EPCHS National Honor Society Inducts 47 New Members

On Thursday, February 20, Evergreen Park Community High School recognized the accomplishments of the Senior members and inducted 47 new members (36 juniors and 11 seniors) into the school’s National Honor Society (NHS). This was by far the largest class of new members in recent memory.

The inductees were: Andrea Beltran, Macy Benson, Grace Beyer, Jack Bresnahan, Nolan Bruce, Heidi Burke, Cristian Carvajal, Keegan Cassidy, Mya Cooper, Andrew Corona, Tatum Dancy, Kylie Doherty, Cameron Dunlap, Ailyn Esquivel, Ramiyah Faison, Daniel Farritor, Cara Flaherty, Joshua Gordon, Myles Hines, Taylor Hoefler, Brian Kamson, Michael Klier, Ernie Knight, Maylasia Lambert, Jack Manso, Hope Michalek, Jasmine Monroe, Ernesto Mora, Ian Moran, Shioban Moran, Juliet O’Connor, Nellie O’Grady, Jesutofunmi Oluwadiya, Edwin Opoku, Hannah Ortell, Alyssa Purvis, Madeline Reynolds, Jake Rickert, Christian Rosso, Emily Ryan, Catherine Schaffrath, Catherine Schulte, Emily Smith, Kiara Smith, Jessalyn Torres, Connor Tyrrell, and Lori Wilson.

Dr. Pamela Haney, the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Moraine Valley Community College, delivered a timely and well-received keynote address on the four tenets of NHS: Leadership, Character, Scholarship, and Service. She shared numerous quotes about leadership including, "Management is Doing Things Right, Leadership is Doing the Right Things" (Management Consultant Peter Drucker). She also shared stories of being overwhelmed as a college student and how it was important to not get to the point where your character and scholarship suffer.

The EPCHS NHS is preparing for upcoming events including its Yankee Candle fundraiser and its Talent Benefit Concert, which will feature 14 student acts and will take place in the Batho Auditorium on March 27 at 7 pm. Money raised at the Talent Benefit Concert will go to the Australian Red Cross for Animal/Wildfire Relief.