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April 2016
National Junior Honor Society Completes First Service Project
By J. L. Shively he National Junior Honor Society students at East Hanover Middle School recently completed their first group service project as one of the requirements for their society membership. The Junior Honor Society at the middle school is in its first year and the completion of this first project is a real milestone for the school. The honor society at the middle school level is now being offered to students in grades seven and eight and are advised by the middle school’s gifted and talented teacher, Donna Kerouac. The Junior Honor Society currently has 23 inducted members from both seventh and eighth grade. To become a member of the society, Kerouac states that each student was required to have a “90 percent average in all academic areas and teacher recommendation based on leadership skills. Students who met the requirements had to complete an application that was reviewed by a team of teachers.” Kerouac explains that the service project idea was spearheaded by physical education teacher, Kim Neary who is also a consultant for the company Thirty-One,
Student members holding the chemotherapy care bags with their advisor, Donna Kerouac and Kim Neary, who spearheaded the project.
which sells printed handbags. According to Kerouac, Neary was able to acquire 23 different Thirty-One bags for the students to use. These bags were going to become a huge part of the students’ group service project. “She [Kim] reached out to family and friends for donations of $25 to purchase each of the 23 bags,” says Kerouac. Kerouac explains that Kim “came up with the idea for the chemotherapy bags because her friend’s mom was undergoing the treatment at the time.” With the bags at the
ready, the Junior Honor Society students began collecting items to fill them up. Working from a list of ideas, students acquired the items by asking friends and family for donations as well as reaching out to other groups and organizations such as their church. Beginning their project in Feb. and completing it by early March, the students collected many items such as fuzzy socks, lip balm, gum and water bottles to be included in their bags. To top off their collections the students also made warm shawls out of fleece fabric to be included with the care bags and wrote out
get well notes for the chemotherapy patient receiving the bag. The bags were donated to Overlook Hospital in Summit around mid-March, after the completion of the collection and project. “I feel the project was a success because we met our goal of having every student complete a bag,” Kerouac says. “All students were engaged in the project and were eager to do more than what was asked of them. “Overall the kids really enjoyed doing it,” Kerouac reflects after the project was completed. They went becontinued on page 2