27 Inducted into NHS and NJHS at Virtual Community School of Ohio

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May 18, 2016, 01:54 ET

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Virtual Community School of Ohio's local chapters of National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society welcomed twenty-seven new members in a candle-lighting induction ceremony, May 12, in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

VCS of Ohio inducted the following eighteen high school students into National Honor Society:

Kaleb Blevins (Groveport, OH)
Bethany Conrad (Stoutsville, OH)
Isaac Conrad (Stoutsville)
Lainey Donato (Blacklick, OH)
Caleb Engen (Amanda, OH)
Christian Engen (Amanda, OH)
Austin Garrison (Reynoldsburg, OH)
Elisabeth Howells (Cleveland Heights, OH)
Joseph Howlett (Groveport, OH)
Jeffrey Jordan (Jackson, OH)
Daniel Joseph (Grove City, OH)
Corbin Layton (Galion, OH)
Bradley Lear (Dayton, OH)
Hannah Meilstrup (Lebanon, OH)
Yoanna Petrova (Columbus, OH)
Austin Smith (Lancaster, OH)
Nathaniel Sones (Circleville, OH)
Samantha Wyler (Amherst, OH)

VCS of Ohio also inducted the following nine middle school students into National Junior Honor Society:

Katerina Bowyer (Reynoldsburg, OH)
Kerrianne Bowyer (Reynoldsburg, OH)
Kaitlyn Delong (Canal Winchester, OH)
Olivia Forcum (Chillicothe, OH)
Celine Garza (Pataskala, OH)
Yasmin Hussein (Columbus, OH)
Kumiko Marquez (Proctorville, OH)
Katelyn Meilstrup (Lebanon, OH)
Vivian Neal (Bidwell, OH)

This is the sixth year VCS has offered its students membership into National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society. Student must be nominated and qualify through their leadership and service activities as well as their academic performance. The club is advised by Darla Young, VCS History instructor. Young is planning officer elections this summer and one or more community service projects for her members next year.

"These are the largest National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society classes VCS has inducted since we began our local chapters in 2010," says VCS Ohio Superintendent Jeff Nelson. "We are making great strides in improving our overall academic performance and these students' performance certainly testifies to this fact. I am very proud of each one of them for their hard work and discipline!"

Contacts: Ginger Kehler, (614) 501-9473, extension 2045 or [email protected].

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SOURCE Virtual Community School of Ohio