001[Music] [Applause] [Music] great [Music] good and evening to the induction ceremony for the class of 2021 and 2022 i am mrs zeniksen co-advisor of the national honor society and this is mrs vieira 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 president we want to introduce this year's board and thank them for their very successful year could you please stand in an acknowledgement miguel pearl miguel is our president and he will be attending fordham university in the fall lauren nielsen our vice president will be attending endicott college haley korea and mia clark our secretaries hayley will be attending the university of connecticut and mia will be attending wesleyan university jonathan karns our treasurer who
002cannot be with us tonight will be attending the university of massachusetts at amherst in addition to their involvement in nhs 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 exceptional exceptionally fine job this year and we loved working with them we wish all five of you the best of luck in your future endeavors could we please have a round of applause for all their efforts hard work and their commitment to helping others we would 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 dr peter bangs of the science department miss lily chamberlain of the world languages department
003ms patricia fletcher of the math department miss emily goodwin library media specialist and mr will higgins of the english department thank you for your service to the national honor society [Applause] i would now like to call miguel pereira 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 performed by gabriella riordan michaela vaillancourt and emeline tavares i pledge allegiance 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 one two three oh say can you see by the dawn's early life [Music] who's brought strife [Music] we watched [Music] gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
004oh saved us [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] r and thank you guys my name is miguel pereira and i'm 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 student 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 honor society stands for scholarship leadership character and service these four qualities truly exemplify every member of the national honor society even this year with the hardships of coven 19 in online and hybrid schooling members of the
005national honor society have truly given their all towards service for their community my fellow classmates were more than eager to seek out volunteer opportunities they served as teacher teachers and tutors dog walkers and coaches some volunteered frequently at the zoo while others could be found at a local food pantry or dance studio nonetheless dartmouth high school's chapter of the national honor society could be found all around dartmouth in the southeastern massachusetts area for the dedication of my fellow members this year we accomplished many impressive feats even while working around kova 19 guidelines around the holidays we sponsored a family of four for christmas through a combination of donations and gift buying we brought christmas to a family in need we also came together to make holiday cards for the entirety of brandon woods nursing home
006of dartmouth further into the year we held our largest fundraiser called fund drive where we partnered with the local savers through the combined efforts of every member of the national honor society we were just shy of 1 700 pounds of donated clothing and finally most recently we held a school cleanup around earth day i am beyond grateful to have served as president for such an admirable and hard-working group of people it was due to their perseverance and determination that we accomplished as much as we did it now gives me great pleasure to present mr ross tebow principal of dartmouth high school we would like to thank mr tebow for his support of the national honor society i think you guys can sit i think is that okay yes please sit greetings dhs community members superintendent
007gifford school committee members mr john nunes and mrs mary waite associate principal chavier assistant principal martin national honor society co-advisers mrs enochson and mrs vieira national honor society faculty advisory council members families faculty and most importantly you the newest inductees of the dartmouth high school chapter of the national honor society i am principal ross tebow and it's my honor and privilege to speak to you tonight at the dartmouth high school national honor society induction ceremony while it is always an honor and a privilege to address an outstanding group of young people such as the one gathered before us tonight i want to take a moment to underscore that tonight it is truly an honor and a privilege that i am grateful to have given the pandemic that we have all lived through the past 14
008months over the past 14 months a great deal has been taken from us especially meaningful ceremonies like tonight's where we can gather as one community to celebrate together the outstanding achievement of our young people while we are together tonight taking yet another step towards some sense of normalcy it should be noted that the ceremony has been modified to comply with public health guidelines which is the reason those guidelines are the reason why we have limited the number of speeches tonight i'm sure you probably aren't all that disappointed about that it is the reason these guidelines are also the reason we've modified some of the rituals that are typically performed at tonight's ceremony such as distribution of the national honor society pins and membership gods as well as the candlelighting portion of tonight's ceremony while such
009modifications were necessary tonight it should not take away from the feelings of pride that each of us students parents family members and dartmouth high school educators should feel toward our role in making celebration celebrations such as tonight's possible and these modifications must not take away from the real purpose of tonight's ceremony which is for our newest inductees to pledge an oath to uphold the values upon which the national honor society is built in a little while the current offices of the national honor society will define each of the four pillars upon which the national honor society has been built over the past 100 years those pillars of scholarship character leadership and service each equally important to living a life aligned to the values and mission of the national honor society recently i had the pleasure
010of speaking with some students as part of the appeals process for admission to the national honor society and we spoke about the four pillars upon which this society is built in those conversations and tonight in front of all of you i offer a simple observation and a challenge that i hope will remain with each inductee long after tonight's ceremony long after in fact each of you depart the halls of dartmouth high school and that observation is this in my experience as a national honor society member myself and past national honor society president and now as an educator and principal i've witnessed two types two distinct types of national honor society members the first type unfortunately is all too common and that is the national honor society member who is driven to excel content with merely
011being able to put on their resume they are a national honor society member now don't get me wrong being a member should be a source of honor and pride but it's the second type of national honor society member that we seek to grow at dartmouth high school and that is the national honor society member who takes tonight's oath to heart it's the national honor society member who reflects on what it really means to live a life devoted to scholarship recognizing that being a lifelong learner is important especially in the age of anti-science that we all are living through the national honor society member that recognizes being a person of character means doing the right thing whether someone is looking or not even when doing the right thing is much more difficult than taking a shortcut
012it's the national honor society member who provides leadership with or without a formal title it's the national honor society member who remains committed to the belief that we all belong to something bigger than ourselves recognizing that there is great value to giving back to the community without any expectation of reward beyond perhaps appreciation for a job well done so tonight if you remember nothing else remember that the oath you pledge tonight is your binding word that you will be a national honor society member not from this day until graduation but from this day for the rest of your lives and that should be a long time tonight i implore you to remember that with this tremendous honor comes an equally tremendous responsibility you now have a responsibility to uphold the four pillars of scholarship character
013leadership and service congratulations to each of you and may you always rise to the challenge of living your life aligned with the virtues of the national honor society congratulations so one of the modifications we have is that we are going to call each new inductee's name we ask that the inductee would just stand to be recognized and i am awful with names and our fine young people told me how to pronounce it i am nervous just like anyone else that would speak so if i make a mistake i apologize but i'm going to do my best amelia abblett [Applause] faiza achalova juliana almeida gabrielle aruda robert august mackenzie bello aileen boyle eva may cafaso anna camisa [Applause] catherine sharia william chow genevieve shadeed leah chuba deanna bella correa patrick crane kylie decosta ashley the jesus
014lucas e dion baron dutra maria l tom charles fairfax riley fernandes sinclair for long jaina geigo evan garcia lilly giosa shantay gonzalez thea hayes nicholas howarth keegan hummerson justin kearney jack kercher aidan lemaire kathleen lamar catherine lancaster serel lawton ethan lima lisa emma madruga sarah madruga ethan robert marks shay mcgee elizabeth mckinley [Applause] damien madirus randy madirus ella mercer catherine miller joshua charles moniz sophia montez lauren novo casey oliver josh patel jordan peckham ciara phelps bria pimento aaliyah ramos isabella raposa gabriela riordan richard molly rio grace lillian rose kaelin rockowski gabriela santos silva mary ellen sylvia abigail simmons catherine ella smith juliana souza hannah sullivan nicole sylvain meredith sylvia oliver terradash emmeline tavaz emma caitlin tatro olivia ustanovic michaela valencia sophia e weight jada walker lily wheaton joey abby shaw aiden yim [Applause] kevin zhang
015colin zoo and last and certainly not least i apologize i missed one and that would be catherine rosen again thank you and congratulations to each of you congratulations everyone now i would like to begin the candlelighting 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 the other aspects of our lives as the minister ralph w sockman 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 honor society will now light the candles which represent the four pillars of the national honor society lauren will represent scholarship john will represent service john's not with us but
016lauren will be haley will represent leadership and mia will represent character sorry one of the core principles of the national honor society scholarship serves as the foundation 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 must 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 a core principle of the national 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
017the 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 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 of guiding or 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 throughout the many communities of which they belong as american businessman harold s janine once said leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitudes and inactions i will now light the candle of leadership perhaps the most
018overlooked yet most interestingly significant principle the honors society requires that all members represent the organization as persons of characters 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 just what others think of you i will now light the candle of character at this time we will begin the induction ceremony oh sorry never mind uh we will now recite the national honor society oath would the inductees please stand please repeat after me i pledge myself to uphold the high purpose of the national honor society to which i have been elected i will be true to the principles for which it stands loyal at
019all times to my school and will maintain and encourage high standards of character scholarship leadership and service would all new members now please take the pin and pin it onto your robe congratulations to you and may you find continued success in all that you do may we please have a round of applause for our new national honor society members you guys can sit now at this point the students in the honor society would like to thank our advice advisors mrs enixon and mrs vieira for all their help we would also like to thank the dartmouth high staff and our administrators for all the support they have given us this would not have been possible without them on behalf of the honor society i would like to thank everyone for attending this evening ceremony and now
020to conclude please remain seated until all of the members have filed out of the room thank you have a great night [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so you