by SUSIE KANA
Special to the Hays Free Press
Barton Middle School held induction ceremonies for its National Junior Honor Society recently. To be eligible for consideration, a student must have a high grade point average, but that average is only one qualifying element. Scholarship without the highest character would be of little value. In addition, membership is based on citizenship, leadership, service, and character, the cornerstones of National Junior Honor Society membership.
The purpose of the society is to promote these five ideals: encourage others to aspire to scholarly habits, to develop qualities of citizenship, to enlist in worthy service, to lead in those things which shall advance the welfare of the school, and to gain qualities of character.
Barton NJHS inductees for 2011 are as follows: Charles Bohannon, Christine Brown, Alyssa Castro, Dalton Clark, Mikayla Crumley, Caleb Cruz, Kingsley Erps, Serena Frank, Jonathan Gilliam, Isa Hernandez, Jared Keeley, Kaitlyn Miller, Justin Moore, Tanner North, Ryan Phillips, Jacqueline Porteny, Dylan Ramage, Juliana Sampson, Jessica Sisario, Matthew Sotebier, Gibson Stanley, Madilynn Thomason, Mikayla Tumale, Brianna Vasquezs and Madison Whitley.
Others inductees include Camille Brown, Emily Cadenhead, Gabriel Cavazos, Matthew Conrad, James Cruz, Jr., Ana Duque Quiroz, Haley Fountain, Savannah Georgeson McCabe, Michael Gonzales, Anna Holsonbake, Alyssa Miller, Garrett Miller, Erica Munoz, Emma Partain, Sabrina Pina, Ethan Pulfrey, Paulina Ridgway, Anthony Shelton, Mackenzie Smith, Brittany Squires, Brayden Stull, Jesse Trader, Gabriielle Valdez, Annelise Vigil and Justice Winn.
