National Honor Society

An Anne Arundel County math teacher who says she has been followed and hounded by a student she helped keep out of the National Honor Society has twice called the police for help and appealed to fellow teachers for advice on dealing with the situation.Kay Sokoloff, a 51-year-old geometry teacher who has taught at Chesapeake High School for more than 17 years, told police that her former student, Franklin Pierce Wright III, come to her house late at night angry that she had black-balled his application to the honor society.

South Carroll High School seniors Tracey McElroy and David Lubitz were chosen students of the month for November by the Student Recognition Committee.Tracey is the daughter of Bonnie and Jay McElroy of Mount Airy. She is vice president of the Student Government Association, a National Honor Society member, graphics editor of the school newspaper and a class executive board member.She also is a champion varsity tennis player and manager of the men's varsity soccer team. She has won numerous academic contests.

SOUTH CARROLL HIGH School will induct 114 juniors and seniors into the National Honor Society during a ceremony held in the school auditorium at 7: 30 p.m. Thursday.Students who qualify for NHS membership are selected each spring and inducted the next fall. NHS members have maintained a minimum of a 3.5 grade-point average and are active in school service and leadership activities.Membership is more than a certificate or an impressive note on a high school record. This attention to grades and school participation is a plus for students applying to colleges.

LONG REACH High School Principal David Bruzga congratulated 36 students who are now members of the National Honor Society at a Feb. 12 ceremony with all the pomp and circumstance due the honor.The school's Madrigals sang, and music was provided by the Strings Orchestra, directed by Debbie Varga, and the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Matthew Dubbs, during the "pinning" ceremony.Senior class Vice President Gregg Matusewitch introduced the candidates.Theda Mayer, National Honor Society adviser, added her congratulations.

EIGHTY-EIGHT students at Wilde Lake High School were inducted into the National Honor Society at a recent ceremony in the James Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts.Nancy S. Grasmick, state superintendent of schools, was the keynote speaker.Students inducted included Christian Alexander, Aaron Altscher, Lynore Arkin, Kara Bane, Chris Barkley, John Bash, Ray Beitry, Andrew Bright, Matt Bucknor, Matt Caporaletti, Laura Cathcart, Alice Cheong, Michelle Choi, Andrew Chung, Ben Coffman, Allison Davis, Andrea Devereaux, Stephen Devito, Vera Dianova, Jeanette Dove and Yael Eskinazi.

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.

CHESTERTOWN -- Gray skies and a chilly breeze did not diminish the bright smiles and warm applause that ushered John Sampson Toll through his inauguration yesterday as the 25th president of Washington College.The 71-year-old Princeton-educated physicist and former University of Maryland chancellor, known for his vigor and tenacity, wasted no time in getting down to business.Starting with next fall's entering class, he announced, a new "Washington Scholars" program will provide $40,000 in financial aid over four years to each of 100 freshmen who are National Honor Society members in high school.

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.