The National Honors Society is an honor bestowed on those with a combination of the highest GPA and a wide variety of extracurricular and leadership achievements.  This year’s  induction ceremony took place on October 21 and lasted about 40 minutes.

Those who were eligible for NHS had to complete an application as part of the process.  Juniors Brooke Moretz and Kayla Gorrell said. “On the form you had to fill out your community hours and group service hours,” said the girls.  “You had to also write an essay to show who you are as a person and your characteristics and why you should be inducted. And a teacher recommendation.” Moretz also said that the application focuses “a lot on character and leadership.”

Gorrell mentioned that “It’s a huge honor to be chosen for NHS, you can get scholarships for this.”

Senior officers Olivia Ebey, Kaitlin Festerman, April Jones, Claire Macatee, Madisyn Vinyard, and David Boegner stated that “Too get your cord for graduation you must get seven points.  You can earn these points by tutoring, volunteering at certain events including the one world run, and the duck yard sale in the spring.”

There are wide variety of students who are accepted into the NHS.  “It’s not necessarily the smartest people who get in, you have to have a lot of leadership,”  Vinyard said.

Qualities that the inductees must showcase to those who review the applications include work experience, leadership, and extracurricular activities.

Students are notified by mail that they have been nominated.  However, Jones lastly stated that just because a student gets an invitation doesn’t mean he/she is automatically accepted. NHS advisor Mr. Peddicord said that “A total of over 80 letters were sent out and  40 were returned.” 36 new faces were inducted into NHS.

The people speaking at the induction ceremony are  principal Mr. Colin Carr and Ryan Richardson, a North Harford graduate.

According to senior president Duncan Clark “The inductees will sign a book and grab a candle after they sign it.  Then when everyone has a candle they will light the flame and pass it down the line.”

After the ceremony Junior Courtney Klapka said that “I am excited to put the four pillars into action.”

Junior Jill Nooney said that “My favorite part of the ceremony was the guy’s speech or the candles, that was fun.” Klapka also stated that her favorite part of the ceremony was “The cake!”