Orders for Graduation Materials Must Arrive By:
April 17, 2009 (for May graduation dates)
May 15, 2009 (for June graduation dates)
The 2009 Graduation Order Form Will Be Available By April, 2009
Important information:
Requests for honors must be submitted on the ASLHS Graduation Order Form and arrive by the posted deadlines. Only the sponsor of the ASLHS chapter may request honors materials. Payment must accompany the order or materials will not be delivered. Click here for the 2008 Graduation Order Form, and here for guidance on computing GPA. Only schools with an ASLHS chapter on campus are eligible to award graduation recognition materials.
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Questions? Responses to Frequently Asked Questions might help! Click here. The American Sign Language Honor Society recognizes outstanding academic achievement in ASL studies with three honors:
- Honor cords
- Alice Cogswell Medal
- Laurent Clerc Medal
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To receive one or more of the honors, students must meet the minimum eligibility requirements for each, which includes both GPA and community service hours. For any honors to be conferred, a student must attend a campus with an active ASLHS chapter and have a sponsor is in good standing with the American Sign Language Teacher's Association. For purposes of grade point average computation, eligible ASL coursework includes ASL language, ASL literature, and Deaf studies. Interpretation coursework is not eligible.
Descriptions of honors & eligibility requirements:
Honor Cords
Honor cords may be worn at graduation
or induction ceremonies if the student meets these eligibility requirements:
a. Is a student at a high school, senior
high school, or other secondary
institution;
b. Has studied ASL for at least two
years;
c. Possesses an overall grade point
average of 3.5 / B+ in his / her ASL
coursework;
d. Possesses an overall grade point
average of 3.2 / B in all other
subjects;
e. Completion of at least five (5) hours of
community service that benefits the
Deaf community.
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Please note: Honor cords are available only to high school / senior high / secondary programs.
Alice Cogswell Medal
The Alice Cogswell Medal may be worn at graduation or induction ceremonies if the student meets these eligibility requirements:
a. Is a student at a community
college or 4-year college /
university;
b. Has studied ASL for at least
two years;
c. Possesses an overall grade
point average of 3.5 / B+ in his /
her ASL coursework;
d. Possesses an overall grade
point average of 3.2 in all other
subjects;
e. Completion of at least five (5)
hours of community service that
benefits the Deaf community.
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Please note: The Alice Cogswell Medal is available only to community college or 4-year college / university students.
Laurent Clerc Medal
The
Laurent Clerc Medal is the only ASLHS honor open to ASL students at
both the high school and college levels if the following eligibility
requirements are met:
a. Is a high school or college
student;
b. Has studied ASL for at least
three years;
c. Possesses an overall grade point
average of 3.7 / A- in his / her
ASL coursework;
d. Possesses an overall grade point
average of 3.5 / B+ in all other
subjects;
e. Completion of at least ten (10)
hours of community service that
benefits the Deaf community.
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Please note: The Laurent Clerc Medal is available to both high school and college students.
