001[Music] so [Music] so [Music] thank you [Music] good evening and welcome to the induction ceremony for the class of 2022 and 2023 i'm lauren enochson co-advisor of the national honor society this is marcia vieira my co-advisor we want to welcome everyone tonight and personally congratulate all of you on your child's achievement you must be very proud before we hand over the meeting to our outgoing presidents we want to introduce this year's board and thank them for their very successful year could you please stand in acknowledgment this year we had two co-presidents randy medeiros randy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] randy will be attending lynn university where she will be majoring in cyber security kailyn rotowski kalyn will be attending umass amherst which will be majoring in informatics in the fall gabriella santos our vice president gabby will
002be attending roger williams university and she'll be majoring in mechanical engineering we have two secretaries grace rose grace will be attending the university of new england where she will be majoring in medical biology nicole [Applause] nicole sylvain will be attending umass amherst where she'll be majoring in biology and our co-treasurer robert august [Applause] robert will be attending bristol community college where he will be majoring in psychology and minoring in restaurant management in addition to their involvement in the national honor society as well as other various sports and club activities they have maintained a gpa that has kept them in the top 20 percent of their class they have done an exceptionally fine job this year and we loved working with them we wish all six of you the best of luck in your future endeavors
003could we have a round of applause for all their efforts their hard work [Applause] their hard work and their commitment to helping others we'd also like to thank the five members of the faculty council whose main responsibilities are to review all of the applications to the national honor society they are dr peter bangs of the science department miss lilly chamberlain of the world languages department miss patricia flitter of the math department ms debra august of the math department and mr will higgins of the english department thank you for your service to the national honor society i will now call randy medeiros and kaelin rutowski to the podium to conduct the rest of the ceremony good evening would everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance and the singing of the star spangled banner i pledge
004allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all i would now like to introduce lauren lima who is a member of the dartmouth high theatre company and the dhs acapella group harmonix to sing the star-spangled banner would you please remain standing so [Music] oh [Music] oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we held at the twilight's glass gleaming whose brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight for the reports [Music] gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled then yet wave for the land of the free and the home of the brave [Applause] [Music] please be seated thank you
005my name is randy medeiros and i am co-president of this year's national honor society welcome to our honor society induction ceremony being inducted into the national honor society is one of the greatest honors a studer can achieve at dartmouth high school since membership represents the highest level of excellence in school it carries with it the responsibility of setting an example for other members of the student body the students who are being inducted this evening have demonstrated through their academics and social contributions the qualities that the national honors society stands for scholarship leadership character and service good evening my name is caitlin rickowski co-president of this year's national honor society the qualities of scholarship leadership character and service truly exemplify every member of the national honor society this year our members showed their utmost dedication to
006service in and around their community whether it was assisting the elementary schools and math programs cleaning our school campus or even volunteering at the zoo each and every one of these students could be seen around dartmouth and surrounding areas making a difference one act at a time when it wasn't an individual pursuit our chapter took part in many group efforts to support our chosen charity of the year prevent child abuse america we held restaurant fundraisers at establishments like my place in bittersweet farm early in the school year where a percentage of the proceeds went directly to our charity during february in light of valentine's day we sold and delivered carnations to students and faculty in dartmouth high school one of our most successful fundraisers was the volleyball tournament which we were able to bring back
007after two years of code restrictions with a 19 team bracket bake sale and raffle all in one night we were able to raise over 2 000 and provide an inclusive competition for all dartmouth public school members outside of raising money we showed our gratitude to the for the faculty at dartmouth high school during the holiday season every member hand drill cards and assembled goody bags for teachers and staff they adore most recently we held a car wash this past weekend raising money for a different cause switching gears we were able to raise 1090 dollars for the international rescue committee in support of refugees of ukraine i am proud that i was able to serve as president for this group of individuals dedicated to not only scholarship but compassion within their communities without this outstanding group
008of members officers and our advisors we would not have been able to accomplish all that we did this year please join me in welcoming ms lassie to the stage [Applause] okay hello everyone i am miss lassie a member of the english department here so i feel very privileged to be here tonight speaking to a group of students that i have watched become such wonderful humans i've had so many of you in class and i could not be more excited to share tonight with you celebrating your accomplishments when i told someone outside of dhs that i was doing the speech tonight they replied oh that club for all the smart kids and yes you are all smart kids your gpa is part of why you're here tonight but that is all it is apart a piece
009a fraction of what makes someone worthy of being a member of national honor society the number is not what we are celebrating tonight that is what you did not who you are you are not a number tonight we are not celebrating your gpa but the bits of your character that pushed you to succeed academically all of you here tonight gave up something maybe something small that you didn't really even miss or maybe it was something bigger you chose to push through the late nights and study you chose to put aside your phone and practice maybe you lost sleep maybe you skipped a party but you made the choice to push yourself to achieve to keep as many doors open to your future as possible those choices reveal your depth of character and that is what
010we celebrate tonight i can tell you when you leave dhs and then pop back in to visit i won't remember your best test grade or your gpa i'll remember the moments in class when the classroom melts away and we're just a room filled with human beings laughing together i might remember your great sense of fashion maybe it was how you gave up your seat at lunch and then casually stood for the rest of your meal it'll be the little things the glimpses into who you really are that i will remember those generous kind passionate silly sassy and yes smart individuals are worth recognizing you're worth honoring not because you are perfect in my opinion there's no such thing as perfect i mean i'm close but i like to enjoy the weird quirks that you bring
011to class the things that make you and i'm asking you tonight to be kind to those people forgive yourself for your mistakes enjoy being wrong stop being your own harshest critic would you ever be as severe on a friend or a family member as you are in yourself you are teenagers and yes we want you to be able to stand on your own two feet but i know adults that struggle to do that it's okay to not be okay all the time you do not need to be perfect it's okay to need help and ask for it it's okay to take care of yourself first these last few years have taught me a lot of things one of the biggest takeaways is that i cannot possibly help others or offer anything of substance if i
012do not take care of myself if i'm not kind to myself so treasure all the odd and unique things that make you you that is what has pushed you to be here that is who we acknowledge tonight i want to thank you for selecting me as this year's speaker i'm honored and humbled inductees i am so so proud of you be kind to others be kinder to yourself and congratulations [Applause] [Music] thank you miss lassie at this time we'd like to present you with a small token of our appreciation it now gives me great pleasure to present mr ross tebow principal of the dartmouth high school [Applause] we would like to thank mr tebow for his support of the national honor society and wish him the best in his future endeavors good evening nhs inductees
013superintendent gifford mrs vieira mrs enixon members of the faculty family and friends before i address tonight's inductees i would like to thank the national honor society advisors the faculty council faculty members members of the administrative team as well and perhaps most especially parents and family members nights like tonight are only possible when all the stakeholders in a school community come together toward a common goal which is the success of our young people tonight it's a great privilege for me to be able to speak to our inductees as a former member and president of the national honor society this is an organization and more importantly most importantly the pillars upon which it is built scholarship leadership service and character are so important and hold a special place in my heart and have served as a north
014star that has guided me throughout my life yet while i have tried to align my actions to these values throughout my life i know there are times when i have failed to do so and it has taken me years to realize that that is okay much like miss lassie just spoke about it is okay to fail from time to time we all do and we all will what is much more important is that you not accept or excuse away your failure but that you learn from it this not perfection is the true mark of a national honor society inductee so while i congratulate each of you tonight on gaining admission to the national honor society i also challenge each of you to truly embrace the four pillars of the national honor society and to make
015those pillars your north star free from the fear of falling short in fact to help you embrace this mindset and to honor our keynote speaker miss lassie who as she noted teaches english i thought i might share a brief but excellent poem that really articulates this sentiment much more eloquently than i ever could the poem is the man in the glass originally published in 1934 by dale wimbrose senior when you get what you want in your struggle for self and the world makes you king for a day just go to the mirror and ask yourself and see what that man has to say look at yourself and see what that man has to say for it isn't your father or mother or wife whose judgment upon you must pass the fellow whose verdict counts most
016in your life is the one staring back from the glass he's the fellow to please never mind the rest for he's with you clear to the end and you've passed your most difficult dangerous test if the man in the glass is your friend you may fool the whole world on the pathway of years and get pats on the back as you pass but your final reward will be heartache and tears if you've cheated the man in the glass congratulations to each of tonight's inductees and may the man in the glass be always your friend [Applause] i'm sorry now we would like to begin the candle lighting service knowledge is at the core of everything we do in our lives it is from the candle of knowledge that we draw the inspiration for other aspects of
017our lives as the minister ralph w stockman said the larger the island of knowledge the longer the shoreline of wonder the light of this candle illuminates the future i will now light the candle of knowledge this year's officers of the national of the national honor society will now light the candles which represent the four pillars of the national honor society randy will represent scholarship rj will represent service grace will represent leadership and nicole will represent character one of the core principles of the honor society scholarship serves as a foundation of of the society as it is one of the primary criteria for initial selection into the organization as well as the requisite standard its members must uphold in order to maintain membership scholarship is representative of the intrinsic value each member of the honors society
018must value in their higher pursuit of academic excellence as nelson mandela once said education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world i will now light the candle of scholarship so a core principle of the honor society service refers to actions done for or on behalf of others without any compensation provided to the individual performing the actions members of the organization must be selfless in action selfless and thought and selfless in nature for service to others makes one pure in heart and exhibits an outward showing of everything the honor society stands for as mahatma gandhi once said the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others i will now light the candle of service leadership signifies a position of being in charge showing guidance
019or directing a group of individuals or an organization leadership showcases the qualities for which members of the honor society must strive to uphold in their daily responsibilities and throughout the many communities which today belong as american author john c maxwell once said a leader is one who knows the way goes the way and shows the way i will now light the candle of leadership so perhaps the most overlooked yet most intrinsically significant principle the honor society requires that all members represent the organization as persons of character through demonstration of integrity respect responsibility fairness compassion and citizenship as long-time ucla basketball coach john wooden once said be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are i will now
020light the candle of character at this time we will begin the induction ceremony would you please hold your applause until all inductees have received their cards and pins so sean allen kelsey almeida aidan amaral avery amaral mia rose amaral ryan p eruda [Music] alexia ash [Music] lauren agusa rishibala [Music] marisa p barnhart [Music] matthew j borges [Music] cameron cabral [Music] courtney cabral [Music] phoenix campbell [Music] luke matthew canef [Music] serena joy carnes [Music] aidan t carrero ali chester [Music] ryan t cleveland [Music] alexandra kojikaru [Music] logan korea [Music] eleonora joan cody [Music] eva crane [Music] nina kunya [Music] emily daggett [Music] jessica daggett [Music] summer daniels [Music] sophia diaz angelina l dimideiras ducharme [Music] austin cole edgecombe john paul emile [Music] megan emman [Music] julia farias [Music] isabel farah [Music] amber ferreira [Music] evan ferreira
021bronson killian [Music] nadia [Music] ella gibson [Music] sophia giosa [Music] piper harrison [Music] eva hopps [Music] jillian hughes [Music] erin jaspero caroline j kelly [Music] jake lancaster [Music] isabelle levoy [Music] reagan avery laconte [Music] kevin leong [Music] hannah lima [Music] lauren m lima [Music] kevin lynn [Music] avery lee mcgregor [Music] schaefer marcovici [Music] sean r martin [Music] brendan mcgowan [Music] braden medeiros [Music] aiden medeiros argued [Music] brendan mellow [Music] morgan mellow [Music] benjamin moniz [Music] evan moniz conor murphy [Music] lexi bella nicolosi sarah nunes [Music] anna oliveira [Music] gabriela pereira rosanias pereira [Music] madison pine holly and raposa [Music] hannah m rosa [Music] olivia santos [Music] autumn lisanero [Music] emma catherine smuller [Music] colin [Music] souza grace by me lauren sullivan [Music] erin thatcher [Music] madden l walsquitz [Music] taylor wood [Music] amanda alzader abby
022zuber [Music] uh with the newly inducted members of the national honor society please stand so we will now recite the national honor society oath with the inductees please stand please repeat after me i pledge myself to uphold the high purpose [Music] of the national honor society to which i have been elected i will be true to the principles for which it stands i will be loyal all times to my school and women maintain and encourage [Music] high standards of character scholarship leadership and service would all new members now please extinguish their candles [Applause] [Music] [Applause] would all new members now please take the pin and pin it into your rope this is so cold so congratulations to you and may you find continued success in all that you do maybe please have a round of
023applause for our new national honor society members thank you [Applause] it now gives me great pleasure to present dr bonnie gifford superintendent of the dartmouth public schools it is both an honor and a privilege to have her address the newly inducted honor society members thank you thank you thank you and of course i want to say good evening even though i'm last it's the end of the evening but uh once again i'll like to thank the national honor society faculty council and the high school administration for the great efforts to create this ceremony and celebration for our students on behalf of the central office administration team i'm pleased to be able to offer congratulations to the current and soon to be although tonight members of the national honor society as tonight's speakers have stated you're
024being inducted because you embody the four pillars of the national honor society your achievements in character have been noticed and your teachers have made sure that you receive appropriate recognition as an honor society member you are expected to lead and support others you're also expected to engage in community service a community service project requires you to think about others it encourages you in the words of american rabbi and author harold kushner do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return but because of who you are i'm grateful that one of the purposes of the national honor society is to get young people involved in helping others the sensation you receive when you give cannot be overstated you come away with a full heart knowing you have made someone's
025life easier as you recited the honor society pledge tonight i hope that you were able to reflect upon serving others and how giving to others helps you unleash release the full value of who you really are i think we are we can agree tonight that our world is need of heal of healing we need hope and as i said healing as a leader i hope you continue your good work beyond tonight's ceremony pledge to be the person who does things for others because of who you are a leader a helper a caregiver be inspirational be exceptional and most importantly and i think miss lassie said this numerous times be kind mr rogers who you may not remember television person told us once when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the
026news my mother would say to me look for the helpers you will always find people who are helping and i hope you will all become helpers finally i feel compelled to leave you with the powerful words spoken by anne frank how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world congratulations and best wishes for continued success [Applause] at this point the students in the national honor society would like to thank our advisors ms enixon and miss vieira for all their help we would also like to thank dartmouth high faculty staff and administrators for all the support they have given us this would not have been possible without them i would now like to call up our advisor mrs vieira good evening everybody and i hope i don't cry i wanted
027to take a few minutes to say thank you to honor my co-advisor lauren nixon as some of you may know she's supposed to be on maternity leave but she has been on the phone with me every single day as she's trying to feed her little girl liliana she's been up with me during the day and at night and she's been doing so much and it's during her maternity leave and i would like to say that you exemplify what the national honor society is by leadership and character in your service so i would like to say thank you we all would like to thank you for all your hard work [Applause] for the girl [Applause] i would now like to call up rj august hello um as you've heard tonight my name is rj august and
028i am the treasurer for the nhs class of 2022. um there is one more person that we have to thank tonight and that would be miss fiera let me tell you just a little bit about what makes ms fiera such an exemplary and incredible figure in our community first would be her devotion to her students she is always willing to go at length to explain to students the topics in her class and always excitedly offer extra help during pace to those who don't immediately grasp the topic there's been many times when i've walked in and she's excitedly explaining some algebra 2 problem to a poor student as our advisor for the nhs this year she has truly become a role model to us all if any of us ever needed anything we we knew that
029we could approach miss fiera and she would assist us no questions asked when it came to the fundraisers we planned this year she would meet with us thoroughly go through every detail because she truly cared about the cause we were raising for she was always willing to entertain our ideas for fundraisers and nevis let us feel like we weren't hurt which was very much appreciated she constantly wants to help those around her and perfectly defines the word community her her kind heart radiates throughout our school and is felt by all students from her corny jokes during nhs meetings to her motivational videos in class i am proud to say that i have worked with such an amazing woman this year and i know all of the other officers echo that sentiment and i'm truly going
030to miss your guidance and wisdom as i go forward so on behalf of myself and all other members of the nhs class of 2022 we thank you for your service and advice and it's customary that's in nhs speeches we end with a quote so i'd like to quote myself and i would like to quote that ms fiera you are a amazing woman if we could all please stand and recognize miss farah please [Applause] on behalf of the honor society i would like to thank everyone for attending this evening ceremony we hope that you will be able to join us in the cafeteria immediately after the ceremony for refreshments and now to conclude please remain seated until all of the members have filed out of the room thank you have a great night [Music] you