ORUEF’s Christian Honor Student Association (CHSA) brings high school students together to build character, leadership, scholarship and service. Giving students a competitive edge for college, CHSA awards students with an official CHSA certificate, membership pin and diploma seal. A way to touch the world and impact students, CHSA is an opportunity that will enrich the lives of each member.
For information on starting a CHSA chapter at your school, please click on the links bellows. For information on past theme projects, please click on the last link.
Schools interested in starting a CHSA Chapter must fulfill several requirements annually. These requirements include selecting and maintaining a local review board, submitting annual forms, completing annual dues, organizing various service projects/outreaches to the community, and holding a CHSA Induction Ceremony. All annual forms and annual dues may be completed online or sent directly to the ORUEF offices.
Each Christian school will select and maintain a local review board and faculty advisor for the purpose of selecting honor student participants, approval of the (optional) theme project, quality assurance (i.e. grade point average or special circumstances), and any other issues that may occur in the operation of the CHSA program.
The CHSA Review Board should consist of a faculty sponsor (who will chair the Board); at least two other faculty members; the School Administrator (or his/her representative); the Pastor (or his/her representative), if applicable; and the School Guidance Counselor, if applicable.
Each year, CHSA chapters are required to complete and submit annual forms along with annual dues. These forms include an annual report, a student verification form (for each student), and a roster of the student participants. The forms may be completed online (soon), or they may be printed and mailed/emailed to the ORUEF offices.
The annual dues may be paid online by clicking here (soon). The fee schedule is as follows:
Though ORUEF/CHSA Theme Project Competition participation is optional, each ORUEF/CHSA chapter is encouraged to participate in the annual ORUEF/CHSA Theme Project Competition. Each local ORUEF Christian Honor Student Association may select a theme project upon which the group will concentrate its efforts for the year. It should reflect the interests, abilities, and talents of the group and be of Christian service to the school, church, community, or special organization. We are encouraged in scripture to be “doers of the Word, and not hearers only,” and in this sense an honor society should desire to find avenues of service that demonstrates its Christianity in action.
Schools that choose to participate in the Theme Project Competition will be required to submit a Theme Project Planning Form and a Theme Project Final Report of their CHSA program’s Theme Project for the year to ORUEF.
For more information regarding Theme Projects and previous chapter winners, please click on the “Theme Project” icon on the left hand side of the screen.
It is recommended that the Induction Ceremony be held during a time when parents, family, friends, school staff, students, the pastor, and perhaps church members are available to attend. Recommendations would include a special in-school service or an evening program. The ceremony need not be lengthy, but should be an observance with significance and conducted with formality.
Please click below for a sample of CHSA ceremonies.
Eligible students will be selected from the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades following approved information obtained from their yearly grades. Faculty members will submit lists of potential candidates to their local CHSA Review Board for consideration.
The local CHSA Review Board will then submit a list of candidates, based on the CHSA Student Criteria, to the faculty on a confidential basis for final consideration. Candidates who are approved in this final step will be duly inducted into the Christian Honor Student Association at their local school.
Students will be selected and voted on by the CHSA Review Board and school faculty. Students may then be inducted during an induction ceremony that the school may hold the first and/or second semester.
Transfer students and new students entering the school at the first or the middle of the year may be considered eligible at the end of the first full semester they are enrolled.
Students transferring from other Christian ORUEF member schools where they were members in the ORUEF Christian Honor Student Association program may, at the discretion of the CHSA Review Board, be automatically eligible for their CHSA program.
Potential candidates for the Christian Honor Student Association will be selected on the basis of four criteria:
A student may be disqualified and removed from the local and national ORUEF Christian Honor Student Association should he/she conduct himself/herself in a way that misrepresents or brings damage to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Christian Honor Student Association, the school, or the church. Additional grounds for disqualification would be if the student’s GPA slips below the required 3.5 average for more than two quarters.
This checklist is intended to help guide a new (or returning) ORUEF school in starting a CHSA Chapter. The list below clearly states the annual requirements in a quick reference guide. For a printable copy of this checklist, please click the link below.
Please complete the following forms and submit to ORUEF. These forms may be completed and submitted online, or they may be printed and mailed/emailed to the ORUEF offices.
Please complete the above required forms and submit with annual dues. The payment may be made online by clicking here, or for additional payment options, please contact Nicole Slaughter at dslaughter@oru.edu or by calling 918-493-8880.
Starting and maintaining a successful CHSA Chapter is quite an exciting –and sometimes overwhelming- endeavor. In order to provide the tools and support needed for your school to reach its CHSA goals, we have provided information to help in this process.
We have compiled information that will help you see what other Chapters are successfully doing to provide opportunities of growth and leadership for their students. This information will be helpful as you begin and continue your CHSA Chapter. For more information or additional help, please contact Nicole Slaughter at dslaughter@oru.edu, or by calling the ORUEF office at 918-493-8880.
More information coming soon…
Though ORUEF/CHSA Theme Project Competition participation is optional, each ORUEF/CHSA chapter is encouraged to participate in the annual ORUEF/CHSA Theme Project Competition. Each local ORUEF Christian Honor Student Association may select a theme project upon which the group will concentrate its efforts for the year. It should reflect the interests, abilities, and talents of the group and be of Christian service to the school, church, community, or special organization. We are encouraged in scripture to be “doers of the Word, and not hearers only,” and in this sense an honor society should desire to find avenues of service that demonstrates its Christianity in action.
Schools that choose to participate in the Theme Project Competition will be required to submit a Theme Project Planning Form to the ORUEF offices by December 1st, and a Theme Project Final Report to be completed and submitted to the ORUEF offices no later than May 18th.
To learn about previous Theme Projects as completed by various ORUEF CHSA Chapters, please check back soon for additional information!
