In 1984, C. Allen Powell and Jon H. Poteat launched the National Technical Honor Society from H. B. Swofford Career Center in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The mission of the organization is to honor student achievement and leadership, promote educational excellence, and enhance career opportunities for the NTHS membership. The vision is to be the leader in providing recognition for excellence in career and technical education and creating significant occupational opportunities for America’s top workforce education students. (www.nths.org)
At Carver Career Center, we are proud of the students who maintain the high standards required for membership in this elite organization.
These students must achieve the following:
1. A candidate must have spent at least one full semester in a Carver program.
2. No student with more than 5 days of absence per semester will be considered.
3. Students must have no less than a 3.5-grade point average in the field of vocational-technical study.
4. Secondary students must have no less than 2.5-grade point average at their home school in grades 9 through the present.
The National Technical Honor Society is committed to:
Providing the highest quality recognition for outstanding students in career and technical education,
Supplying excellent services to our diverse and multicultural membership and member schools,
Providing scholarship opportunities for its members,
Creating new and emerging relationships between the educational community and business and industry,
Being a flexible organization on the leading edge of technology and constantly responding to change,
Sustaining growth, innovation, and continuous improvement based upon ongoing evaluations.
We are proud of our alliance with this fine organization promoting pride and accomplishment in vocational-technical education. We encourage our students to aspire to membership and take pride in their success upon acceptance.