Sayville MS Honor Students Celebrated at NJHS Induction

An Occasion to Celebrate Scholarship, Service, Leadership, Character, & Citizenship at the National Junior Honor Society

For the fifty-nine Seventh-graders and two Eighth-graders, the Sayville Middle School National Junior Honor Society annual induction was a well-earned reward.

These students, who have maintained a grade average of 95 or above for four quarters, exemplified the five attributes of Scholarship, Service, Leadership, Character, and  Citizenship required to become a member of  the prestigious National Junior Honor Society.

Middle School Principal Thomas Murray and NJHS advisor Mrs. Lloyd-Matthews were proud to welcome the inductees and their families for the evening ceremony.

Assisting with the celebration, Eighth-grade society members participated by opening with the Pledge of Allegiance (Moira Mahoney), describing the five attributes: Scholarship (Jeremy Hirsch), Service (Michael Lofaro), Leadership (Jenna Deignan), Character (Philip Rinaldi, III), and Citizenship (Katheryn Donohue), announcing the inductees (Megan Collins, Devin Dolan, and Christina O’Leary), and lighting the symbolic candles (Gabriele Thornton). After all the new members received their certificates and handshakes from Mr. Murray on stage, they returned to their seats where current member Amelia Flaumenhaft led the inductees in the NJHS pledge.

Closing the ceremony with parting words, Mrs. Lloyd-Matthews reminded the new members that they are required to continue upholding the attributes of scholarship, leadership, service, citizenship, and character as they complete their years at the Middle School, while Mr. Murray commended the students for bringing such pride to the Sayville Middle School community.

NJHS is the leading organization that recognizes exceptional middle-level students who have successfully demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, citizenship, and character throughout their Middle School years.

Congratulations to the following:

7TH GRADE

1. Amanda Albanese                              
2. Harrison Bench                                  
3. Emily Benedetto                                
4. Liam Berlingieri                                 
5. Lauren Birong                                    
6. Bettina Bonfiglio                                
7. Sierra Boyce                                       
8. Kylie Buck                                           
9. Simone Carniaux                                
10. Nicholas Cameron                             
11. Mary Jo Chan                                     
12. Alexandra Coia                                  
13. Cory Cutrone                                      
14. Mackenzie Damon                             
15. Jack Davis                                           
16. Cassandra Deutcsh                            
17. Cayleigh Dillon                                   
18. Laura Eichele                                     
19. Andrew Faughnan                              
20. John Gaconnier                                  
21. Maxwell Gallo                                    
22. Nita George                                       
23. Eric Gustafson                                    
24. Sara Holmes                                       
25. Owen Ifferte                                      
26. Julia Kaczmarek                                 
27. Emily Manning                                   
28. Evan May                                           
29. Michael McKillop                                                       
30. Deanna McNally
31. Gabriella Medeck
32. Joshua Minutello
33. Keira Mizzi
34. Timothy Mohrmann
35. Kathryn Murphy
36. Jenna Newman
37. Thomas Nielsen
38. Hannah Rose Niggemeier
39. Anna O’Connell
40. Emily Parsowith
41. Gretchen Persan
42. Christopher Pilutik
43. Christopher Pitre
44. Jordan Ramsaywak
45. Kelly Read
46. Madeline Recker
47. Avery Rosado
48. Cassandra Rosado
49. Donald Schweikert
50. Lillian Schweikert
51. Sohum Sheth
52. Abigail Sneddon
53. Ian Surdi
54. Amy Tomko
55. Alexander Urmaza
56. Patrick VanWickler
57. Madelyn Wagner
58. Liam Wallace
59. Samantha Yost

8TH GRADE

1.      Matthew Castagna

2.      Colleen McGrath