The new National Honors Society members will be initiated at the NHS Initiation Ceremony on Oct. 10 from 7-9 p.m.

The National Honor Society, or NHS, is a service and academic group that was established in 1921 and recognizes outstanding high school students. Today, over one million students participate in NHS activities in the nation. To qualify to become an NHS member, students need a 3.6 GPA or higher.

“What we do once we’re in is we represent leadership, character, service, and then obviously academics was the other portion,” Julie Taylor, NHS sponsor, said. “So we do community service, as well as service within the building.”

Taylor’s main job is to facilitate these service projects. Students will send her requests—a project at the church, need volunteers to unload a pumpkin truck for Halloween—and Taylor will ask for volunteers within NHS who then go to participate.

“There is a project that we do for Johnson County Christmas Bureau,” Taylor said. “So that’s one that a lot of our different groups actually go for, and I go to volunteer with that one.”

This Monday is the NHS Initiation Ceremony for new members. Students will come in and get announced individually, and afterwards there’s a reception.

“We do a lighting ceremony with candles all around and basically it’s their way of pledging that they’re going to, you know, give back to the community, and represent the school well, and be good leaders,” Taylor said.

New National Honor Society Members 2016-2017
Joseph Baldwin
Megan Beal
Hallee Belgum
Brahm Berry
Chanelle Boldridge
Jasmine Carter
Madison Cole
Katherine Cunningham
Cassandra Davis
Tina Dong
Yun Dong
Spencer Dubois
Alfred Fontes
Michael Her
Julia Hernandez
William Humphrey
Joshua Jones
Fritz Kiteck
Raphaella Kim
Tony Le
Davith Lon
Chelsea Lucas
Hunter Maples
Joely Merriman
Cinthia Moncada
Shalon Mwangi
Hayley Neff
Cierra O’Neill
Cameron Peck
Sandy Phommachan
Michael Rivera
Eliza Roubinek
Amber Reed
Molly Ryan
Halie Schick
Haylee Setzkorn
Samuel Thompson
Benjamin Tyrrell
Tianna Vervoort
Mackenzie Vielhauer