Canton High School’s newest National Honor Society inductees take part in a candle lighting ceremony. (Photo courtesy Canton Public Schools) 
Canton High School National Honor Society officers appreciated the support of staff speaker Patrick Murphy and NHS Advisor Jen Sousa. (Photo courtesy Canton Public Schools)
CANTON — Superintendent Derek Folan and Principal Jeff Sperling are pleased to share that 62 students were recently inducted into Canton High School’s National Honor Society.
An induction ceremony for the students was held on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Canton High School.
Canton High School NHS students are selected by a committee of five faculty members on the criteria of scholarship, leadership, character and community service. They are invited to apply based on their GPA and the selection process happens after students submit applications.
The school’s NHS chapter invites junior and senior students with a 3.3 GPA or higher to apply for membership. Junior applicants need a minimum of 50 hours of community service and senior applicants need a minimum of 75 hours of community service. Students in both grade levels also need to have a minimum of two leadership roles in school or community.
NHS students are tasked with completing individual community service projects, which in the past have included “Soup for the Super Bowl,” work with Cradles for Crayons, clothing collections, collecting personal hygiene products for the homeless and a hockey clinic to raise money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The chapter also completes a group project in the spring.
The 2022 Canton National Honor Society inductees are as follows:
Jad Antoun, Mohith Arugollu, Ellie Bohane, Colleen Bolger, Abigail Brogan, Lianna Camille, Victoria Carr, Abigail Chin, Leah Cohen, Riley Costa, Mekhala Costello, Charlotte Davis, Margaret Dervan, Aadya Deshmukh, Austin DiBiasio, Jessie Duhaime, Carson Eagles, Leah Factor, John Flaherty, Tara Geoghan, Hannah Gervais, Ava Gilmore, Dominic Gray, Julia Gugliotta, Keith Hannon, Shauna Harney, Han Hong, Maeve Howard, Griffin Hughes, Hannah Isaac, Mercia Kolokithas, Max Kupferman, Francesca Lamparelli, Liana Lamparelli, Maxwell LaRose, Kitana Le-Garcia, Matthew Lesser, Sean Lethin, Tema Mazonson, Emily McCabe, Margaret McCready, Shannon McGrann, Victoria Metsika, Disha Nayak, Katherine Oliver, Bradley Perlman, Samantha Pham, Rachel Pirrera, Kareem Porter, Danica Seto, Fatima Sidibay, Abigail Silvasy, Kailey Tam, Brendan Tourgee, Anika Valluri, Charles Vaughan, Samantha Vrabel, Julia Wilkinson, Kelli Woodworth, Jessica Clare Wright, Zoe Yu and Diana Zahaiko.
At Wednesday’s ceremony, students were honored for their hard work and prior inductees spoke on their experiences in NHS. New inductees then received a certificate of membership before participating in a candle-lighting ceremony.
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