On April 29, 55 Old Rochester Regional High School juniors and seniors were honored with induction into the National Honor Society. To qualify for the honor society, a student must not only excel academically, but also must demonstrate qualities of leadership and service to others.

As they entered the ORR cafeteria junior Michael Kassabian provided piano accompaniment for his fellow inductees. Honor society and Junior Class Advisor Sarabeth Morrell, Principal Michael Devoll, and honor society President senior Leah Thomas spoke.  Fellow senior and honor society member Connor Blagden introduced the evening’s guest speaker, ORR math teacher Mikah Kidney. He shared the five values students should strive to live by.

Society member and senior Zachary Tilden moved the audience with his speech that dedicated the ORR honor society chapter in memory of Dana Dourdeville.

“Dana exemplified the principles of The National Honor Society and we were so proud to name the organization in his memory,” Morrell said.

As the inductees were presented, each received an individual candle lit from the candle of knowledge.  New members received pins and membership cards to commemorate affiliation with this society that has honored students since 1921.

Junior and new inductee Andrea Harris said of her induction, “I think it’s an honor and I’m really excited to be a part of this group. I’m looking forward to helping out in the community with NHS.”

Morrell was pleased with the evening, saying, “We inducted 55 members and I am so proud of each of them.”

Below is a complete list of the honor society members:

Juniors Jennifer Aguiar, Michael Amato, Catherine Ball, Kasey Baltz, Morgan Browning, Stephen Burke, Madeline Cafarella, Danielle Cammarano, Victoria Caton, Alysha Cote, Benjamin DeMello, Benjamin Dion, Samuel Dorothy, Jaclyn Dyson, Sierra Ennis, Nicole Gifford, Michaela Guard, Chrystina Hai, Andrea Harris, Michael Kassabian, Andrew Kuhl, Gerald Lanagan, Hannah Lerman, Shannon Lynch, Samantha Malatesta, Julianne Mariner, Ian MacLellan, Laura McCoy, Victoria Medeiros, Jordan Menard, Mitchell Midwood, Benjamin Mimoso, Heather Nadeau, Julia Nojeim, Margaret O’Day, Shannon O’Malley, Ashley Pacheco, Jonathan Perreira, Zachary Peterson, Chloe Riley, Jentelle Rioux, Sarah Robertson, Shane Ryan, Kevin Saccone, Austin Salkind, Christina Sebastiao, Jillian Sethares, Kyle Sherman, Riley Sherman, Vincent Tepe, Cassandra Vance, and Angela Weigel, and seniors Morgan Collings, Rebecca Koerner and Louisa Truss are the newly inducted members of the National Honor Society.