Rocky Hill Students Inducted Into National Honor Society

High school students were rewarded last week with their entrance into a "prestigious club" for excelling in the classroom, with volunteer organizations and through extracurricular activities.

An induction ceremony for the Rocky Hill chapter of the National Honor Society was held on May 16, which saw 40 students inducted into the organization.

“This is the largest group since I have been doing it,” said English teacher and organizer of the Rocky Hill chapter of the National Honor Society Brian Wilcox, who has been with the program for more than four years.

The following students were inducted into the National Honor Society:

Class of 2014                                      

• Louisa Acca
• Kirstyn Arcata
• Erica Buonanno
• Shelby Devanney
• Kelly Devine
• Laura Dobmeier
• Brandon Grover
• Jacqueline Horn
• Krista Iacobucci
• Peter Kohanski
• Steven Kolakowski
• Heather Lawlor
• Stephanie LoGuidice
• Jack Malespini
• Lillian Morse
• Anishaa Mukherjee
• Sabrina Ortiz
• Josef Riccio
• Jackie Saucier
• Emma Skultetty
• Sarah Slowik
• Alex Tan
• Ashley Wojtkowiak

Class of 2013

• Suma Chakravadhanula
  
• Ellie Charamut 
  
• Bella Garzone
• Shwetha Jayaraj
• Joseph McNaney
• Koryn Palaski
• Alexa Santos
• Paras Shah
• Rushi Shah
• Shantanu Sharma
• Shane Steinman
• Joseph Tomastik
• David Wang
• James Wang
• Jasmine Wilson

Class of 2012

• Chelsey Mancini 
• Nicole Pantazatou

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This year, 61 students applied to be part of the Rocky Hill chapter of the society, which has been around since the late 1960s. Each student had to fill out an application for the program. Students had to show what they had accomplished in the following four areas and had to exceed the minimum requirements.

• Scholarship - must maintain 3.2 GPA for at least three semesters
• Leadership - must belong to at least two school organizations
• Character - teachers grade students on their overall behavior
• Service  - must have participated in two documented service projects

"It is supposed to represent the best of the best that the school has to offer," Wilcox said. "These are the most well rounded kids who do the most for the school and the community."

Then a five-person committee reviews the students' credentials and votes on which young adults should be selected for the society.

"It is a prestigious club to be a part," Wilcox said.

Wilcox added that being a part of the National Honor Society will help the students later in life.

"It looks really good on resume or a transcript," he said.

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