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The PMHS Knight & Lamp Chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 112 new members at its induction ceremony held on Tuesday, November 21. Among the new inductees are 101 juniors and 11 seniors. The ceremony featured remarks by Mark Berkowitz, PMHS Principal, Dr. Cheryl Champ, Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Michael Owen-Michaane, President of the Board of Education and Kim Lundy, who serves as the NHS Co-Advisor along with Maria Abeshouse.

View a video recording of the ceremony

Students entered the auditorium to a processional performed  by members of the PMHS Orchestra and the National Anthem was sung by Matthew Michailoff. Class of 2024 NHS President Isaac Lief then made introductory remarks and spoke about Scholarship before introducing Class of 2024 NHS Vice President Samantha Gregware, who spoke about Service. Class of 2025 NHS Vice President Cameron Wanuga then spoke about Leadership and Class of 2025 NHS President Grace Kiamie spoke about character before leading the inductees in the membership pledge.

Congratulations to all of the new and returning members!

This year’s inductees are:

Class of 2024

Kyle Chang, Benjamin Gorski, Ryan Lacilla, Valery Madrid, Grace McNamara, Rebecca Nicholas, Rory Pannuti, Francesca Ripoll, Ava Rutigliano, Ava Sobolak, Joseph Vassalotti.

Class of 2025

Renee Ai, Brewer Anderson, Kristen Anderson, Austin Ansorge, Emily Apmann, Rediet Assefa, Skyler Austin, Emma Bier, Benjamin Blake, Katelyn Boyce, Henry Brandler, Judith Brandler, Sonia Brown, Conor Bryan, Charlotte Buehrer, Sabine Bushong, Claire Cahill, Marin Caiola, Luis-Joshua Casenas, Chloe Choulet, Justin Cohen, Dennis Condon, Katherine Connolly, Addison Cross, Isabella Cross, Meredith Cullen, Lucas D’Angelo, Madeline Dannecker, Noah DeDomenico, Brandon DeRogatis, Owen Duffy, Plum Durham, Samantha Elliott, Kate Feldman, Jake Fellner, Julia Findikyan, Kira Findikyan, Leander Frei, Leonardo Garcia, Ethan Gatchalian, Elena Getz, Luca Goodyear, Sophia Greco, Scarlett Hanlon, Maxwell Hansen, Alexandra Herzog, Madeline Horner, Alessandra Hughes, Sade Jacobs, Walter Jaklitsch, Dari Jeffries, Charles Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Alexander Kahler, Julian Kalehoff, Uma Kancharla, Katherine Kapplow, Matthew Kayser, Grace Kiamie, Fletcher Kiessling, William Knickerbocker, Catherine Koonce, Isabelle Kustin-Salee, Claire Landy, Robert Langerfeld, Oliver Lavallee, Jake Lubin, Ilan Luciano, Faye Luneau, Eleanor Maiberger, Victoria Marcellino, Charlotte Marion, Lark Martin, Benjamin Martucci, Joseph Martucci, Lorenzo Matiz, Gregory McFarland, John McGrory, Paul McLaughlin, Elayna McMahon, Maxwell Middleton, Andrew Morales, Erin Moskowitz, Jamie Moskowitz, Jonathan Mullan, Chloe Murray, Manu Naik, Jake Namba, Waverly Nanda, Dea Negri, George Negrin, Christopher O’Meara, Cecilia Ojo, Lucette Ow, Madeleine Pachella, Sydney Paulose, Malachy Pearlman, Nicholas Pietronuto, Gianluca Polenzani, Matthew Prisco, Zoe Pursel, Lila Resnick, Julianna Riviello, Axel Robinson, Daniel Rodriguez, Benjamin Sasson, Aidan Sinha, Zachary Sucena, Jeremy Tam, Cararose Vitale, Cameron Wanuga, Henna Wei, Shannon Winston, Stella Winter, Emily Xu.

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