The Alice T. Daly Chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 42 Rhinebeck High School juniors at an induction ceremony Jan. 8.
“I’m very happy to be in it. It’s a great accomplishment,” said junior inductee Drew Cuyler, a three-sport student-athlete and member of the high school Spanish Club. “I know colleges like to see you are in the National Honor Society, and you are putting in the work with school and extracurricular activities. It’s a good boost.”
The 42 juniors will join the 25 seniors in Rhinebeck’s National Honor Society.
“The Class of 2027 has a lot of new inductees, which I think is really cool,” said junior Ella Romeo, president of the junior class and co-captain of the varsity girls basketball team. “I’m excited to be a part of it and it’s a privilege to be a part of something like this. I think it’s a good step into college and to my next chapter of life, so I’m excited about that.
The induction ceremony featured the lighting of the candles symbolizing the five pillars of the organization – scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship. High school teacher aide Patricia Euell was the guest speaker.
High school seniors who are in the National Honor Society inducted the juniors.
“I think we do some fun meaningful work and seeing that the junior class is so interested is really nice. I think that the society and the chapter will be in good hands once we graduate,” said senior Beatrice Macdonald, vice president of Rhinebeck’s National Honor Society.
Bobbie Bie, Rhinebeck’s adviser for the National Honor Society, said the junior inductees will be required to do two service projects before the end of the school year. One of those projects will be making Valentine’s Day cards for veterans through the office of a Congressman, something the chapter will be doing for a fourth year.
“I think people look back at their service during their tenure as NHS members as something rewarding,” said Bie.
National Honor Society
Junior inductees: Saige Berry, Paige Boehm, Drew Cuyler, Maura Cuyler, Gwendolyn Dampf, Zeneldine Daoud, Ella Donnelly, Erin Donnelly, Vivian Eglinski, Graham Elliot, Eleanor Ellis, Lucy Fleming, Claire Frischnecht, Maddox Gallagher, Fernanda Garcia, Jayden Gonzalez, James Jacox, Samuel Kanlong, Riley Kappeller, Maclain Kelly, Bella Kemp, Jack McColl, Neil Murray, John Nevarez, Isabella Ortiz-Morales, Shea Patel, Thomas Penepent, Carys Protheroe, Bluebell Quested, Kate Reichelt, Violet Renaldo, Juliana Ritchie, Makayla Robinson, Ella Romeo, Lucia Sloan, Calvin Steele, Griffin Stewart, Sabine Terranova, Emerson Twomey, Winnie Wang, Nathan Webb, Rose Wheeler
Senior members: Rajan Alam, Sunday Marilyn Ault Nolan, Chloe Buri da Cunha, Isabel Carpenter, Joslan Carter, Ray Eckert, Macilyn Eighmy, Eleanor Firestone, Sawyer Giles, Amaia Hayes, Adrian Jensen, Caswell LaRose, Beatrice Macdonald, Brandon Martinez, Zsuzsanna Moore, Jackson Morton, Joseph Pociasck, Alan Raitt, Haven Ramsey, Gabriel Renaldo, Abigail Roger, Kaia Rouse, Violet Turck, Genevieve Walgren, Landon Williams