National
Foreign Language Honor Society Inductees
(May,
2006) The National Foreign Language Honor Societies
recently held their induction ceremonies at Riverhead
High School. Twenty-eight students were inducted into
the French Honor Society; nine students were inducted
into the Latin Honor Society; and 36 students were inducted
into the Spanish Honor society--for a total of 73 students!
In order to qualify for the National Foreign Language
Honor Society, a student must maintain a 90% or higher
throughout three years of study and maintain an overall
grade point average of 85% or higher.
Superintendent of Schools Paul Doyle greeted the students
and their guests and stated approvingly, “I'm
happy to be here with you celebrating this outstanding
achievement. Congratulations on a job well done.”
Other speakers included RHS Principal Jim McCaffrey
and former foreign exchange student Robert Kozakiewicz,
who spent a year in South America in what he described
as "a very small town with only two television
channels and a lot of community celebrations."
He highly recommended the experience of being an exchange
student.
Mrs. Dali Rastello, the Chairperson for the Foreign
Language Department introduced each of the teachers
for each language, and the current officers of each
language honor society participated in the induction
ceremonies. Officers from each of the honor societies
are: French -- Carlos Allende--President, Amy Reeve--Co-Vice
President, Megan
Clement --Co-Vice President,
Lark
Morgenstern--Secretary,
Parker
Ince--Treasurer, and
Kelly Talmage--Special Projects Officer; Spanish --
Melanie Griffith--President, James Daleo--Vice-President,
Menon Harrell--Secretary and Melissa Corwin--Treasurer;
Latin -- Vincent DiResta, Caitlyn Klein, Daniel Snyder,
Caroline Fasanelli and Alison Sears.
Following
the induction ceremony, there
was a special tragic performance of Euripedes' "Bacchae"
(in 15 minutes) by the Ancient Greek Class. A reception
followed the ceremony. (Special thanks to Shade Tree
Nurseries for providing the decorative shrubbery.)
The following students were inducted into the Honor
Societies this year:
