May 15, 2008 – Congratulations to the more than 65 juniors who were inducted into the Shaker High School chapter of the National Honor Society this spring.

New members are: Michele Acheampong, Parker Armsby, Amanda Barone, Matt Blizinski, Gregory Bonomo, Madison Brannigan, Erin Burke, Madeline Campbell, Matthew Capeless, Megan Cheney, Andrew Choi, Nicole Cillis, Matt Connolly, Adam Cook, Elizabeth Coyne, Alexas Dalcol, Angela DeFrancesco, Kara Dembroski, Zach Dooley, Brittany Farron, Molly Godfrey, Milan Goswani, Melissa Grenier, Michele Grenier, Christine Hall, Brian Haller, Jillian Hart, Taylor Hom, Michael Hovish, Tracy Jiang, Sana Khan, Ashley Kippens, Harley Kopp, Kelly Landers, Sarah Lee,
Joshua Malkin, Liz Mantey, Nicholas Marsolais, Kathryn Martel, Stephen Maxwell, Matthew McNeill, Adam Morgan, Sarah Nicol, Sean Ogden, Heather O’Keefe, Kathryn Pais, Anjali Puttachi, Arielle Ray, Caroline Rehfuss, Catherine Richardson, Shannon Rivenburg, Kate Roberts, Kira Rosi-Schumacher, David Rowley, Emily Scampini, Matthew Schwenzfeier, Mashal Shaikh, Melissa Sippel, Richa Taneja, Calvin Vandor, Seth Vanderveer, Christopher VanZetta, Brittany Walton, Maggie Wang, Craig Weiss and Andrea Wiegman.

“The National Honor Society selection process is long and thorough,” said club advisor Aileen Dirtadian. “The entire Shaker High School faculty takes this responsibility seriously and carries out the functions of the selection process in a conscientious manner.”

Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 90 or higher in order to be considered for membership. In addition, students must exhibit excellence in four areas—scholarship, leadership, service and character. These qualities are evaluated by all teachers and administrators at the high school, as well as extracurricular activity advisors and coaches.

Each qualified student submits an application form outlining their activities in school and the community, as well as detailing their work and leadership experience, volunteerism, awards received and extracurricular activities. Additionally, all candidates submit an essay describing their service activities. A committee of teachers representing both halls and academic areas reviews all of the submission materials before making the final selections.