WALTON — Seventeen students were inducted into the Walton Central School District chapter of the National Honor Society during a ceremony Thursday evening, joining four current members in the organization.
The annual ceremony included a candle-lighting presentation and explanations of the society’s four pillars: scholarship, leadership, character and service. The new members were introduced and received certificates and hoods before reciting the National Honor Society pledge.
“I pledge myself to uphold the high purposes of this society to which I have been elected, striving in every way by word and deed to make its ideals the ideals of my school and of my life,” the inductees pledged.
The newest members of the Walton chapter are Sabrina Avolio, Alivia Conklin, Lina DuPrey-Diederichsen, Mayla Evans, Anika Fassler, Raegan Foster, Eilis Greene, Brynlee Hunt, Liam Kane, Emma Kingsbury, Paige LeBarge, Esther Salvia, Lauren Sloan-Boice, Lila Trimbell, Grace-Mary Walley, Kennedy Williams and Annalia Yetto.
Current members are Aubrie Green, Natalie Hoffman, Maisy Rhinehart and Kai Storrer.
Chapter officers for the year were also introduced. Green will serve as president, Rhinehart as vice president, Hoffman as secretary and Storrer as treasurer.
