Sayville Inducts 80 Members into National Honor Soceity

This story was written by Linda Mittiga. It was posted by Judy Mottl.

Eighty Sayville High School students, who maintained a 94.5 weighted average throughout their High School careers as well as demonstrated the
attributes of scholarship, leadership, character, and service throughout
 their various co-curricula and extra-curricula activities, were
inducted into the National Honor Society this spring.

Founded in 1953 upon the principle that “true education creates a well rounded individual,” membership into the August E. Hubel Chapter
 National Honor Society may have scholarship as the first criteria, but
each of the Sayville candidates’ applications had to pass the rigorous
examination for examples of leadership, character, and service in order
to qualify for induction.

Opening the ceremony, NHS Faculty Advisor Kevin Recker, welcomed, thanked and applauded the parents for their supportive roles while acknowledging the tremendous achievements of the young men and women.

During the assembly, Principal Ron Hoffer addressed the members and their
families, stating: “Sayville High School confers no higher academic
honor on a student body than membership into this remarkable
organization…. In addition, we look for individuals who have integrity,
honor, and take pride in what they represent. We are pleased to announce
 that the inductees here have met, and in many cases, far exceed these
criteria.”  

After thanking the parents for serving as the role models for the
“outstanding and remarkable group of young adults,” Mr. Hoffer also
acknowledged the “commitment and dedication” of the Superintendent,
Central Administrators, Board of Education, High School faculty, and
staff. “We are very fortunate to have their tremendous amount of support and leadership… Without this collegial spirit, we would not be able to
provide our students with the quality of programs that we offer here,
year after year.”

To put his message of striving for excellence in perspective, Mr. Hoffer
shared the results of the 40-year longitudinal study by Dr. Douglas
Heath, psychologist at Haverford College, in which Dr. Heath examined
what was the greatest predictor of success in adult life.

“What he found was,” Mr. Hoffer said, “participation in ‘activity-based activities,’” i.e., involvement in extra-curricula and co-curricula activities would likely continue throughout life and lead to genuine success in the
future.

The ceremony continued with 2013 NHS slate of officers bequeathing their
offices to the newly elected officers for the 2014-15 school year (see
below), with special words of advice:

From the Class of 2013, Nicole Sala handed over the office of President to Class of 2014 Sabrina Mayrose;

From the Class of 2013, Curran Boyce handed over the office of Vice President to Nicole DelGaudio;

From the Class of 2013, Kate Mulry handed over the office of Treasurer to Richard Salloum;

From the Class of 2013, Erin Abraham handed over the office of Secretary to Erin MacDonnell;

From the Class of 2013, Jacqueline Ryder handed over the office of Historian to Jill Mediatore.

Upon closing, each inductee (see list below) was called by name to sign the
NHS registry book and join their fellow NHS members on stage to receive a
 round of applause from their families.

Congratulations to the newly inducted members of the National Honor Society:
     
Jay Abad

Michelle Anderson

Spencer Andrews

Kerry Barrett

Kathleen Barry

Krista Becker

Marade Bergen

Britton Boyce

Kristen Bricker

Edward Burke

Stephen Callis

Julia Cameron

Kaitlyn Cassidy

Michelle Civitella

Michael Coan

Adam Creglia

Kelsey Dargis

Joseph DeBonis

Nicole DelGaudio

Joseph DePompeo

Melanie Dietrich

Scott Dodaro

Esra Erdogan

Michael Farese

Carley Farrell

Kara Finnen

Aaron Fisher

Dana Fox

Tiare Fridrich

Ariana Garrett

Emily Goczan

Caroline Greco

Shannon Haselton

Colleen Henderson

Julia Hirsch

Dara Hofmann

Liam Hofmeister

Kristi Kacinski

Zoe Kalomiris

Aneri Kinariwalla

Jordan Kobel

Eric Laliberty

Heather Leahy

Jennifer Lembeck

Scott Litvin

Sean Lorthioir

Emily Lowe

Julia Magnani

Meghan Maloney

Susan Mangaluz

Michael Marchan

Meghan Marshall

Sabrina Mayrose

Jill Mediatore

Madison Mills

Sarah Monastero

Kevin Murphy

Alexandra Murray

Emily Nowlan

Connor O’Malley

Shannon O’Neil

Tejas Patel

Samantha Peterson

Samantha Pittari

William Potts

Jaclyn Roppelt

Jack Rosa

Anthony Ruiz-Alatorre

Jesus Ruiz-Alatorre

Olivia Russell

Richard Salloum

Pamela-Sue Smith

Patrick Smith

Katya Sparwasser

Sydney Teplitz

Mary Thayer

Angela Vetere
Briana Ward

Shannon Wissemann

Morgan Young