Thirty-nine Whitefield students joined the National Honor Society at an induction ceremony held in the Louise Owens Theater on March 17. Established in 1921, the NHS recognizes outstanding high school students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character.
Christopher McDonald, NHS sponsor and science department chair, opened the ceremony by praising the students' commitment to excellence. NHS members shared the criteria for membership and then McDonald read each new inductee's name one-by-one. As the students' names were called, each lit a candle which represented an area of scholarship, leadership, character or service. The students then shared how they wanted to grow in that particular area. As the inductees left the stage, they received their NHS pin and certificate, and were congratulated by Upper School Principal Nathan Stevens, who closed the ceremony.
Congratulations to these inductees: Robert Jackson Boyd, Thirty-nine Jakob Josef Burkett, Jessica Ellen Burnett, Katharine Ann Cella, Jack Michael Charles, Mary Katherine Eaton, Lucy Marie Eichelberger, Ruthanne Kate Evans, Madison Leigh Fry, Evan Lee Gossett, Anna Lea Griffin, Aaron Kendall Harges, Margaret Lorraine Heiskell, Annabelle Wight Herschend, Kaitlyn Mazie Johnson, Hadyn McGiff Jolly, Jared Darnell Jones, Alexandria Rae Kelley, Emily Ruth Kendrick, Macy Emma Kendrick, Christian MacNeil Knox, Molly Fay Langella, Madeline Grace LeBlanc, Elizabeth Bryant Llewellyn, Michael Patrick McCarthy, Madison Grove McCloskey, Hunter Brooks Merkle, Coleman Ezekiel Miller, Jalen Mekhi Miller, Julia Sarah Mixon, Janae’ Montgomery, Julia Nancy Patton, Mitchell Glen Ryan, Joseph Daniel Schwartz, Patrick Ray Spellissy, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Stewart, Katherine Ariel Taylor, Olivia Ann Viergever, and Dallas Olivia Watson.