What is the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica?

The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) is an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and/or Portuguese, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). It was formally organized as the Spanish National Honor Society in 1953.  The name was changed to Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica 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.

 

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All accredited secondary schools are eligible to charter a chapter. Chapter sponsors must be active members of the AATSP. Annual memberships run from January 1 through December 31 of each year. To apply/renew your membership, please visit 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 each chapter.  It should be remembered that the SHH is an honor society for those students of high academic achievement.

 

In the spirit of our mission, each year the SHH gives over $150.000 in awards.  The most prestigious are college scholarships to fifty-two high school senior SHH members, travel awards to twenty-four high school junior SHH members, and several other awards (See our Order/Apply and our ¡Albricias! pages.).

 

• For details on starting a chapter or to find out what students need to do to join the SHH please see our FAQS page.

 

• To charter a chapter, order student memberships see our Order/Apply page.

 

• For details about our awards, see the Order/Apply page.

 

• ¡ALBRICIAS! is the SHH’s print and on-line quarterly literary magazine that also serves to keep chapters updated on SHH news.

 

• SHH BYLAWS AND CONSTITUTION

 

• SHH model chapter bylaws

 

• SHH National Council

 

Click Here - Initiation Ceremony in Spanish

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