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Questions about having a Société Honoraire de Français charter at your school? Check out the requirements below.

The National SHF Constitution lays out in detail membership requirements, specific eligibility, and other SHF policies. Click HERE to view the National SHF Constitution

Sponsoring an SHF Charter requires individual AATF membership

For JAF sponsorship changes, please notify the Honor Society secretary.
Make sure you are logged into the AATF website and check your Member Compass HEREYour membership expiration date will show on the right side of the screen (as seen below)
If your AATF membership has expired, you can renew it by selecting Renew Now (as seen below)

Become a member of the AATF HERE
Check AATF membership status HERE

Active SHF Charters
An official Société Honoraire de Français charter makes a school's honor society active and allows students to 
  • become official members
  • be eligible for contests & scholarships
  • wear official SHF regalia at graduation

SHF Charters remain active as long as 

  • at least one student has been inducted in the last 2 years
  • the SHF sponsor maintains current AATF membership

Not sure if your school's SHF charter is active? Check the Active SHF Chapter Directory here
SHF Charters can be purchased or renewed HERE via the AATF online store

Induction Interest

  • The way to determine student interest in induction is up to the SHF Sponsor.
  • Some sponsors send around a list for students to sign up if they are interested, confirm the grade requirements are met, and issue an invitation for induction.
  • Some sponsors chose to have students fill out an application for SHF Induction. This can be done electronically or traditionally. Some applications must include letters of reference, short essays, etc.

Induction Ceremony

SHF Meetings

  • Each SHF Charter can run as best suits the school and SHF Sponsor.
  • Some sponsors find they do not have time for an abundance of meetings because of other life commitments, and only meet with the SHF occasionally.
  • Other sponsors have monthly meetings for SHF members to attend.
  • There are no set meeting requirements outlined in the National SHF Constitution.

SHF Student Officers

  • Officers are not required for an SHF Charter to operate.
  • If you would like to have student SHF Officers, you are able to have elections or appoint student officers as you see fit.

List of Active SHF Charters
SHF Charter purchase or renewal

Inducting eligible students
  • SHF Induction Fees are $4 per student and come with official SHF membership.
  • SHF Induction Fees are the minimum that needs to be paid for each student.
  • SHF Induction Fee orders will be manually processed to verify school SHF Charter status and ensure proper recording of student names.
  • Once SHF Induction Fee order have been processed, a certificate template will be emailed to the SHF sponsor.
SHF Induction Fees must be paid through the AATF website.
SHF Inductions must be purchased online through the AATF website

Payment options available

  • invoice
  • credit card
  • ACH

Once the order has been processed, a certificate template will be emailed to the SHF sponsor.

 Click here to purchase inductions 

Certificates are available to be personalized and printed, at your school or local print shop, for students whose induction fees were included in the paid order. Certificates look nice when printed in color on a heavier paper like card stock.

***Please note users must be current AATF members and logged into the AATF website to purchase SHF Inductions***
Once SHF Induction fees have been paid and the order processed, a certificate template will be emailed to the SHF sponsor.
If physical certificates, graduation regalia, or SHF merchandise are desired, our 3rd party vendor, the AATF-Boutique (run by National Awards), has options once SHF Induction Fees have been paid.
Additional details can be found HERE
***ALL purchases from the AATF-Boutique are optional***

Purchase SHF Inductions
Information - graduation cords, stoles, etc.

Additional Information Regarding SHF Policy & Procedures

The National SHF Constitution lays out in further detail who is eligible for membership with the French Honor Society, eligibility in specific circumstances (e.g.: transfer students, students who are home-schooled, etc.), and other SHF policies.

  • The complete text of the SHF National Constitution may be found HERE.

The National SHF Constitution lays out in further detail who is eligible for membership with the French Honor Society, eligibility in specific circumstances (e.g.: transfer students, students who are home-schooled, etc.), and other SHF policies.

  • The complete text of the SHF National Constitution may be found HERE.

If you wish to create your own local school-level SHF Constitution, you are encouraged to do so. Please note, local charter constitutions may exceed the requirements outlined in the National SHF Constitution, but not lower the requirements for SHF membership.

Current and former SHF sponsors have shared ideas on additional requirements for SHF Induction and continued membership that may be included in a local SHF Constitution, if desired.

Any SHF Charter without a local SHF Constitution will be subject to the requirements as outlined in the National SHF Constitution. 

The Annual Report is a chance to let us know what your chapter has accomplished this school year

The Annual Report form can be found here
The official SHF logo may not be reproduced by entities outside the AATF.
Sponsors may use the term "Société Honoraire de Français" on materials and are welcome to create their own design.
Suggested graphics include a fleur-de-lys, school mascot, or school logo.
We strongly discourage the use of the English equivalent, "French National Honor Society" since this name as well as "National Honor Society" are copyrighted by other associations.
Official AATF, SHF, & JAF logo use policy

Additional questions?
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