Friday, March 10, 2017

Fisher-Strickland Chapter of National Junior Honor Society Inducts 2017 Members

The 2017 inductees and current NJHS members.
On Thursday, March 9, 2017, the DSSS chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), the Fisher-Strickland Chapter, inducted its new members for 2017. Eighth grade language arts and engineering teacher, Mandi Schultz, was the guest speaker for the night. Ms. Schultz explained to the students that they were the leaders of the school and serve as role models for their peers. "These students have done over 809 hours of community service collectively and 78 A's as a group, which is very impressive," explained Ms. Schultz.

Mrs. Murakami then explained the selection process the students went through in order to receive an invitation to join. The process included having straight A's, as well as demonstrated service and leadership characteristics.

The following students were inducted by Superintendent Fisher:
8th Grade: Riana Chen, Kyle Eskew, Avi Patel
7th Grade: Ben Hughes, Chloe Kuntz, Madalein Logan, Ally Miller, Rebekkah Mobley, David Noel, Rilo Oberg, John Wright

Principal Strickland closed the evening by congratulating the students on their achievements and invited them to celebrate their achievements with their families.

Congratulations to all of our students, and we look forward to seeing what you do during the course of your time at DRSS and beyond!

The following pictures from the event were taken by Pooja Shirahatti.