CAMPUS NEWS Students Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program Greensboro Day School recognized five students who have been named Commended Students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students are Cameron Greenberg ’18, Eliza Schenck ’18, Levi Smith ’18, Hugh Walton ’18, and Daniel Yamagata ’18. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2018 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who took the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. n 37 juniors and seniors were inducted into the Greensboro Day School chapter of the National Honor Society. The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1921. The Greensboro Day School chapter has been in existence since 1975 and currently has 79 students. Students inducted into National Honor Society New inductees include Katie Barton ’19, Kilian Brady ’18, Charlotte Carr ’19, Jordan Corcoran ’18, Makenna Cripps ’18, Jacinta Fernandes-Brough ’19, Logan Forbis ’19, Carter Green ’19, Cameron Greenberg ’18, Lingjun Guo ’19, Luke Hayes ’18, Will Hayes ’19, Madison Head ’19, Cynthia Mae Hunt ’19, Elsa Rose Karcher ’19, Steven Key ’19, Andy King ’18, Tristan Lee ’19, Maddy Murdock ’19, Helen Noone ’19, Leah Shea Peraldo ’19, Clarke Phillips ’18, Cameron Pinkelton ’19, Pierce Rohlfing ’19, Jenny Rowlett ’19, Lindsay Rucker ’19, Catherine Sar ’19, Jacob Schulte ’19, Carlie Snyder ’18, Burke Sullivan ’19, Michael Trentini ’19, Harrison Tuck ’19, Josh Turner ’19, Laura Watson ’19, Ben Wilcox ’19, Daniel Yamagata ’18, and Lily Yamagata ’19. The Greensboro Day School chapter officers include: Jacob Thomas ’18, President Rubing Zhang ’18, Officer Lekha Ramachandran ’18, Officer Eliza Schenck ’18, Officer Pooja Sharma ’18, Environmental Committee Chair Emma McGeachy ’18, GDS Mentors Committee Chair Alex Herman ’18, Hunger Relief Committee Chair Sam Dell ’18, Greater Greensboro Committee Chair 6 | Winter 2017