Emmaus High School held the 2016-2017 National Honor Society induction ceremony Dec. 7 in the high school auditorium.

NHS advisor Susan Arnold was in charge of the evening’s ceremony. Julia Bezems, NHS president, led the introduction with help from NHS officers Declan Schoen, vice-president, Jacob Puleo, treasurer and Taden Gery, secretary.

Michael Flynn, social studies teacher at the high school, was the guest speaker and quoted remarks from the late Fred Rodgers.

The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 in Pittsburgh. The purpose of this organization is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership and to develop character.

The 2016 candidates are: Seniors - Joseph Cornell, Farrah El Hefnawy, Jacob Goldstein, Kevin Hedrick, Adrianna Hyland, Jessica Licker, Ian McArdle, Brianna Mora, Brittany Morgan, Aidan O’Sullivan, Ryan Taranto and Nicholas Truong.

Juniors included: Rania Abdelfatah, Avery Allen, Julia Ardito, Andrew Ashmar, Victoria Aten, Benjamin Braun, Michael Brennan, Austin Boyd, Kara Burkholder, Jake Caverly, Alex Comfort, Lindsay Conaway, Hayley Condrack, Cole Connolly, Jadel Contreras, Joseph Cornell, Bibiana Correa, Luke Csordas, Sarah Dapper, Lily Day, Kathryn DeJohn, Rylan Domingues, Katherine Erickson, Michael Ferguson, Mia Forte, Kayley Fry, Joseph Galante, Margaret Gallagher, Johnathon Geiger, Sydney Gil, Gavin Glogowski, Elizabeth Greb, James Haag, Nathan Hannis, Jessica Harnett, Briana Hart, Xinyi He, Scott Heckman, Annelise Heinrichs-Schuler, Lan Huynh, Lorabeth Iobst, Bridgette Jackson, Alison Johnston, Ryan Kasye, Alexandra Kehm, Victoria Kester, Dima Khalil, Bradley Klemick, Andrea Klick, Zoe Kocis, Colby Kocon, Sarah Kohler, Hunter Krauss, Adam Lang, Maggie Lehman, Ariana Leibenguth, Justin Levis, Grace Lewis, Amy Lineberger, Eric Liu, Lucas Maake, Karmen Macchiagodena, Aman Malik, Kyra Malone, James Marler, Patrick Martin, Ashlynn Masters-Jones, Andrew Mathieu, Colin McAllister, Kaitlyn McGinley, Brent Meilinger, Kyle Merlo, Jacob Miller, Kevin Miller, Rachael Miller, Peyton Motsay, Devon Myers, Bennett Nakao, Charles Norelli, April Nussbaum, Hannah Oswald, Liana Panik, Millan Patel, Ryan Peiffer, Zane Pennella, Sophie Pickering, Tien Pham, Michael Plocinik, Megan Purinton, Corey Riegel, Noah Ross, Joshua Salerno, Madison Salvatore, Caroline Sampson, Brendan Schaaf, Grant Schichtl, Adim Seeler, Vignesh Senguttuvan, Caitlin Sexton, Nikhil Sharma, Sandhya Sniram, Matthew Swanson, Victoria Stopper, Leah Tannous, Grace Trestrail, Hannah Venturini, Zachary Villeneuve, Emma Walker, Isabella Wegner, Elijah Wendel, Benjamin Wilson, Talyn Wimmer, Jacob Witman, Jessica Young, Miles Zakos and Tina Zhang.