NEHS encourages chapters to participate in the Chapter Spotlight opportunity, sharing outstanding literacy projects being done at chapter level. Submitted projects can be in any one of the following categories: Chapter Innovation, Academic Focus or Community Engagement
Read MoreNEHS is open to high school students and select faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability in such areas as literary analysis, media studies, composition, linguistic study, and creative writing, and who meet the requirements of membership.
NEHS Members Inducted
2021-2022
Active Chapters
After careful consideration of suggestions from chapters and a review of the survey sent to all Chapter Advisors concerning the Common Reader, the Advisory Council has selected Qian Julie Wang’s memoir, Beautiful Country, for the featured text and basis of scholarship applications for 2022-2023. The Kirkus Review states, “Engaging readers through all five senses and the heart, Wang’s debut memoir is a critical addition to the literature of immigration as well as the timeless category of childhood memoir.” Wang is a graduate of Yale Law School and now leads a firm “dedicated to advocating for education and civil rights.”
Applicants for the NEHS Scholarships are to select this text as the basis of their application submissions, which will be due January 9, 2023.
Annually, NEHS offers a variety of scholarships valued at up to $5,000 for active NEHS members planning on enrolling full time in two-year and four-year colleges.
$5,000 Scholarship
Berklee College of Music, MA
The Sagemont School, FL
$1,000 Scholarship
Spelman College, GA
Allentown High School, NJ
$2,000 Scholarship
University of Notre Dame, IN
Christopher Columbus High School, FL
$4,000 Scholarship
University of California San Diego, CA
West Covina High School, CA