National Honor Society

In yesterday's Howard section, a feature article on Greg Seward should have said that he is a student at Hammond High School.The Baltimore Sun regrets the error.Recipient: Greg Seward, 17, of ColumbiaSchool: Wilde Lake High SchoolWhy Greg was chosen: He holds a 4.0 grade point average and is president of the National Honor Society. He played varsity football as well as varsity lacrosse. He won the school's scholar-athlete award. He volunteers for the American Cancer Society as well as the Leukemia Society of America.

Aria Real, a student at Aberdeen High School, was the winner of a Toyota Camry donated by Jones Junction for the school's recent after prom party. Aberdeen High PTSA president, Keith Bruso worked with Jones Junction to secure the donation. Aria is an honor student who has been accepted into High Point University for the coming fall semester with the class of 2017 to study Vocal Performance and Interior Design. She said in a press release she is blessed to have received this car, because it is one less thing to worry about as she transitions to North Carolina.

Ana Sophia FuentesSchool: Mount Hebron High SchoolHometown: Ellicott CityAge: 17Ana, a senior, has been involved in several multicultural projects at Mount Hebron. She has been a Multicultural Living Skills Unit Student Adviser/Facilitator and an African-American History Assembly speaker. She has participated in an Asian Culture Assembly as a dancer and model and entertained in the Multicultural Festival. She has been a host for a weekend exchange of foreign students.Ana has been on the honor roll for three years, has been a member of the French Club for four years and the Spanish Club for three years.

Marian H. Barclift, a retired Baltimore public school educator and a longtime active member of Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church, died Nov. 27 of complications from an epileptic seizure at her Randallstown home. She was 79. Marian Eileen Holsey, whose father was a letter carrier and mother a teacher, was born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Upton neighborhood. After graduating from Douglass High School in 1948, she enrolled at what is now Morgan State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1952 in English and history.

In a ceremony with candles, flutes, piano music, and speeches, 22 North County High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society recently and presented with laminated certificates and little gold pins.For decades the hallmark of high school high achievement, the ceremony is apt to be remembered by two of those students with something more like resentment than pride. For reasons not fully explained, they were initially rejected for membership. Only their complaints and parental intervention got them in.Alexander Hicks, 18, didn't hear that until his 7: 17 a.m. advanced Spanish class the day before the March 25 induction ceremony when someone tapped him on the shoulder and passed him a piece of paper from the office saying that he'd been accepted into the society.

LONG REACH High School students held a "Spring Fling" for residents of nearby retirement communities Friday. The afternoon dance was a joyful welcome to the season.Bright sunlight and lively music filled the school's atrium as two generations boogied to the "Electric Slide" and the "Chicken."The dance was organized by the school's branch of the National Honor Society and the Howard County Office on Aging."It's a real pleasure to see young people of all ages having fun together," said Principal Dave Bruzga, stopping by before leaving for spring break.

BOYS: BRAD SCHULZESCHOOL: South CarrollCLASS: SeniorGPA, SAT: 3.85, 1050SPORTS: Baseball, basketballOTHER ACTIVITIES: National Honor Society, Varsity Club officer, Minds in Motion, manages a produce stand in the summer.COLLEGE: Virginia TechSNAPSHOT: A two-sport standout (baseball and basketball) who also maintained a 3.85 grade-point average throughout his career at South Carroll, Schulze recently was chosen the Baltimore Sun's Baseball Player of the Year in Carroll. Schulze's biggest trademark throughout his career has been consistency.

Brianna Bradford plays point guard for Reservoir High. Last season, she became the first 1,000-point scorer in school history, as she averaged 16 points. This year, she might set a record for extracurricular activities. Besides being a member of the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the National Society of High School Scholars, she is a member of Reservoir's Senior Board; MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement), in which she's helping to build a model electric-powered cargo plane; the Howard County Youth Summit; Howard County Connections; and on the board of the American Heart Association.

We were given a bird feeder for Christmas, and with typical timing and organizational skills, I got it hung the other day, right outside the window over my desk.(I'm always at least two years behind the times in fashion. I might as well be a season late for the birds.)Mistake! I work with one eye on the bird feeder, ready to freeze all action when a client alights. Then I am torn between just watching and poring over the bird book to see what variety is visiting. I might as well go for the former and do my research later because I haven't been able to find one yet.(I didn't bother to look up the robins on the ground.