The National Honor Society of Division Avenue and MacArthur high schools in Levittown collectively inducted 146 students during traditional candle lighting ceremonies celebrating the organization’s tenets of scholarship, leadership, service, character and citizenship.
At Division Avenue High School, Principal Joan Lorelli described the evening as her favorite evening of the year.
“This is an evening when we celebrate the choices and sacrifices you have made,” she told the inductees.
After officers Sepideh Vasseghi (president), Haniya Abbasi (vice president), Robyn Beeber (treasurer) and Sophia DeFranco (secretary) lit the candles, the inductees then recited the pledge to symbolize their membership. The names of teachers selected by the inductees as educators of excellence and influence were also recognized, as well as Teacher of the Year, Gerard Marzigliano.
In his address, MacArthur High School Principal Joseph Sheehan alluded to the future.
“We may not know what destiny holds for the students we honor here tonight, but MacArthur High School is a much better place because the inductees are a part of it,” he said.
After officers Gregory Matousek (president), Ashley Kim (vice president), Laura Tarone (recording secretary), Jared Wolfe (treasurer) and Kevin Wallace (corresponding secretary) lit the candles, the inductees recited the organization’s pledge. Science teacher Eric Tompkins was also honored as the chapter’s Teacher of the Year.
