Boyceville National Honor Society inducts 23 members
BOYCEVILLE – In one of its largest induction classes ever, the Boyceville National Honor Society welcomed 23 new members at its 2016 induction ceremony earlier this week after each had demonstrated that they possessed the four virtues that the National Honor Society holds dearest – Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service.
The Boyceville High School chapter celebrated its annual fall induction ceremony on Monday evening, November 7 as the 23 new members were added to the ranks. The ceremony was held in the high school commons and was well attended by members, parents, friends, and staff.
Members of Boyceville’s 2016 National Honor Society induction class included: Rylie Andrews, Hayley Bird, Rian Corr, Marissa Dormanen, Nicole Drinkman, Mariah Drury, MaKenna Farrington, Ryker Ferg, Kyle Holden, Hunter Holten, Garrett Joles, Emmett Kapsner, Luke Knudtson, Kylie Krueger, Nicolas Martin, Alexis Meixner, Casey Owen, Mariah Schlottman, Jason Swanepoel, Emily Voelker, McKenna Weber, Brennan Wheeldon and Haley Wold.
Before being accepted into the local National Honor Society, each new inductee had to meet the organization’s prerequisites and pass a stringent selections process. The Boyceville chapter invites only juniors and seniors with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher to make an application for acceptance into the organization. Applicants are judged on their leadership skills and community involvement among other things. Each applicant must obtain character references from Boyceville staff members before a final determination of acceptance is made. Each applicant is judged on the four pillars of the NHS.
Karlene Berry, middle school/high school counselor and NHS advisor gave the ceremony’s welcome address.
Members Morgan Kuhn, Erica Sempf, Madysn Riek and Brooklyn Hellmann each described one of the organization’s four virtues – Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service – in detail. These four virtues provide the criteria and structure for selecting students to the National Honor Society organization.
Berry then introduced each new member and gave a short statement on each inductee. She then officially inducted the entire group.
The local society’s ranks, which increased to 33 with the addition of the new members, also includes Shania Crane, Maxwell Engel, Hannah Guy, Brooklyn Hellmann, Tori Kostman, Tyler Krueger, Morgan Kuhn, James Palmer, Madysn Riek and Erica Sempf.