May 2, 2023
Students and their families, and teacher advisors from the National Honor Society, MAQ National Mathematics Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta) and the National Art Honor Society gathered at the high school campus. For all these students, it was a culmination of all their academic achievements throughout their high school careers.
National Honor Society
To be a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), students must be a sophomore, junior, or senior. Students shall have been in attendance at PCS for at least one semester and attained an accumulative GPA of at least 3.50, over a minimum period of two semesters.
Advisor Mrs. Deleana Coyle-Ray began the evening, “Welcome to the 2023 Honor Societies induction ceremony. We will begin tonight to formally recognize those students who have been selected by the faculty of our school for successfully completing their candidacy and are being inducted as new members of our National Honor Society chapter. For current members and those former members who may be among our guests, we hope this will serve to remind you of the standards of excellence you too are charged with maintaining as members of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious student recognition program.”
She then turned the remaining ceremony over to the NHS President, Sarah Asaya who proclaimed, “Throughout the year, members of our chapter serve as role models for other students. In addition to the strong academic records that established our eligibility for membership, our chapter members are leaders in many student organizations and we serve our school and community through many activities including re-establishing the Red Cross Blood Drive on May 8th, serving our neighbors at Rossi Farms last year, and in the years to come, and other projects around the school.” Membership in the PCS chapter of the NHS is “through effective demonstration of the four qualities that serve as standards for the Honor Society” – scholarship, service, leadership, character.
President: Sarah Asaya
Vice President: Danielle Buckenmeyer
Treasurer: Jacquelyne Nguyen
Secretary: Anna Humphrey
Service Hour Historian: Sarai Llontop
Chair of Events/Ceremonies: Kevin Liu
Members
Riley Beillard
Ella Brown
Alexandre Do
Isobel Espinor
Joshua Ge
Hannah Griffith
Olivia Holmstedt
Bella Orfield
Nguyen Vicky Pham
Ivana Prokopenko
Christina Rabe
Caden Schroder
Landon Sophanodora
Sanjae Sy
Zitong Wang
Inductees
Susan Asaya
Alyssa Baird
Hope Barber
Kajsa Brown
Justin Minsung Cho
Ann-Christine Do
Ian Hoffert
Paige Hruby-Kolias
Corbin Hughes
Addison Keegan
Yinhan Kwong
Zewdi Lampi
William Loffink
Jack Mazurowski
Phuong Nguyen
Noah Shin
Melody Singleterry
The MAO National Mathematics Honor Society
The MAO National Mathematics Honor Society is "dedicated to inspiring a keen interest in mathematics, developing strong scholarship in the subject, and promoting the enjoyment of mathematics in … students." (http://www.mualphatheta.org)
Requirements for induction include being in at least 10th grade, successfully completed Algebra 2 or its equivalent, completed at least one high school math course as a high school student at Portland Christian Schools, maintain an overall grade point average of at least 3.5 and maintain an unweighted mathematics grade point average of at least 3.5. MAO members are required to complete 20 service hours, ten of which must be fulfilled by tutoring other students.
Most importantly for our students, the math department believes that beyond how to apply math to daily life, to appreciate the beauty of numbers and how they function, PCS high school students study about God in Math class!
Mrs. Joeal Mazurowski, advisor and Mr. Andrew Jannsen, Mathematics Department Chair introduced and inducted the new MAO members.
Members
Joshua Ge
Anna Humphrey
Ivana Prokopenko
Christina Rabe
Caden Schroder
Inductees
Sarah Asaya
Minsung Justin Cho
Olivia Holmstedt
Ian Hoffert
Paige Hruby-Kolias
Corbin Hughes
Jack Mazurowski
Noah Shin
National Art Honor Society
National Art Honor Society (NAHS) of Portland Christian recognizes students who demonstrate outstanding ability in four areas: visual art scholarship, leadership, service and arts promotion and, character.
NAHS members are expected to attend every meeting, and members are to uphold a positive attitude during these occasions and contribute willingly. NAHS members are also required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of advisor-approved community service in the arts over the course of the school year. Maintaining a GPA of 3.50 or better in visual art classes and a cumulative GPA of 2.0 is also required from any NAHS member.
NAHS members are committed to:
Art Scholarship: Learning and growing as a visual artist.
Leadership: A wholesome influence exerted on the school and community.
Service and Arts Promotion: A willingness to work for the benefit of those in need, without monetary compensation of recognition.
Character: The force within each individual that distinguishes that person from others. By demonstrating such qualities as respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, kindness, honesty, and citizenship, we hope to prove by example that we value a Christ-like character.
Together with the NAHS officers, advisor Mrs. Evy McLean welcomed new members. Each inductee received a tulip and the NAHS pin. Prior to the oath, the community was treated to a slideshow of NAHS service projects for the year 2022-23 which included face painting at homecoming, hosting the ISP Christmas party, designing and painting the drama department’s musical set and painting exterior and interior murals.
President: Isobel Espinor
Vice President: Vicky Pham
Secretary: Zitong Wang
Treasurer: Minsung Justin Cho
Parliamentarian: Kevin Liu
Historian: Sarah Asaya
Inductees
Sarah Asaya
Justin Minsung Cho
Kevin Kexin Liu
Sue Anh Ngoc Nguyen
Phuong Nguyen
Morela Mai Vu
PCS is proud of these students who have worked hard to achieve membership in these honor societies!
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