On Monday, February 26th, world language students at Fallston who met the requirements were inducted into the German, French, or Spanish National Honor Society (NHS). The ceremony took place in the cafeteria, as all three societies held inductions together for the first time. Students and teachers involved in the language department gathered to induct and celebrate the new members. Inductees had the chance to receive a certificate and show off by saying a sentence of their choice in their learned language.
To be inducted into a Language NHS, students must be in 11th or 12th grade, and be enrolled/plan to enroll in an AP language course. They must also maintain an A average in the class and complete a certain number of service hours applying language skills into the community.
German NHS, led by Skylar Brown (President), was proud to induct the following students:
Eryk Bender
Luca Cangelosi
Kasey Conlon
Owen Sellers
Joshua Yamagata
“It’s good to see people still interested in [German], and trying to keep it going,” says Brown. She advises new members to “keep learning even after high school… it has a lot of benefits.”
French NHS, led by Elizabeth DiTargiani and Tate Menges (Presidents), Yiyang Liu (Vice President), Ace Liu (Secretary), Addison McEvoy (Treasurer), and Ashleigh Parks (Historian), inducted the following outstanding students:
Lawrence Acevedo
Abby Allen
Nate Barczak
Lily Cochran
Amanda Dorsey
Graham Gainey
Henry Hoffmann
Gordon Lefkowitz
Vincent Lupica
Cole Markowski
Zack Patton
Madison Tran
As the new inductees begin to share and further their education in the French language, DiTargiani says, “I’m really proud of them, and I hope they continue to immerse themselves in the French culture.”
Spanish NHS, led by Angelina Velez (President), Arianna Hernandez (Vice President), Chloe Mullineaux (Secretary), and Claire Musser (Historian), were delighted to induct many new members, including:
Ethan Ardila
Courtney Bell
Leslie Cano-Garrido
Grace Clark
Emily Doyle
Chase Kornke
Chloe Mauler
Jonas Mendoza
Jupiter Moore
Emma Nigro
Abigail Richard
Sienna Smith
Paige Sullivan
Helen Urdaneta
Delaney Whittington
Gerardo Zavala-Gutierrez
Velez expresses how important language honors societies are, saying, “The Spanish NHS is kind of like a home here. It’s just nice to know that other people speak Spanish.” She tells new inductees, “Felicidades, and don’t let AP Spanish scare you!”
