North Central Area Schools National Honor Society members — from left, in front are newly inducted members Wyatt Riley, Bryson Mercier, Izaac Lauscher, Brandon Grondine, Olivia Arnold, Gracey Grondine, Cheyenne Borucki, Dakota Schwark, Katelyn Whitens, Ariel Poupore and Sarah Snyder; in back are returning members Autumn Gundrum, Chloe Webber, Treasurer Jaiden Fleetwood, President Jasmine Walters, Vice President Bree Arsenault, Secretary Ava Eichhorn and Leo Gorzinski.

POWERS — North Central Area Schools recently had its National Honor Society Induction Banquet at St. John Neumann Parish Hall in Spalding.

New inductees include seniors Brandon Grondine and Izaac Lauscher; juniors Olivia Arnold, Cheyenne Borucki, Gracey Grondine and Wyatt Riley; and early admission sophomores Bryson Mercier, Ariel Poupore, Dakota Schwark, Sarah Snyder and Katelyn Whitens.

North Central’s chapter of NHS is advised by kindergarten through 12th-grade art teacher Emily Westphal.

In order to be selected as a member of the North Central Chapter of NHS, students need to portray the four pillars of NHS — character, scholarship, leadership and service. Juniors and seniors need to maintain a 3.3 grade-point average, while early admission sophomores require a 3.5 GPA.

All students who are eligible solely based on GPA are given an application letter. After applications are submitted, a faculty council of five teachers meets to vote on students for membership.

Eleven students were inducted during this year’s ceremony.