Benet Academy Inducts Naperville Students into Honor Society

The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the nation's premier organizations established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1921.

On May 20, new officers were installed and 161 students were inducted into the Benet Academy Chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS). Students are selected for membership in NHS based upon their outstanding performance in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Students inducted in NHS have met the following requirements:

• Maintained a grade point average of 88.00 percent or higher.
• Maintained a conduct grade of 88 percent or higher.
• Performed the required number of service hours: Twelve hours of Benet service for prospective sophomores Eighteen hours of Benet service for prospective juniors
• Be a current participant in at least one Benet extracurricular activity
• Submitted a personal essay.
• Submitted recommendations from a teacher and an outside individual.
• Had their selection approved by the entire faculty and staff

Congratulations to the following students:

Elected Officers
Matthew Garvin of Lisle, President
Victoria Johnson of Naperville, Vice President
Courtney Oei of Wheaton, Parlimentarian
Madeline Gilleran of Woodridge, Secretary
Robert McCabe of Naperville, Treasurer

NHS Inductees

Marisa Allen              

Meghan Bakke           

Natalie Balaun           

Whitney Battoe         

Jason Blohm              

Bernade Buena          

Grace Bumpus           

Alana Cabel               

Matthew Colletti       

Emily Curtis               

Shannon Degnan       

Justin Deslaurier        

David Donnantuono  

Claire Erlenborn         

Robyn Feldman         

Nicole Funk               

Andrew Gallehugh    

Anthony Gedvilas     

Dominic Ghilardi       

Lindsay Gloor            

Margaret Glynn         

Genevieve Hamilton  

Kyle Hand                 

Maria Hanna              

John Henkel               

Anne Hennessy          

Alex Jacobs                

Lauren Kelliher          

Hannah Kenny           

Christopher Konopka

Alexander Linder      

Meghan Lynch           

Edward Manzke        

Jenna Martin              

Kerry Mccarter          

Mary Grace Mckinney           

Jack Mitchell              

Kiana Mittelstaedt     

Kathryn Mosteller      

Megan O’Hara           

Ryan O’Shaughnessy

Sarah Paoli                 

Katharine Patzelt       

Sarah Pilgrim             

Loren Riedy               

Daniel Roemer           

Jordyn Saper              

Keaton Schifer           

Stephanie Snyder       

Carissa Tsouchlos      

Leah Tzakis                

Victoria Wojciechowski         

Ryan Wolfe               

Emily Yerkes             

Mary Kate Zimmerman