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Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH)
SHH National Directors
Judith Park and Ursula Sihocky
P O Box 5318
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-5318
Ph: 847-550-0455
E-mail: sociedad@comcast.net
What is the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica?
The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) is an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and Portuguese and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Formally organized as the Spanish National Honor Society in 1953, the name was changed in 1959. At present there are over 2,000 national and international chapters.
The purpose of the society is to recognize high achievement of high school students in the Spanish and Portuguese languages and to promote a continuing interest in Hispanic and Portuguese studies.
All secondary schools of recognized standing are eligible for membership. Chapter sponsors must be active members of the AATSP. Annual membership is now $65.00 for continuing members. First time members should visit the AATSP web site for special prices at www.aatsp.org
Any secondary school student who has maintained an honor average in the study of Spanish or Portuguese for a minimum of three semesters and is in the 10th grade or higher is eligible. Definition of “honor grade” is left to the discretion of the individual sponsor but it should be remembered that the SHH is an honor society for those students of high academic achievement.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO ¡ALBRICIAS!
GUIDELINES
Sponsors, ¡Albricias! has always focused on QUALITY rather than QUANTITY. As the number of active chapters increases, so does the amount of material that our editor receives for the magazine. That in itself is not bad, but often the large quantities of material that come in from an individual school have not been screened by the teacher, or Gladys is asked to review all of the essays or poems and let the teacher know how his or her students measure up to others who are submitting material. That is not an editor’s job, nor does he/she have time to do that. In an effort to have more schools represented and limit the amount of unedited material that comes in from each school, we are going to ask that you do not submit more than three essays and/or poems for each issue and no more than three graphics per issue. That limits your school’s contributions to 12 essays and/or poems per year and 12 graphics per year. That means that you, as the sponsor, will have to be more selective about what your chapter is submitting for publication.
Materials to be considered for publication must adhere to the following guidelines:
1. Student-created materials or sponsor-produced materials on methodology, information and other topics of interest to teachers must be typewritten or word-processed and double-spaced.
2. All student-created work and all chapter news must be written in Spanish.
3. Every page must carry the author’s name, chapter, school, city, state and sponsor’s name. Sponsors, please sign and verify student membership (including date of initiation whenever possible).
4. Students may submit prose, poetry, cartoons, puzzles or games. Drawings must be camera ready, black ink on while paper. Do not submit pencil or color drawings. They do not produce well enough for publication in the magazine. The size of a drawing should not exceed 8 x 10. If you are both a poet and an artist and would like your poem to be superimposed over your artwork, please include an extra, clean copy of the graphic. We usually cannot use the work in its original size, and the font has to be redone to match the rest of the magazine. Give us one copy of the combined work, so we have an idea of what you would like the finished product to look like, and the clean copy that we can use for production.
5. Whenever possible, submit a photograph of the student-author. Biographical data must accompany every contribution. All photographs should be labeled also with the information listed in # 3. Please choose you photo carefully. If a photo is grainy or not clearly focused, it does not reproduce well in the magazine. Label the photo with a felt-tipped marker and enclose it in an envelope, which you can then clip to the printed material at the opposite corner from where the photo is enclosed.
6. Deadlines for all issues are approximately:
July 1 Fall edition
October 1 Winter edition
January 1 Spring edition
March 1 Summer edition
Material not published may be published in later editions.
7. A check for $35.00 will be sent to students whose literary or artistic material is published. A drawing or graphic that is chosen for the cover of ¡Albricias! will receive an award of $50. Good art work enhances the beauty of the magazine, and we are always seeking submissions, but not many drawings come in. We know there are many talented artists among you, so get out those pens and start creating. Anything related to Hispanic culture is welcome.
8. Each year cash prizes will be awarded to the student creators for the best contributions as follows: $100, $75 and $50 to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the categories of poetry, prose and graphics.
9. Sponsor produced material on methodology or information and other topics of interest to teachers are encouraged. Articles printed in local media concerning the study of foreign language should be sent along with the name of the publication in which they appeared as well as the date and the name of the sponsor submitting the material.
10. You may submit your material on a CD, but please observe the following guidelines:
a. Label the program used to submit the material.
b. Enclose the CD in a mailer or plastic case and place it into a larger envelope along with your printed copies, drawings and/or photos. Remember to send hard copies of ALL materials submitted via CD.
All contributions should be addressed to:
Gladys Wisnefski
Editor of ¡Albricias!
1653 Palisades Drive
Appleton, WI 54915
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Please scroll down this page for important SHH forms
Immediately following the SHH forms/info, there are forms/info for SHA followed by a link to AATSP and membership forms for AATSP.
To view the PDF files you will need Acrobat Reader. It is a free program, and you may download it here.
1. To download SHH Membership Order Forms-certificate orders (for high schools) please click here:
2008-2009-shh-membership-form.pdf
Print out and send SHH certificate orders to:
SHH National Directors
Judith Park and Ursula Sihocky
P O Box 5318
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-5318
2. To download SHH Charter Application please click here:
new-shh-charter-application-form.pdf
Print out and send Charter Application to:
SHH National Directors
Judith Park and Ursula Sihocky
P O Box 5318
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-5318
3. To download SHH Model Bylaws please click here: SHH Model Bylaws (PDF).
4. To download SHH Initiation Ritual in English please click here: Ceremony Initiation Ritual (English)
(PDF).
5. To download SHH Initiation Ritual in Spanish please click here: Ceremony Initiation Ritual (Spanish)(PDF).
6. To download scholarship and contests booklet click here: Scholarships and Contests booklet (PDF).
7. To order SHH materials such as stoles, T-shirts, tasaels, honor cords, etc. online go to our
To order by mail, print and fill out the Merchandise Order Form (PDF).
Send mail orders for stoles, T-shirts, tasels, honor cords, etc. to:
National Awards
4705 I-55 North
Jackson, MS 39206
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FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS:
Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad (SHA)
SHA National Director
Pam Wink, National Director
P.O. Box 4128
Frankfort, KY 40604-4128
E-mail: SHAmistad@aol.com
What is the Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad?
Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad (SHA) is a new organization for elementary and middle school students and their teachers. In order to have a chapter, the teachers must be members of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, our parent organization.
We have a “sister society”, the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, which is an honorary society for high school students. Because there are almost an infinite number of program styles for Spanish in elementary and middle schools, we designed the SHA to be flexible and curriculum friendly.
Schools may elect to have either Regular Members, Honor Members, or both. Elementary and middle schools which offer only exploratory programs usually have Regular Members only. Middle schools which offer Spanish I and above usually have Honor Members, since this membership requires that the chapter establish minimum grade requirements. Some middle schools offer both types of memberships, with the Honor Membership for their most outstanding students. Both Regular and Honor Members are required to participate in projects.
The projects are divided into three categories:
Ambassadorship (focus on using the language to share with others) Examples:
1. Be a pen pal with a student in a Spanish-speaking country or an SHA member in another chapter.
2. Tutor other students.
Service to School Examples:
1. Sponsor a foreign language week of activities for your school - poster contests, special foods and music, etc.
2. Prepare and serve a Hispanic meal for the teachers in your school.
Service to Community Examples:
1. Make Christmas ornaments with Hispanic themes–donate them to a retirement home, community center, etc.
2. Incorporate Hispanic music and dance into a school program for parents and community members.
In order to establish a chapter, the teacher must hold current membership in AATSP. The teacher fills out a one page charter application. There is a $25 charter fee.
You receive an SHA notebook containing our Handbook with rules for operation, our Constitution, suggestions for projects, text for induction ceremonies, etc. You also receive a charter for framing and display. When your students are ready to be inducted, there is a $5 per member fee for registration, postage, and handling to mail certificates of membership for each student.
Please scroll down this page for important SHA forms and information.
1. To download SHA Membership Order Forms-certificate orders (for elematary and middle schools) click here SHA Order Forms (PDF). Print out and send certificate orders to:
Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad
Pam Wink, National Director
P.O. Box 4128
Frankfort, KY 40604-4128
E-mail: SHAmistad@aol.com
2. To download SHA Charter Application Form (for elementary and middle schools) please click here SHA Charter Application Form (PDF). Print out and send to:
Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad
Pam Wink, National Director
P.O. Box 4128
Frankfort, KY 40604-4128
E-mail: SHAmistad@aol.com
3. To order SHA materials (for elemenatary and middle schools) click here:
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AATSP Information/website/membership form
Do you want to visit the AATSP website? If so, please click here.
Do you want to get the AATSP membership application form? If so, please click on this download:
AATSP-membership-form-2008.pdf
and mail the membership form to:
AATSP
900 Ladd Road
Walled Lake, MI 48390