Point Awards for Chapters
To help you focus your efforts and have a genuine impact at your school, we award points to your chapter throughout the year. We base our awards for Chapter of the Year, Best New Chapter, and runners up on chapter points, and we take a chapter’s performance into account when a leader from the chapter asks us for a letter of Recommendation. Most important, though, is that you enjoy some friendly competition with your fellow chapter leaders. Any chapter can earn a high score, regardless of school size.
Chapters will only receive points upon completing the relevant Post Event Form and uploading all necessary attachments. All multimedia (flyers, photos, videos, articles) should be attached to the Post Event Form, as well as sign-in sheets with student email addresses. These sign-in sheets will only be accepted as an Excel spreadsheet.
Points are not awarded per number of officers who attend a national event. Instead, chapters receive the same points for having 1, 2, 3, or any other number of officers who attend a national event.
To receive points for Speaker Events, your chapter must play a meaningful role in organizing the event. If you co-sponsor an event and work with another organization, you will receive an additional 250 points.
Scoring period & Points Breakdown
The scoring year begins on the first day of the Student Leadership Conference and ends on June 1st of the next year. The Chapter Leaderboard is regularly updated on our website.
*Maximum of 4,000 points for speaker events and 2,000 points for virtual speaker events respectively.
Awards
Chapter of the Year will be selected from the top 4 scorers. We will also select a Best New Chapter from chapters that became active during the given academic year. Additionally, speaker evaluations and the assessment of the national staff will contribute to award selections. Except in unusual circumstances, the same chapter will not win the same award in consecutive years.
We confirm attendance figures and other important matters with speakers and faculty advisors. If, in the sole judgment of the national staff, a chapter has knowingly misrepresented its activity, the chapter will not be considered for any awards.
Chapter of the Year
Each executive board member will receive 3 books of their choice from the AHS reading list
Funding for 4 total officers at the Student Leadership Conference and $500 funding for group discussions
BEST NEW CHAPTER AND RUNNERS-UP TO CHAPTER OF THE YEAR (OTHER 3 TOP SCORERS)
Each executive board member will receive 2 books of their choice from the AHS library
Funding for 3 total officers at the Student Leadership Conference and $250 funding for group discussions