Fallston High School’s Science National Honor Society inducts first members

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By Hillary Griffin, Grade 11, Fallston High School

On Thursday, February 18^th, the Fallston Chapter of the Science National Honor Society held its inaugural induction ceremony in the cafeteria. Seventy-four students - 25 seniors and 49 juniors - were ordained as members based on their exceptional accomplishments in upper level science courses.

Each inductee had to meet very specific requirements to be eligible, including a GPA standard and a minimum of two AP or honors science courses.

Each one of the advisors – Mrs. Saxon, Ms. Cummings, Miss White, Mrs. Keiser, and Mrs. Williams – spoke at the ceremony, commending the students on their achievements so far in Fallston’s Science Department. Student speakers included Rachel Donohue, Sydney Crofton, Kaylee Phillips, and Jared Richard.

Due to the fact that this is the chapter’s first year in business, quite a bit of work was put into making the night a success. Mrs. Saxon said that the advisors had to go through a lengthy process to get approval to open their chapter.

“We had to fill out an application about our school demographics, Mr. Jester and I had to write letters about why we wanted to have a science national honor society, and then, the national organization looked over our application and approved us to have a chapter,” said Mrs. Saxon.

What students should be most excited for are the guest speakers that the club will host. The first speaker, a neuroscientist, visited the chapter on February 23^rd to give a presentation about her current research projects and other jobs in her field that might interest students.

“We are looking to arrange another speaker to come in April, and another one in May,” said Mrs. Saxon. “This year we are really focusing on speakers that can tell you about what kind of opportunities there are to work in science and to broaden [students’] horizons past the classroom.”

In the future, the society hopes to tackle projects around the community, starting with school beautification.

Mrs. Saxon hopes that with participation in this society, students will be more in touch with the science community and be more confident in continuing their science educations beyond Fallston High School.

“Fallston offers [students] a very limited scope in terms of science relative to what’s available out in the real world,” she said. “My big hope is that [members] walk away understanding that, not only is science all around us, but by entering the field of science you, in fact, are changing the world.”

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