Byron-Bergen Middle School welcomes 20 new members, shown here, into its chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. Provided photoByron-Bergen Middle School held its National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony. After a welcome message by Superintendent Casey Kosiorek and Honor Society President Bethany Ezard as well as a candle lighting ceremony, standing members read short biographies and welcomed the 20 new members from the seventh and eighth grades.
Byron-Bergen ELA Teacher Diana Walther was the featured speaker at the induction ceremony. Walther discussed the importance of the school’s “The Leader in Me” character education program with a corresponding book she uses in her classes “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey.
The inductees were selected through an application process that focused on scholarship, leadership, citizenship, service, and character, the five principles of the National Junior Honor Society.
This year’s National Junior Honor Society members are: (seventh-graders) Dominick Andres, Olivia Audsley, Lindsey Bowman, Brandon Burke, Reanne Dressler, Marlaina Fee, Chase Felton, Mackenzie Fox, Clare Fraser, Ryan Gonyea, Hailey Hubbard, Alexandria Loewke, Kitana Maher, Kelsey Mauer, Colin Noeth, Grace Pulcini, Ryan Richardson, Karson Richenberg, Brittney Vincent; and eighth-grader Allison Kropf.
