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70 Montville Township High School Students Inducted into National Honor Society

By MELISSA BENNO

June 8, 2017 at 9:00 PM

MTHS NHS inductees Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

Viktoria Olowski lights a candle at the NHS induction ceremony Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

Arushi Gupta lights a candle at the NHS induction ceremony Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

MTHS NHS induction Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

Teacher of the Year Tammy Bombard at the NHS ceremony Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

The MTHS Chamber Choir sings the National Anthem Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

Vice Principal Kenneth Nadzak speaks at the NHS ceremony Credits: TAPinto Montville staff

MONTVILLE, NJ – Seventy juniors were inducted into the Montville Township High School chapter of the National Honor Society at a ceremony held on May 22 at the school.

Eligible students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or better. Once they have met that criterion, they submit an application which outlines experiences that demonstrate leadership, service, and character. A five-member faculty council reviews and accepts students, according to Principal Douglas Sanford.

The students were:

Parth Agrawal

Katie Becker

Taylor Blicht

Bhuvi Boda

Samuel Brumer

Liam Cassidy

Minki Chae

Emily Chen

Jasmine Chueh

Nicholas Corradino

Randi Deitz

Joseph Dello Stritto

Venkata Dudi

Luke Elias

Tracy Eng

Nicole Feaster

Ashley Feng

Jessica Fleischer

Eric Freeman

Asher Gilani

Kayla Gill

Julia Gillan

Kyle Godau

Alana Gomez-Solis

Amanda Gorski

Alicia Gupte

Spencer Haber

Abigail Hammell

Blythe Hehmeyer

Andrew Hong

Se-Hee Hwang

Victoria Iasso

Francis Ilankumaran

Adam Kolides

Jenna Koske

Melissa Kozell

Alan Lai

Danielle Langer

Brian Laurito

Daniel Jin Lee

Eric Leong

Emily Liao

Katherine Liu

Keith Lo

Jake Marotta

Hannah Massey

Leah Mazie

Erin McGuire

Jane Meng

Malachi Metz

Jonah Minkoff

Madeleine Morris

Jack Motherway

Madeline Quinn

Harish Rajagopal

Nicolette Rubel

Ana Sakellakis

Emily Santosuosso

Shikha Shah

Kinjal Sharma

Matthew Shupak

Natalie Sliwowski

Madelyn So

Sara Sotirov

Andrew Sun-Yan

Carson Tabakin

Michael Touma

Marc Tsukroff

Alison Yu

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