NHS inductee Rachel Bernstein (left) shakes hands with NHS Secretary Nathan Edom. Photo by Donna MacKenzie
BY DONNA MACKENZIE
With a minimum 3.63 grade point average and numerous leadership roles in clubs and teams at the high school along with countless hours of community service, the 54 new members inducted into the Honeoye Falls-Lima National Honor Society on January 16 exemplify the four pillars of NHS.
Welcoming remarks were delivered by Dianne Witkowski, a Co-Advisor of the club, and NHS President Quinn Ackerman. Witkowski noted that the first induction of NHS members in Honeoye Falls occurred in 1957 and that the book the inductees were going to write their names into is the original book used in 1957. High School Social Studies teacher Melissa Boldt presented the keynote address.
Officers of the HF-L High National Honor Society talked about the four pillars of NHS: Secretary Nathan Edom discussed scholarship, Public Relations officer Lily Clark had the topic of leadership, Vice President-Community Service Riley Swetman talked about service and Treasurer Vega Chen discussed character.
Vice President-Academics Cameron McDaniel and Vice President-Historian Wyatt Hulsey presented the certificates to the inductees. The newest members are Philip Ackerman, Trevor Adams, Keely Agar, Hannah Allen, Jada Balmer, Kara Balmer, Kiernan Beckett, Rachel Bernstein, Elizabeth Bock, Charlotte Caccamise, Anna Carter, Alexandra Cleveland, Nevaeh Close, Lindsay Cody, Brian Cowburn, Aidan Crego, Mollie Dolan, Jenna Erb, Austin Everhart, Elizabeth Fairchild, Zachary Farnam, Danielle Fisk, Ethan Flannery, Christopher Goetz, Gretchen Heisinger, Margaret Hoare, Turner Kamm, Elizabeth Killenbec, Aurore Lambert, Hank Lehning, Evelyn Manchester, Caitlin Marx, Ian McGuire, Audrey Natale, Gabriella Piccirilli, Leah Samson, Erica Sayer, John Schauber, Alexis Schiedel, Emma Sheidlower, Lily Shields, Cole Siewert, Mitchell Slymon, Hayden Smith, Dana Szczublewski, Kelly Taylor, Charles Tomaszewski, Samuel Tvrdik, Emily VanArk, Michael Viggiani, Casey Walike, Jennifer Walike, Riley Wall and Ana Youngblut.
NHS President Quinn Ackerman led all the members in reciting the NHS pledge. NHS Co-Advisor Nicole Glavin’s remarks closed the ceremony.
