The Revere High School National Honor Society (NHS) inducted fifty eight new members this year as they continue to volunteer their time in the community.

RHS government teacher and NHS advisor Jason Milczewski explained what requirements need to be met to be eligible for induction into NHS.

“There are GPA requirements with a minimum of 3.6… and you need a certain number of quality points. Those points are accumulated through Revere extra-curriculars like sports, clubs and each one is assigned a certain amount of points and then we verify how long you’ve been in those [extra-curriculars] that you say that you’re in and you get points based on that. There is also an application process as well,” Milczewski said.

Second year member of NHS and senior Broderick Lewis described the responsibilities that someone gains when they are a member of NHS.

“You have to get five hours of volunteering for every trimester [you are] in NHS, plus you are expected to go to all the meetings. There is a mandatory meeting at least once a month. So, beyond that you just have to be involved and keep your GPA up or else you go into academic probation,” Lewis said.

New NHS member Matthew Giltner expressed his feelings once he first figured out that he was officially inducted.

“It was an amazing feeling. It felt like all of the hard work I’ve put in so far in high school paid off. It feels great to be a part of such an incredible organization with my classmates. [We are] all in it together,” Giltner said.

Lewis explained his feelings of finding out when he was inducted into NHS.

“I was happy. I was in a class with a bunch of my friends and we all got roses and we all got to walk down to the informal induction at the library and we got snacks and stuff so it was a bunch of fun,” Lewis said.

Lewis talked about how a regular NHS meeting would typically run.

“We come in and there is usually a handout which is our agenda and you have to sign in. Now that we have the new members we split off into four committees, each headed by one of the officers which have their own responsibilities to help divide the work so we’re all not taking one thing. Now that there is almost one hundred of us, we divide it over four [committees] so we can separate the work for all of our events,” Lewis said.

Giltner mentioned some advice he would give to aspiring future NHS inductees at the high school.

“Put in hard work now so it will pay off in the future, whether it be for NHS, college, or something else. If you see something that interests you, try it out. By being a part of more things, you are expanding [your] opportunities in the future,” Giltner said.

The next NHS led events coming up soon are the carnation sale for Valentine’s Day in February, the NHS sponsored dance on March 5, the NHS formal banquet on March 14, and the staff versus student basketball and volleyball game on March 24.