English Honor Society impacts young minds

KENSINGTON BOYANICH Business Manager

The National English Honors Society (NEHS) has begun to help third graders further their reading skills and strategies to assist them in their future academic endeavors.

Senior Marissa Struhar has been a part of this initiative. “Working with third graders is especially important because that is a key moment in a child’s reading/English education that overall determines how that child will develop as a reader for the rest of their lives.”

Struhar continues, “That being said, if a child struggles and doesn't receive enough help to overcome their challenges, at that point, they will never be able to catch up or recover.”

Senior Tyler Huneke adds, “Working with third graders is important to establish good reading skills and habits in their young minds.”

“The program is both an op- portunity to make a difference on younger lives and an effort to improve the lives of future generations around us, stopping any reading struggles before they can get out of hand,” Huneke continues.

The NEHS is headed by English teacher Mrs. Joanna Dallam and special education teacher Ms. Monica Pattinson. “When Mrs. Dallam told me that she was