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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY<br />
Although it is one of the lesser known<br />
and more select groups in W-H, the National<br />
Honor Society fulfills several functions<br />
in the <strong>school</strong>. As its name implies,<br />
the W-H NHS is actually a branch of a<br />
nationwide organization, comparable to<br />
the Key Club. Every year, juniors are selected<br />
by the faculty on the basis of academic<br />
record and personal character. As<br />
seniors, these students form an active<br />
core of the following year’s NHS, although<br />
more seniors are inducted into the society<br />
at graduation.<br />
In the beginning of this year, the seven<br />
NHS members held officer elections under<br />
the supervision of faculty advisor<br />
Mrs. McMullen. Seven positions varying<br />
from Secretary to Historian were created<br />
in a burst of goodwill so that all members<br />
would possess a title after their names.<br />
To increase autonomy, the purchase of<br />
sweaters bearing the society monogram<br />
was discussed along with several fundraising<br />
proposals.<br />
However, the most important practical<br />
function served by this organization is<br />
the tutoring program. Students experiencing<br />
academic difficulty can speak either<br />
with a society member or contact<br />
Mrs. McMullen, and tutoring sessions are<br />
organized with a member <strong>wh</strong>o is free during<br />
the same periods. More often than<br />
not, all the involved students benefit<br />
from the relationship as can be attested<br />
by improved grades and satisfied accounts<br />
by tutors.<br />
HALL PATROL<br />
The hall patrol is a group of students<br />
<strong>wh</strong>o volunteer their time between classes<br />
to keep the halls in order. Though others<br />
believe that they took the job "just to get<br />
out of class" the true hall patroller is<br />
dedicated to his/her duties. Their main<br />
concerns are to keep the halls spotlessly<br />
clean and to eradicate loitering in the<br />
halls. The patrollers have carried out this<br />
great responsibility admirably although<br />
this was only their second year in existence.<br />
The hall patrol performs an invaluable<br />
service during the hectic inter-period<br />
minutes of the <strong>school</strong> day. Various methods<br />
are used by the hall patrollers to enforce<br />
rules. Senior Karen Lomnitz relies<br />
on the guilt trip, <strong>wh</strong>ile senior Alex Helander,<br />
leader of the "B” deck patrollers,<br />
uses violence to keep his deck in order.<br />
HONOR SOCIETY: LEFT TO RIGHT, SEATED: R.<br />
Brandi, S. McMullen, D. Lombardi, J. Butler, M.<br />
Shimamura, E. Bart. STANDING: E. Conti.<br />
HALL PATROL: LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: N.<br />
Arkoulakis, E. Conti, V. Geissler, K. Lomnitz. SEC<br />
OND ROW: J. Kenny, C. Mallin, A. Helander, J.<br />
Sorger. THIRD ROW: D. Lombardi, S. McMullen,<br />
V. Venezia. STANDING: A. Vlahos, J. Friedlander.<br />
MISSING: K. Robinson, R. McDougall.<br />
Faculty advisor Mrs. McMullen chats with<br />
members Ellen Bart and Sean McMullen.<br />
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