Fifty-Four Members Join Our National Honor Society
Barb Dawson • October 28, 2024

Congratulations to these outstanding students.

Montini Catholic's National Honor Society (St. Pope Paul VI Chapter) proudly inducted fifty-four (54) new members on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at the Lasallian college preparatory high school's NHS Induction Ceremony.  The goal of the NHS program is to empower and equip Montini students with the knowledge and skills to be transformative leaders at Montini, their communities and beyond.


Principal Chris Tiritilli, Assistant Principal Sara Lhotka and NHS moderators Michael Dailey and Kelly Davis were in attendance to congratulate the honored students. "With your gifts comes great responsibility. As a member of the National Honors Society, you are now called upon to lead by example, through servant leadership. You are looked upon to help be the voice of our student body, and your own generation. You are challenged to identify the areas of injustice in our society and world today, and to organize, collaborate, communicate and ultimately lead in developing the solutions to today’s problems and conflicts, while also looking ahead to anticipate the problems and conflicts of the future."


Returning NHS members joined the inductees to celebrate the newest members and to renew their own commitments to the goals of the National Honor Society. Seniors were also presented with special NHS stoles to wear at graduation in May.


Montini Catholic National Honor Society members are the leaders of their class and represent the very qualities the society is built on - Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. Members are responsible for organizing and enlisting school participation in various events during the school year including the school's Golden Gobbler Thanksgiving Food Drive in November, their Adopt-A-Family Christmas Drive in December and the annual Blood Drive for Vitalant, held in January.


NHS officers led inductees in the Ceremony of Light and Pillars which explained the four pillars of success which are the basis for which Montini's chapter was founded upon and the characteristics that each member strives to emulate in their everyday lives. 

The minimum requirement for membership in the Montini Catholic High School chapter of the NHS is a 4.0+ cumulative GPA at the end of their sophomore year. All students qualifying receive the opportunity to petition for membership in the National Honor Society. When applying, students are asked to detail their qualifications in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character. Students meeting all the requirements are then invited to become members in the NHS in the fall of their junior or senior year.


Once accepted into the NHS, students are required to maintain high scholastic standards, act as true leaders of the school and perform ten hours of community service each year (in addition to the service hours required for graduation (40).

Congratulations to Montini Catholic's NHS 2024-25 Inductees: (pictured above as l to r as listed)


Madalyn Aguilar '26
Isaac Alexander '26
Molly Bonino '26
Brody Boyer '26
Miley Brunski '26
Adyson Caminiti '26
Madeline Caruso '26
Sophia Cetrone '26
Julia Ciaccio '26
Gabrielle Colagrossi '26
Christopher Davis '26
Angelo DeSensi '26
Sofia Flores '26
Cameron Fountain '26
Sydney Gertsen '26
Savannah Gutierrez '26
Tyiance Haney '25
Nicholas Harris '26
Thomas Healy '26
Henry Herold '26
Blake Heyer '26
Aliana Hrdina '26
Lauren Jaskier '25
Karissa Jones '26
Abigail Kimball '26
Jonathan Kosinski '26
Brian Kuratko '26
Ashlynn Lindt '26
Ava Lomardi '26
Zongyuan Lyu '26
Michael May '26
Cassidy McCarthy '26
Malin McGivern '26
Ava Mihelich '26
Nicole Navarro '26
Eleanor Neal '26
Ashlinn O’Brien '26
Charles Paciga '26
Gabby Paulino '26
Bon Pham '26
Aubrey Podojil '26
Brendan Pully '26
Christopher Reyes '25
Brielle Rowgalo '25
Audrey Ruddy '26
Bryce Ryan '26
Robert Sansone '26
Jackson Simek '25
Honor Snell '26
Andrew Sparke '26
Ariana Spizzirri '26
Troy Stumbaugh '26
Maria Torres '26 )
Sophia Torres '26


"I am so proud of each of our National Honors Society members," said Principal Tiritilli. "I enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate their continual hard work and efforts to maintain high academic marks while also serving as an engaged and active member of the student body. I am confident that all of these students are already on the path to transforming our school, community and world, and so pleased that they are beginning their leadership journey here at Montini Catholic High School."



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