National Honor Society welcomes new Fairmont inductees
Photo: Mallory Waker
The Fairmont chapter of the National Honor Society inducts new members in a ceremony last spring. It’s now time for juniors to apply to join the prestigious organization.
A whopping 83 of Fairmont’s juniors were recently inducted into one the nation’s most prestigious societies for high school students – the National Honor Society.
Fairmont’s chapter of NHS, called the Torch and Keystone Chapter, was founded on four principles: Service, Leadership, Scholarship and Character. The induction ceremony took place on April 22, 2014.
Jennifer Yuker, one of the heads of the NHS chapter at Fairmont, points out that this year there were many more eligible students for NHS selection. “We had approximately 120 students eligible out of a class of 600,” said Yuker. “Typically we have less than 100 eligible.”
Not only that, but more students were accepted than in previous years. “I’ve only done this for three years, but this year we accepted about 20 more students than usual,” said Yuker. “In previous years, we have had about 65 total members.”
The selection process involved a board of teachers reading through dozens of application packets, which included a letter of recommendation, several references and lists of a student’s achievements in each of the four founding principles.
Also included was an essay on the topic of a person who has taught the individual important life lessons. Elizabeth Groll’s essay was selected as the winning essay, and her topic – an elderly neighbor named Edith Kadash and her influence on Groll – was chosen to represent the NHS Class of 2015 and all of the people that the other students wrote about in their essays.
Certain students were also selected to win the Cornerstone awards for excelling in one area of the four cornerstones. The award winners were: Service – Cora McCaffrey; Character – Holly Mercs and Hannah Miller; Leadership – Ashley Mercs and Evan Bartlett; and Scholarship – Brian Lerch.
The inductees then elected three of their rank to help run the society: Lily Condron was elected President; Kelly Minoughan was elected Vice President; and Paige Johnson was elected Secretary.
Junior Lily Condron is excited to have been elected President. “It’s a really good opportunity to give back to the school and the city of Kettering, and get some good volunteer experience and tutoring hours,” said Condron.
Yuker sees the value of being inducted into NHS. “There’s a lot of personal gratification for getting selected into NHS,” said Yuker. “It just shows that you are at the top of your class. You have proven that you excel in four different areas.”
Here is a list of all of the inductees:
Emily Armstrong
Antonio Atria
Elizabeth Bare
Evan Bartlett
Samuel Barton
Collin Berry
Bethanne Bleeke
Alexis Braaksma
Lindsay Breslin
Maria Campanella
Courtney Carpenter
James Caupp
Alyssa Clemente
Lillian Condron
Christopher Crayton
Patrick Danielson
Harrison Davis
Stephen Dill
Grace Docken
Molly Donovan
Alexander Dupler
Olivia Dykes
Kahla Fanjoy
Tamiyah Farrar
David Ferdiny
Alec Fontaine
Brooke Fornes
Rachel Gaines
Megan Good
Elizabeth Groll
Sarah Grossman
Jason Guadalupe
Kelly Hartmann
Isaac Hesse
Ethan Hosford
Caleb Jarrell
Ruth Jebessa
Christopher Johnson
Paige Johnson
Morgan Joly
Josie Jorgenson
Sarah Kane
Isabell Kehner
Sophia Kerivan
Aaron King
Caroline Kinnison
Marta Kuzma
Ashley Laurent
Tyler Lawrence
Thao Le
Allison Leatherman
Brian Lerch
Katherine Loch
Kyle Loftus
Kerri Loyd
Harper Luczka
Jacob Maloney
Cora McCaffrey
Ashley Mercs
Holly Mercs
Hannah Miller
Kelly Minoughan
Francis Morales
Mila Nickelman
Joanna Olsen
Alyssa Pestian
Colleen Pierce
Alex Ray
Alexis Reed
Connor Reed
Abigail Robeson
Allison Savoie
Sydney Schiff
Joshua Schnipke
Allison Schroeder
Riley Smith
Sara Sweeterman
Bethany Wager
Bailey Wahrhaftig
Christopher Warner
Christine Wright
Veronica Wyckoff