The Darlington School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 47 new members in a ceremony held Thursday, Jan. 8, in Morris Chapel.
Each year, juniors and seniors who have been at Darlington for the equivalent of one semester or more are eligible for induction. Students are eligible if their overall high school average is at least 93 or above for juniors who have successfully completed at least four Honors/AP courses & 90 or above for seniors who have successfully completed at least six Honors/AP courses. Candidates also must have attained at least one major leadership role either through election or appointment, and must have been involved in two or more service activities per year.
Students who meet these requirements will be invited to complete an application form to provide information regarding academic awards, character, leadership roles and service activities. Then, in accordance with national rules, a committee of five faculty members, chosen annually by the head of school, selects new members of the society. Candidates are reviewed anonymously by the selection committee.
New members include seniors Jake Owen Absher, Claire Olivia Bojo, Kathryn Ruth Brinson, Grayson Joseph Clark, Emma Frances Cromartie, Arthur Lee Donahue V, Jiarui Guo, Heidi Hayden Holder, Harrison Ellis Inman, Charles Frederick Jackson, Fucheng Li, Yanrui Liang, Jasper Lanning Stepp, Kensie Raegan Waller, and juniors Ceclia Louise Baggett, Yonah Shane Banda, James William Bowerman, William Banks Brown, Lance Alexander Carroll, Logan Russell Cochran, Jackson Phillips Craig, Anne Calloway Dempsey, Tripp Michael Dunn, Cameron Owen Edwards, Cora Blakely Fannin, Grady Cole Ferguson, Emmett Paul Holcombe, Nora Blake Knaak, Yin Lun Kuo, Cooper Matthew Laliberte, Julian Lansdell, Mary Dandridge Ledbetter, Chaebeom Lim, Jackson Miller Loy, Wenyuan Lyu, Thu Hoang Minh Nguyen, Viet Nguyen, Rayan Ramadhani Noor, Sara Jo Pierce, Finley Mae Pilgrim, Nathaniel Joseph Pitts, Matthew David Sanker, Sara Beth Snider, Nhu Tam Trieu, Joseph Thomas Watters, Xiran Xiong and Brynn Marie Zeller.
