Selection Responsibility—The Tri-M advisor is responsible for candidate selection. Advisors may coordinate a faculty committee to designate Tri-M student candidates, or they may make the selections alone.

Selection Procedure Notice—A written description of the selection procedure shall be made available in a timely fashion to all music students and their parents prior to candidate consideration. The selection procedure shall be consistent with articles of these Tri-M Program Guidelines.

Candidate Eligibility—To be eligible for membership, the candidate must be a member enrolled in the music department at North Arlington High School. Candidates must have been in attendance at the school for the equivalent of one semester. The semester rule may be waived for a transfer student if the advisor receives a positive recommendation from the student’s previous music teacher.

Membership Criteria—Tri-M member consideration should not be limited to any one segment of a music program (such as band, chorus, etc.). The following criteria may be raised at the discretion of the chapter advisor.

 Candidates, at the time of their selection, shall meet the following requirements:

• Music Participation: They must have enrolled in a music ensemble and/or class for at least one semester of the current school year at North Arlington High School or fully participate in one of the 2 elite ensembles (Chamber Singers or Jazz Combo).

• Leadership: They must exhibit leadership in both school and community, while at North Arlington High School and leadership must be verified.

• Grades/Scholarship: They must have maintained for the previous semester at least a 90 average grade in music with at least an 80 average grade in each of the other academic subjects.
   

• Service—Service roles in both school and community will be considered as long as they can be verified. Service activities include any actions undertaken by the student that are done with or on behalf of others without any direct financial or material compensation to the individual performing the service.

• Character—For Tri-M consideration, character will be considered, but judgment should be free of speculation and rumor. One description of character is a person who demonstrates respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship.

Non-Selection—Tri-M membership is an honor bestowed upon a student as a privilege, not a right. Special efforts should be made to explain the selection process to those music students who are academically eligible yet not selected for candidacy.

Selection Review—Tri-M and MENC shall not review the judgment of the chapter advisor or any committee involved regarding selection of individual members.

North Arlington High School Department of Music
222 Ridge Road
North Arlington, NJ 07422
201-991-6800 ext. 2116
Christopher.Kastner@narlington.k12.nj.us
Emily.Corcoran@narlington.k12.nj.us

www.narlington.k12.nj.us

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