Turner Welcomes Six New National Honor Society Members
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Following the induction ceremony, Advisor Shelly Harmon is joined by the members of the Turner Chapter of the National Honor Society: Tate Beck, Caleb Zellmer, Carson Maloney, JR Brown, Cassidy Grabofsky, Trent Billmayer, Dakota Krass (President), and Hannah Richman (Vice President).
On Wednesday, November 23 at 10:00 a.m., a small crowd of students, friends, and family gathered in Turner Public Schools' Gymnasium to witness the induction of six new members welcomed to the National Honor Society (NHS).
Current President of the Turner Chapter of the NHS, senior Dakota Krass welcomed the guests and those juniors and sophomores petitioning for membership: Tate Beck, Caleb Zellmer, Carson Maloney, JR Brown, Cassidy Grabofsky, and Trent Billmayer. Krass was later joined by Vice President Hannah Richman, and the two outlined how the NHS grooms young people into responsible adults through the cultivation of the Four Pillars of the NHS: Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character.
"Scholarship denotes a commitment to learning. A student is willing to spend hours in reading and study, knowing the lasting benefits of a cultivated mind. We should continue to learn even when formal education has ended, for human education ends only with the end of life. Knowledge is one great element in life, which leads to the highest success and it can be acquired in only one way-through diligence and effort," Richman told the recruits.
In defining the pillar of Service, Krass added: "A willingness to work for the benefit of those in need, without monetary compensation or public recognition, is the quality we seek in our membership and promote for the entire student body."
On the topic of leadership, Richman told the inductees: "The price of leadership is sacrifice-the willingness to yield one's personal interests for the interests of others."
In describing the final pillar, Krass stated that "it is [the] force of Character that guides one through life and, once developed, grows steadily. Character is achieved and not received. It is the product of constant thought and action, the daily striving to make the right choice."
Following the ceremony, during which the candidates lit their candles from the Society's central pillar, the group joined their families in the school's multipurpose room for salted caramel apple cookies and coffee.
