On January 20, twenty-four students were inducted into the National Honor Society at The Gunston School. The National Honor Society (NHS) is a prestigious organization for juniors and seniors, which requires them to hold a grade point average of at least 88 and to exhibit four core values—leadership, character, service, and scholarship.
The morning began with the inductees and their parents, and current NHS members attending a breakfast in the new Student Center. The induction ceremony followed in the Field House with welcoming remarks made by Headmaster, John Lewis. Mr. Lewis spoke about the importance of the word “honor”, and noted that “we are only defined by certain terms if we allow ourselves to be; and, we have the power to control the terms we use to define ourselves.”
Following his remarks, the keynote address was delivered by Ms. Joanne Fisher, who is the Youth Minister for the Diocese of Easton. Ms. Fisher congratulated the students on excellence, doing more than the expected. All students at Gunston participate in athletics and complete community service, but to be selected for NHS requires academic excellence and greater engagement in all areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. She encouraged all students to aspire for excellence and suggested that we each ask ourselves: “Was I more successful today than I was yesterday; Did I achieve at my very best level today?”
To highlight the core values of NHS, four candles were lit by current members, as senior and NHS president Aggie Raymond spoke about the meaning of each value. As inductees were called up one-by-one, they received a certificate, pin, and rose, and signed their names into the NHS registry. To make them official members of the society, current members pinned the inductees with a pin bearing the NHS logo and the pledge was recited, led by Kylee Naumann. To conclude the ceremony, Mr. Michael Kaylor, the NHS advisor, shared words of wisdom and high praises to the students for their accomplishments.
We congratulate this year’s NHS Chapter Officers and Inductees.
Officers
President: Aggie Raymond, Vice-President: Abigail Barcus, Secretary: Kylee Naumann, Treasurer: Claire Schmittinger, Parliamentarian: David Rogers,
Historian: Alea Murray, Public Relations Officer: Tyler Urquhart
Members
Tatiana Gabrielle Baughman, Kailani Mitman Clarke, Isaac Carpenter Jennings, Lillian Katelyn Larrimore, Natalie Maria Purpora, Sophie Lauren Showalter, Tyler Dorsey Urquhart
Inductees
Grade 11 Alice Agee, Chad Angelini, Nikki Blades, Ethan Boone, George Bowie, Ben Byerly, Jamie Caron, Lauren Covell, Amy Fan, Emma Johnson, Ben Jones, Abigail Miller, Sutter Phillips, Natalie Prochaska, Ryan Redding, Maddy Romberger, Tong Shen, Olivia Sherman, Stacey Shi, Emily Teng, Shiqi Xie Grade 12 Yan Li, Kellan Paddy, Emily Stintz
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