SMS Honor Students Serve Others

Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (September 24, 2004) - Service lies at the heart of the St. Margaret’s School chapter of the National Honor Society. After tapping junior Eileen Tsai of Taiwan for membership at a recent all-school ceremony, a student   Photo left:   The 2004-2005 members of the National Honor Society at St. Margaret’s School with their faculty sponsor, Foreign Language Chair Marshall Lloyd. “These young women exemplify St. Margaret’s mission of ‘educating young women for life,’” said faculty sponsor and Foreign Language Chair Marshall Lloyd. “They are more than outstanding scholars; they already have demonstrated exemplary service, character and leadership—the skills they will need to be tomorrow’s leaders.” Tsai joins seniors Annie Arnest of Kinsale, Rachel Chang of Korea, Neillee Katona of Dunnsville and Palmer Ware of Dunnsville, who were selected last year. Academic standards for membership in St. Margaret’s NHS chapter exceed the national organization’s guidelines, Lloyd said. In order to be tapped, students must be juniors or seniors who have attended the school for at least two years, maintained an average of 90 or better, met or exceeded the school’s community service requirement, and demonstrated conduct consistent with the SMS Honor Code and major school rules. The St. Margaret’s NHS chapter takes a leadership role in many campus and community service efforts, including assisting athletes at Virginia’s winter Special Olympics—an honor reserved for only one other high school in the state—and sponsoring the SMS academic awards banquet. The National Honor Society was established by the National Association of Secondary School Principals in 1921—the same year that St. Margaret’s School was established—to “create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership and to develop character” among high school students. Members are eligible to attend national conferences and regional leadership camps, and may qualify for one of 250 NHS scholarships offered nationally.