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National Honor Society welcomes 23 students

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Written by Aaron Cedeño

Wednesday, 04 November 2009 07:00

To call the application process for entry into the Louisburg High School branch of the National Honor Society “thorough” would probably be underselling it a bit.

Students who maintain the minimum 3.75 grade point average heading into their junior year are invited to apply. In addition to the application, the students are expected to compose an e

Last week, the Louisburg High School branch of the National Honor Society inducted 23 new members into its ranks, from among the junior class. They are (front to back, left to right) Nate Daugherty, Kelsey Coffroth, Kari Bormann, Donna Edwards, Adrianna York, Lindsey Ward, Samantha Hamby, Carlie Houchen, Stacy Curtis, Kylie Geiman, Jake Wittry, Caleb Eggleston, David Embers, Ross Dvorak, Christian Huffman, Taylor Johnson, Caitlin Schneider, Lindsey Fisher, Deaudra Ramsey, Cassie Hurst, Matt Lyons, Kaleb Kasitz and Marisa Mackey. (Photo by Aaraon Cedeño)

ssay, detailing their personal experience with service, leadership and character. Finally, each student’s application package is submitted to the LHS faculty, who decides whether to recommend them for admittance.

After all of that, there’s one part of the process that school counselor and NHS sponsor Tom Lundblad enjoy more than any other.

“I get to hand out the invites,” he said, of formal invitations to the NSH induction ceremony. “It’s a pretty big deal for most of them. Their eyes light up, and they’re pretty excited.”

Founded in 1921, NHS is an organization with a long-standing tradition of academic excellence in schools throughout the United States. Here in Louisburg, Lundblad has been the society’s faculty sponsor for 12 years, during the latter part of which he has been witness to a veritable explosion in the club’s size. It’s a phenomenon that he attributed to, among other factors, the school’s overall growth in population.

“The last four years, as our classes get bigger, obviously the number of inductees is going to be larger,” Lundblad said. “We used to have a total of between 26 and 30 in the club as a whole, and then all of a sudden we’re inducting between 20 and 30.”

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, for example, Lundblad and LHS principal Dave Tappan presided over a candlelighting ceremony where 23 new members were formally inducted into NHS.

Becoming a member of NHS is about more than adding another notch on a college application, Lundblad said, and Tappan agreed. Students are expected to maintain not only academic excellence, but to continue to grow as individuals through the society’s emphasis on service, leadership and character.

It’s a responsibility reflected in the solemnity of the induction ceremony itself, Tappan noted.

“Throughout the year, the NHS induction is probably our most formal affair as it comes to recognizing excellent young men and women for their efforts in the classroom, and their character in the hallways at Louisburg High School,” he said.

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