1% of students are selected to America’s most prestigious honor society.
    — Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2021
  • Once in college, scholarships based on specific degrees, extracurricular activities, clubs and honor societies will arise, Lynch said.
    — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Blue Key is an honor society that recognizes college students at senior institutions of higher education for balanced and all-around excellence in scholarship, leadership and service.
    — NOLA.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Being the valedictorian of his class, holding leadership positions in national honor society and student council, while also being a varsity baseball player.
    — Heidi Finley, charlotteobserver, 24 May 2018

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