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New Paltz High School inducts 61 students into National Honor Society

by HV1 Staff
April 16, 2023
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New Paltz High School inducted 61 students into the National Honor Society last month in a candle ceremony. From left to right: Grade 11 National Honor Society inductees (seated) Katherine Cholakis, Naomi Chesky, Darren Chen, applaud for Soleil Miller as she walks across the stage to receive her pin from NHS officers Grade 12 students Lauren Stolfe and Julia Pankowska, announced by Sofia Carucci of Grade 12 as Trey Nitza of Grade 11 awaits his turn.

On the evening of March 27, New Paltz High School (NPHS) inducted 61 students into the ranks of its National Honor Society (NHS). NHS President Kylie Ayala spoke about the four qualities — known as the Four Pillars — required to be an NHS member: Scholarship, Service, Leadership and Character. She then introduced several NHS officers, who each lit a ceremonial candle after speaking about what one of the pillars meant to them.

Discussing the trait of scholarship, NHS vice president Sofia Loyer quoted Nelson Mandela: “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination, but when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” NHS recording secretary Sofia Carucci commented on the members’ commitment to volunteering their time and their talents before lighting the service candle. Treasurer Julia Pankowska spoke about leadership. NHS corresponding secretary Lauren Stolfe, speaking about character, shared the following words from Helen Keller: “‘Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.’”

In addition to meeting the four characteristics, students must have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.65 or higher to be eligible for NHS membership.

The aspirations of the NHS inductees, which were reiterated in biographies as the students received their membership pins, included medical school, traveling, healthcare administration, aeronautical engineering, law school, theater, language and cultural studies and the desire to “make the world a better place.”

The 2022-2023 inductees are: Marzan Akther, Laiba Amjab, Mia Belmar, Hanna Buekelman, Riley Burdick, Piper Casey, Darren Chen, Naomi Chesky, Katherine Cholakis, Raamina Chowdhury, Claire Coiteux, Julia Combs, Kaylie DeGrassi, Guiliana DiBenedetto, Margaret DiDonna, Flavia Drazek, Thornton Eis, Charles Ettinger, Hannah Ettinger, Beckett Evans, Mason Eyler, Marla Mae Feeney, Sofie Figueroa, Aurora Gerber, Eva Goldschein, Anna Goodman, Avery Greger, Grace Hacker, Campbell Heiz, Sadia Islam, Stella Keskey, Ana Kirsch, Melanie Kniffin, Marcus Kutzin, Nicholas Kutzin, Gray Lobell, Rebecca Lucchesi, Gabriella Lutz, Jonathan Lynn, Addison MacDonald, Jahara Maliha, Kalle Masseo, Mackenzie McPadden-Gambler, Dylan McQuade-Dolan, Yobana Mercado-Nunez, Soleil Miller, Trey Nitza, Quinn Oremus, Katie Otis, Daphne Paul-LaRonca, Parker Reed, Mae Rogers, Georgia Schultz, Santino Scilla, Oscar Vandermer, Savino Ventura, Brooke Vos, Lucas Weinman, Henry Wheeler, Koby Wulfmeyer and Aili Zissu.

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