It’s that time of year where the National Honor Society (NHS) reconvenes to one place to celebrate the people involved and welcome the inductees. NHS is a group made up of students who are juniors and seniors who have shown scholarship, leadership, character and service.

In order to be accepted into NHS, students must have a 93 percent grade average or higher. Also, they need to have done some type of community service and are expected to continue doing community service in order to stay in the NHS. Another requirement is that the students need some form of leadership. This can be a captain of a sports team, a president of a club or head of their class.
If they meet these requirements and would like to join, they can submit an application and write an essay about themselves for NHS.

“The application process might seem overwhelming, but it really isn’t. I enjoyed writing the essay because it wasn’t typical. We had to write about ourselves, which was different and fun,” Junior Alexa Schwab said.

After the application deadline, a secret committee of teachers read over the applications and picked the students they saw as best fit to join. They rate the students on character, leadership, and service. Currently, there are 13 seniors and 11 new juniors.

The club is run by Mrs. KC Hastings and Mrs. Amy Isanogle. Together, they push kids to help the community and school district. “NHS collects canned food for Thanksgiving, runs the Relay For Life event and donates to the Women’s Shelter of Beaver County,” Hastings said. “They also tutor students who need help during AAP and will even stay after school if need be.”

Members of NHS meet at least once a week when events are quickly approaching including Relay for Life time. Whenever times are calmer, they try to meet every other week.

“I’m really excited to be a part of NHS this year. It’s amazing how much this club helps other people,” Schwab said.

Each year, NHS changes slightly when new club officers take over, but they do all have one common goal: Relay For Life. This year, Relay For Life is the main focus of NHS and they will be spending most of their time doing this. The seniors know how hard it is to pull off Relay For life, but the juniors might not.

You can’t really mentor a new member of NHS; it is more of a ‘watch and learn’ experience,” Senior Tony DeCesaris said.

The 11 juniors are Jarrett Boyd, Marissa Cardosi, Maddie Edder, Nicole Kammer, Madeline Kiefer, Meghan Kiefer, Vanessa LaValle, Kameron Mayhue, Joey Pail, Alexa Schwab and Hannah Shumsky.

The 13 seniors include Trevor Adams, Michaela Barkley, Brittany Bionda, Reilly Collins, Tony DeCesaris, Louis Dubovi, Eric Eisenbrown, Brianna Frashure, Carly Park, Lara Pavlick, Vince Rose, Aaron Scheider and Stuart Skogsholm. Together, these seniors welcomed the new inductees on Oct. 22.