Lincoln Avenue School inducts
National Junior Honor Society members

Lincoln Avenue School's newest National Junior Honor Society members.

NJHS inductees take the oath.

Each of the new National Junior Honor Society inductees signs their names into the
Lincoln Avenue School's chapter register.

More than a dozen Lincoln Avenue School high academic achievers joined an elite organization on Monday, November 9th.

The eighth-graders took an oath, received certificates, signed their names into a ledger, and lit candles during their induction into the Dolton school’s chapter of the National Junior Honor Society.

This year’s Lincoln NJHS inductees are Tashara McGee, president; Erick Meggs-Ruckes, vice president; Jemika Gardner, secretary; Tekenya Barnes, treasurer; and Diontae Artwell, historian. Also, Arianna London, Aaryn Smith, Kila Johnson, Ashley Freeman, Opemiposi Famuditimi, D’Otis Maddox, Arnelle Wesley, Kyra White, and Tiera Sterling.

The students were selected as NJHS members based on their grade point average of 3.2 or higher and because they represent the Society’s key qualities of citizenship, community service, leadership, scholarship, and character.

Lincoln Avenue School Principal Michael Winston, Assistant Principal Torie Navarre, District 148 Superintendent Dr. Jayne E. Purcell, parents and other family members, and Kathy Cherry’s seventh grade Language Arts/SFA class were among those who watched the morning induction ceremony at the Dolton school.

In addition, Illinois Education Association Vice President Robert Blade, and his wife; Al Llorens, a National Education Association director and Thornridge High School math teacher, and Jean Rogers, a retired Washington School social worker and former IEA Region 27 chairperson, also were on hand for the event as part of their visit to Lincoln Avenue and Washington schools and the district’s Early Childhood Center.

Students light candles at the conclusion of the Monday, November 9th
Induction Ceremony.

Students had the opportunity to address the audience during the ceremony.

Lincoln Avenue School Assistant Principal Torie Navarre, Principal Michael Winston,
District 148 Superintendent Dr. Jayne E. Purcell, Illinois Education Association Vice President Robert Blade, and his wife Alene;
Al Llorens, a National Education Association director and Thornridge High School math teacher,
and retired Washington School Social Worker and former IEA Region 27 chairperson Jean Rogers
were on hand for the Induction Ceremony.

Dr. Purcell addresses Lincoln Avenue School's NJHS inductees.

Lincoln Avenue School Assistant Principal Torie Navarre and
Principal Michael Winston pose with one of the NJHS officers.

Lincoln Avenue School families celebrate their children's achievement.