b'STUDENTS RECEIVE NATIONALNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETYINDUCTIONMERIT HONORS 48 Greensboro Day School juniors and seniors were inducted into the Greensboro Day School chapter of the National Honor Society on September 19, 2019. The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nations 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 upholds the values of leadership, scholarship, character, and service.Saunders PengCONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2019 INDUCTEES:Christian Bailey 20, Drew Bennett 20, Caroline Bostian 20, John Thomas Chappell 20, Trevor Deedy 20, Yulin Fang 20, Atticus Head 20, Menghan Liu 20, Will Presson 20, Jack Scott 20, Graysen Shirley 20, Katherine Wyrick 20, Kristen Beane 21, Bella Burd 21, Szeying Chan 21, Annika Deshpande 21, Isabel Dover 21, Caroline Ferguson 21, Tori Frahm 21, Celia Funderburk 21, Maguire Goodrich 21, Ryan Green 21, Ben Griffin 21, Olivia Gwinnett 21, Emily Hall 21, Anna Marie Harding 21, Cady He 21, Doris Liu 21, Eleanor Manning 21, Grayson Meyers 21, Will Michael 21, Charlotte Munsey 21, Pierce Presson Mia Neal 21, Larkin Owens 21, Caroline Rainosek 21, Abby Samet 21, Lauren Sar 21, Greensboro Day School is proud to announceMadelyn Shaw 21, Vickey Shi 21, Gracie Silides 21, Hope Silides 21, Lesley Thomas 21, the students who were honored by theBrianna Thompson 21, Devin Tonkins 21, Caroline Wyrick 21, Liuyao (Jessica) Zhang 21, National Merit Scholarship CorporationHugo Zhao 21, and Jolin Zhou 21.as a 2020 National Merit Semifinalist and Commended Student. The ceremony included speeches by current National Honor Society members on the topics of leadership, scholarship, service, and character. These were given by Sabrina Wu 20, Catherine Congratulations to Nick Saunders 20 forGwinnett 20, Sherry Gu 20, Ruishi Chen 20, Audrey Kim 20, NHS President, Cecilia Xie 20, being named a National Merit Semifinalist. HeNick Saunders 20, and Kate Hodgin 20.is one of 16,000 semifinalists to earn this honor from a pool of 1.5 million students.Additionally, Henry Peng 20, Cason Pierce 20, and Will Presson 20 have earned the recognition of being named a 2020 Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program.The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that approximately 16,000 semifinalists from across the country were selected from a pool of 1.5 million students in more than 22,000 high schools. The semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of all U.S. high school seniors, according to NMSC.Approximately 34,000 Commended Students across the country are recognized for their academic promise. While they will not move into the 2020 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, the Commended Students placed in the top 50,0000 scorers.National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced nationwide in April.GDS Magazine | 15'