Last night, Darien High School inducted 64 juniors and seniors into the National Honor Society. Selection is based on the Four Pillars of NHS: scholarship, leadership, service, and character. The application process can be seen here. Mr. Keith Keeler is the faculty advisor to NHS.
The Faulty Address was given by Mr. Francis Janosco who compared the poem The Snow Man, by Wallace Stevens, to the Four Pillars of the National Honor Society. An apt comparison given that last night was indeed the snow date for the original induction ceremony.
Current NHS officers Cameron Van de Graaf (President), Austin McLaughlin (Vice President), Bettina Arkhurs (Treasurer), Matthew Ross (Secretary) and Rohit Datta (historian) presented a summary of each of the Four Pillars and lit candles. Inductees were each given a candle and were officially inducted in a candle lighting ceremony.
Samuel Alptekin, Stephen Barston, Clare Beatty, Grace Brandon, Kyra Brook, Anabel Brown, Mary Brown, Madeleine Burke, Jessica Campbell, Matthew Coe, Michael Colon, James Degnan, Rebecca DeMaio, Jessica DeRocco, Rebecca Durango, Michael Farren, James Fox, Elizabeth Fucigna, Sonia Gandhi, Taylor Hart, Noah Hathaway, Sofia Imbimbo, Emma Janson, Maria Johnson, Anne Johnston, Gray Kline, Julianna Lee, Matthew Lesko, Alison Lui, Madison Maier, Avery Maley, Caroline McKay, Perri Mirabile, Allegra Molkenthin, Kathryn Murphy, Samantha Nielsen, Emily Nixon, Cristina Noujaim, John O'Neil, Jack O'Shea, Alexander Ostberg, Nicolai Ostberg, Yasmeen Owainati, Channing Pear, Charlotte Pik, Philip Rech, Kate Richter, Sebastian Rivero, Madeleine Schneider, Carter Scott, Daniel Siemers, Graham Skeats, Amanda Sload, Harinandan Srikanth, Merlyn Tejada, Lee Thalhamer, Daniel Traver, Peter Traver, Melanie Turner, Emily Van Ingen, Johanna Vossler and Nicholas Wildish.
Congratulations DHS National Honor Society on your achievement!