National Technical Honor Society
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National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is a honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States.
NTHS began in 1984 as the National Vocational-Technical Honor Society a the H.B. Swofford Career Center, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In 2003, the board of directors unanimously agreed to change the name of the organization from the National Vocational-Technical Honor Society to the National Technical Honor Society.
Today NTHS serves over 1,800 member schools and universities throughout the nation.
The goals of the National Technical Honor Society include:
- Rewarding excellence in workforce education
- Developing self-esteem, pride
- Encouraging students to reach higher levels of achievement
- Promoting strong values-honesty, responsibility, initiative, teamwork, leadership, citizenship, scholarship
- Helping schools build effective business partnerships
- Building a strong positive image for workforce education in America
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