By Emma Caserta – Staff Reporter

The National Honor Society is a service-based organization at Jonathan Law created for volunteerism and to acknowledge academic achievement.

Students who are inducted into NHS it must have certain qualifications and go through the process of becoming inducted.

“It is based on GPA (and other factors),” senior NHS member Lexi Fisk said. “You get an application and you tell all of your volunteer information, clubs, and sports.”

The club consists of senior and junior students who meet the guidelines to be a part of NHS. Members take part in a special induction process to become a part of the club.

NHS commits its time to the school and other out of school activities in order to recognize the students that are a part of it.

“In their application, students need to prove they have scholarship, leadership, character, and service,” NHS advisor Ms. Turcotte said. “If they have all four of those qualities, they will be invited to join.”

This year’s NHS president is senior Jill Bendlak, the vice president is senior Nisali Fernando, the secretary is senior Maddie Laezzo, and the treasurer is senior Deepika Senthilnathan.

“The officers run everything,” Fisk said.

This year, NHS has more upcoming projects that are exciting for the school. Their first major project of the year was a 50/50 raffle in order to raise money for Foran graduate Danni Kemp, who is battling brain cancer.

“It is important to serve the Jonathan Law community, and our community in general, to give back,” senior NHS member Lauren Paredes said.

NHS members are very involved in school activities and contribute to the school in many ways.

“We want to acknowledge them for their hard work,” Turcotte said.

Overall, NHS  creates a club for students with outstanding achievements and leadership skills, allowing them to use those skills accordingly to help the Jonathan Law community.

“The club has motivated me to work hard and strive to be the best person I can be,” Bendlak said.