By Tom Ganser
Correspondent
Four Whitewater High School seniors and 28 juniors were recently inducted into the WHS Minneiska Chapter (established in 1956) of the National Honor Society.
Following a welcome by NHS President Whitney Treder during the Nov. 30 ceremony and the leading of the National Anthem by members of the WHS Music Masters. NHS Vice President Meghan Kehoe, introduced WHS Principal Doug Parker for opening remarks.
Parker was followed by the NHS Secretary Abigail Childs, who introduced NHS Advisor Pamela Sonmor-Wintz for a brief talk and the installation of the NHS officers, including Jacob Lee as Treasurer, in addition to Treder, Kehoe and Lambs.
Treder, Kehoe, Lee and Childs then offered their thoughts, respectively, on the meaning of the four criteria for the NHS: Leadership, Character, Scholarship and Service.
During their induction into NHS, the new members were presented with a pin by Parker and a certificate by Sonmor-Wintz and then signed the official NHS Registry under the watchful eye of NHS member Heather Ceranske.
The ceremony ended with Treder’s closing remarks and her leading of the NHS members in the NHS Pledge: “I pledge to uphold the high purpose of the National Honor Society to which I have been selected; I will be true to the principles for which it stands; I will be loyal to my school; and will maintain and encourage high standards of leadership, character, scholarship and service.”
The evening ended with a reception for the NHS members and their guests.
The students inducted included juniors Sage Babcock, Amanda Kraayvanger, Ireland Marinaro and Viet Vo, and seniors Allisan Barrett, Dalton Chenoweth, Joseph Creanza, Thomas Cushman, James Dedrick, James DuVal, Abby Gnatzig, Ipek Goktepe, Zachary Gross, Allison Heckert, Payton Hintz, Lorynn Hollingshead, Maggie Hough, Ali Ketterhagen, Evangelina Klawitter, Anna Kuhtz, Andra Matthews, Brady Meudt, Jamie Millian, Alexandra Nelson, Paige Prager, Casey Skindingsrude, Connor Steinke, Catherine Strait, Elizabeth Wilson, Steven Witt, Celine Zahn and Jacob Zuehlke.
