Three dozen sophomores inducted into National Honor Society

Amsterdam High School's National Honor Society recently inducted 36 new members, recognized 33 more who will graduate later this year and named the class of 2008's valedictorian and salutatorian.

All of that took place during the society’s annual awards ceremony, held May 15 at the high school’s Bert DeRose Auditorium. The ceremony was dedicated to high school physics teacher John Battisti for his commitment to students and education.

Alexandra Petitti is the class of 2008's valedictorian, while Megan Gaugler is the class salutatorian.

The society annually recognizes seniors for exhibiting qualities of leadership, character, scholarship and service. Receiving the awards this year were: Robert Sobkowich, leadership; Brittany Stahura, character; Megan Gaugler, scholarship; and Emily Kowalczyk and Heather Monge, service.

The 36 students inducted this year are all sophomores:

Nicole Agosta	Casey Faustel	Margaret Mulligan
Paige Archinal	Matthiew Filanova	Ashli Ottati
Amanda Auricchio	Emily Greco	Michela Ottari
Sarah Bellardini	Nicholas Greco	Nicholas Reed
Taylor Brown	McKenzie Horn	Frances Ripepi
Alexandra Catena	David Hughes	Hillary Rouse
Anthony Clark	Jaspreet Kaur	Richard Russell
Chelsey Crosby	Brandie Kreisel	Anthony Sobkowich
Caitlin DiCaprio	Stephanie Krom	Priyanka Singh
Ryan Douglas	Kelsey McDermott	Thomas Tatun
Anna Dyakiv	Adam Mihalek	Sonia Tiemann
Carly Farron	Tyler Morrone	Katie Wright

 

Senior members of the National Honor Society are:

Natasha Aleman	Joseph Kaczmarek	Alexandra Petitti
Leanna Anderson	Emily Kowalczyk	Louis Petrosino
Catlin Bartman	Abbey LaChanski	Dillan Rathke
Christina Blanchard	Evan Maines	Emily Reed
Michela Catena	Evelyn Marrero	Dianna Rokitowski
Christiria Fazio	Benjamin Marsh	Katie Rusnica
Jessica Ferrucci	Marisa Martuscello	Robert Sobkowich
Megan Gaugler	Heather Monge	Catherine Sprouse
Louisa Going	Jessica Nelson	Anthony Sumigray
Shawn Gray	Vincenzo Nicosia	Brittany Stahura
Christopher Greco	Dominique Pepe	AshleyWelytok

 

To qualify for the National Honor Society at Amsterdam High School, students must maintain a 90 percent or better cumulative average in academic subjects (not including physical education, art, music and other courses). Students cannot qualify for the NHS until the end of the second quarter of their sophomore year. If a student does not qualify at that point, they must wait until the end of the second quarter of their junior year. Freshmen are not eligible for induction because they have not taken enough classes, and seniors are not eligible for induction because there is not enough time left in their high school career to satisfy the community service portion of the program.