Clubs and Organizations
Truman Middle School
Clubs and Organizations
In accordance with Texas Senate Bill 12 (SB12), a parent or guardian must provide written permission before a student may participate in any club. This form is required for all student clubs in Grand Prairie ISD, including curricular, co-curricular, extra-curricular and competitive clubs.
- If a club has prerequisites for membership (such as grade eligibility, applications, courses, etc.), those requirements must be met before the student can be accepted as a member.
- Completing this form does not enroll a student in the club. Students must still contact the sponsor or attend meetings to join.
- This form provides parental permission only.
Click this link to submit the club permission form for Truman Middle School
National Junior Honor Society
Inductions take place in the spring (for the following year). Contact one of the sponsors for more information.
Selection Procedure Description
The National Junior Honor Society chapter of Harry S. Truman Middle School is a duly chartered and affiliated chapter of this prestigious national organization. Membership is open to those students who meet the required standards in five areas of evaluation: scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship. Students are selected for membership by majority vote of a five-member principal-appointed faculty council, which bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty of our school each second semester of the school year.
Students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th are eligible for membership. For the scholarship criterion, a student must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale. Each Spring semester those students who meet this criterion are invited to complete a Candidate Form that provides the faculty council with information regarding the candidate’s leadership and service.
To evaluate a candidate’s character, the faculty council uses two forms of input. First, school disciplinary records are reviewed. Second, members of the faculty are solicited for input regarding their professional reflections on a candidate’s school involvement, character, and leadership.
Any solicited faculty input and all Candidate Forms are carefully reviewed by the faculty council to determine membership. A majority vote of the council is necessary for selection. Candidates are notified regarding selection or non-selection according to a predetermined schedule.
Following notification, a formal induction ceremony is held at the school to recognize all the newly selected members. Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the same level of performance (or better) in all four criteria that led to their selection.