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PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky WELCOME Mrs. Tori McDermott

PRAYER Fr. David Atanasio

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mackenzie Lewis

NATIONAL ANTHEM Mia Timson NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

SCHOLARSHIP Reading: Brooke Bowers

Reflection: Owen Boxer

SERVICE Reading: Elizabeth Gmelch Reflection: Emilee Rorick

CHARACTER Reading: Anthony Genovese Reflection: Sari Avila-Franklin

LEADERSHIP Reading: Alexandra Shehigian Reflection: Liam Byrne

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES Mr. Joseph Grasso, NHS Moderator BESTOWING OF COLLARS AND PLEDGE

ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES

DEPARTMENT MODERATOR

ART Mrs. Kathleen Burns ENGLISH MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES

Mr. Daniel Maher Mrs. Tori McDermott

Mrs. Nora Besendorfer

Ms. Alyssa Lionetti FRENCH ITALIAN

Ms. Jessica Cordova

Ms. Samantha Thomas

SPANISH Mrs. Dana Martinez-Murphy MUSIC - TRI-M Ms. Kailey Schnurman

CONGRATULATORY REMARKS Mr. Biagio M. Arpino, Principal RECESSIONAL

Radetzy March OP. 228 ~ Johann Strauss

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 National Honor Society is a service organization.

NHS READINGS AND REFLECTION

Scholarship Parker Palmer is an educational philosopher who frequently writes on what it means to really know something. Let’s reflect on his work. The goal of a knowledge arising from love is the reunification and reconstruction of broken selves and worlds. A knowledge born of compassion aims not at exploiting and manipulation creation but as reconciling the world to itself. The mind motivated by compassion reaches out to know as the heart reaches out to love. Here, the act of knowing is an act of love, the act of entertaining an embracing the reality of the other, of allowing the other to enter and embrace our own. In such knowing we know and are known as members of one community, and our knowing becomes a way of reweaving that community’s bond.

Service The following is taken from a sermon delivered by Albert Schweitzer: “This faithfulness toward Jesus is not a sort of complicated, mystical notion that sounds quite impressive in sermons but has no meaning in practical life. Far from it. Whoever has looked into the eyes of Jesus as he appears to us in his words knows that true happiness consists of service to this great One and his Spirit – and a life offered to his work. Those who accept this mode of life, who know how to live it, become brothers and sisters.”

Character The following reflection is taken from the work of Aristotle: “Now some think that we are made good by nature, others by habituation, others by teaching. Nature’s part evidently does not depend on us, but as a result of some divine causes is present in those who are truly fortunate; while argument and teaching, we may suspect, are not powerful with all humans, but the soul of the student must first have been cultivated by means of habits for noble joy and noble hatred, like earth which is to nourish the seed. For the one who lives as passion directs will not hear argument that dissuades them, nor understands it if they do; and how can we persuade one in such a state to change their ways? And in general passion seems to yield not to argument but to force. The character, then, must somehow be there already with a kinship to virtue, loving what is noble and hating what is base.”

Leadership

The following is taken from Heroic Leadership a book about leadership written by Christopher Lowney, a former Jesuit priest. Leaders thrive by understanding who they are and what they value, by becoming aware of unhealthy blind spots or weaknesses that can derail them, and by cultivating the habit of continuous self-reflection and learning. Leaders make themselves and others comfortable in a changing world. They eagerly explore new ideas, approaches, and cultures rather than shrink defensively from what lurks around life’s next corner. Anchored by nonnegotiable principles and values, they cultivate the “indifference” that allows them to adapt confidently. Leaders face the world with confident, healthy sense of themselves as endowed with talent, dignity, and the potential to lead. They find these attributes in others and passionately commit to honoring and unlocking the potential they find in themselves and in others. They create environments bound and energized by loyalty, affection, and mutual support – places marked by “greater love than fear.” Leaders imagine an inspiring future and strive to shape it rather than passively watching the future happen around them. They extract gold from opportunities at hand rather than waiting for golden opportunity to be handed to them.

Honor Society Inductees

Darius Abdulhaqq Science Jehrard Aguilar NHS English Stephen Alfano NHS English History Italian Science Christian Alicea Spanish Bruno Almiron NHS English History Spanish Science Olivia Amendolara History John Anglum English History Spanish Science Christopher Annitto History John Apollo History Math Science Eric Arsenicos Music Olivia Arsenicos Spanish Michael Asselta History Savannah Atkins Art History Math Lilly Avezzano Spanish Sari Avila-Franklin History Science Paige Bagley History Science Katia Barnes Music Samantha Barrett NHS English History Spanish Science Evan Barsic NHS English History Science

Amanda Bashaw English Spanish Janet Battcher NHS English Spanish Science Sophie Beausoleil Art Francisco Bejarano History Christian Belsito NHS Ava Berglund Spanish Ainsley Berrin Math Jack Birk History Gabriana Blanc Spanish Rachel Bland History Kayla Bleier NHS English History Spanish Science Ashley Blum NHS English History Science Kylie Boell History Science Toni Bolton Spanish James Bossone NHS English History Spanish Science Jackson Bouler History Lucinda Bouzi French Brooke Bowers History Math Science Owen Boxer History Math Science

ART HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE “I will in my life, to the best of my ability through my talents in art, help to create a more beautiful world, for myself, for humankind, and for all living things.”

ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE As a member of the National English Honor Society, I shall endeavor to advance the study of all areas of English and to foster a spirit of fellowship among students excelling in all facets of the English Language Arts - ever keeping in mind our national motto as our guiding principle: “Duty goes with honor.”

MATH HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE As a member of The New York State Mathematics Honor Society, I promise that I will exert my best efforts to maintain the high scholastic standing to which I have been selected. I promise to continue to encourage high standards of leadership and character and to give my best efforts to the improvement of my scholarship in my mathematical studies. I will cheerfully offer help and support to those who seek mathematical assistance. In so doing, I shall prove myself worthy of this prestigious Mathematics Honor Society.

TRI-M HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE We, the members of the St. John the Baptist music department, / in order to foster a greater continued interest / and a desire for excellence in music performance; / to encourage appreciation and awareness in listening to music; / to promote wider opportunities for sharing joy through music / both within our school and within our community; / to advance the spirit of good music and musical knowledge; / and to enhance the reputation of our school as a center for musical enrichment / accept the honor now granted to us.

SOCIAL STUDIES HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE I do promise to serve others, to search for truth, to utilize knowledge, and to seek wisdom through the pursuit of academic excellence in the Social Studies. I promise service to my School and to the community, for true scholars of the Social Studies lead by example.

SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE I pledge to uphold the principles of the Science Honor Society, to which I have been accepted. I will strive to render service to the Science Department, my School, and my Community. And to help other students develop interests and achievement in Science. ITALIAN HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE (Repeat each line after the Moderator) Come membro della società onoraria Italiana / spero di continuare lo studio della cultura italiana. /In questo modo / voglio rinforzare la mia abilità / di comunicare con la gente che parla italiano / e di fare piú profonda / la mia comprensione del popolo italiano. / Sempre fedele a questo impegno / Mi dedico ad ottenere una pace mondiale / Per tutta l’umanità. FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE (Repeat each line after the Moderator) Comme membre/ de la société honoraire de français / je promets à continuer mes études / de la culture / et de la civilisation française. / En cette façon / je vais affermir mieux / ma capacité de parler / et de communiquer / avec les francophones. / Sincère à ma promesse / je vais effectuer le but du monde / de la paix / parmi toutes les personnes.\ SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE (Repeat each line after the Moderator) Como miembro / del capítulo / San Juan Bautista / prometo dedicarme / al estudio / de la lengua española /con el fin / de dominarla algún día, / recordando / que una lengua / puede ser / un lazo fuerte / entre personas / de distintos orígenes / de raza o religión. / Como ciudadano / de mi patria / prometo promover / la amistad / y el entendimiento / entre ella / y otros países / del mundo. / Esta es mi promesa / y mi juramento.

St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School

Administration Mr. Biagio M. Arpino, Principal

Mr. Matthew Artigas, Asst. Principal Mrs. Claire Gohn, Asst. Principal

Chaplain

Fr. David Atanasio

Campus Ministry Mr. Rich Costa

Ms. Jess Maddalena

Dean of Students/Security Mr. Patrick McKevitt