The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) is an organization that not only recognizes students who have achieved academic success, but also other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. More than just an honor roll, NJHS serves to honor those students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, Character, and Citizenship.
As a WASC accredited school, the D’TORCH Middle School chapter of NJHS formally began this school year, with Mr. Elliott Wakeling as the Chapter Adviser. The induction ceremony of the new members was held on April 26, 2018 of the previous school year. It formally recognized the students who have been selected by the faculty of DIS for successfully completing their candidacy and are being inducted as a new member of our NJHS chapter. Silva Lin was elected as the chapter president, Rosemary Ho as the vice president, Nandita Chennakrishnan as the secretary, and Tonia Pao as the treasurer. The other members inducted were Angela Dao, Amber Huang, Claire Ko, Elaine Fang, Kimi Chen, Chelsea Yu, Ethan Hsieh, Jennifer Wang, and Mia Tsai.
Throughout this school year, NJHS conducted several activities, such as having a donation booth to the WE charity during Masquerade Night. We raised over $800 US dollars which was then donated to the WE charity with the main focus towards providing education in Ethiopia. NJHS also had a Valentine’s Day fundraiser where they donated the money to the same charity, please look forward to our report in this post! Other than fundraisers, NJHS has several projects still in the making and sincerely hopes to complete them in the near future. The NJHS family hopes that their actions will improve not only DIS as a school, but also as one big family. NJHS has also recently selected several students that have proved their ability to serve our school through NJHS. An induction ceremony for the new members for the school year 2019-2020 will be held soon. If you have any suggestions for our school, NJHS will be glad to hear and respond to them to make our school a better environment for everyone.
