On Tuesday, March 11th, 25 new members were inducted into
Commack's chapter of the National Technical Honor Society. These dedicated
students completed all of the rigorous steps and met all of the specific
requirements in hopes of being selected to join the honor society. Though
meeting these requirements is no guarantee for membership, students need to
have taken at least one technology course in high school and received a final
grade of 90 or higher in that class. In addition, students are also required to
have an overall GPA of at least an 85 along with technological literacy. While
evaluating the submissions with the other officers, we looked for those who
displayed a strong interest in technology as well as a willingness to provide
creative and responsible technological service to both the school and the
community. Many students showed their dedication on the section of the
application related to their experience with technology. All of the projects
our new members have already completed through high school are outstanding.
Once members are chosen to be in the honor society, they are required to
continually accumulate points by showing up to monthly meetings as well as
participating in all of our events.
Our induction ceremony started off with the
special entrance of our new and current members, which was followed with
speeches made by our advisor and each officer. For this year's guest speaker,
our advisor, Mr. Castrogivanni, set up a skype call with a Commack alumni.
Peter, a CHS graduate, was a member of THS and took all of Mr. C’s robotics
classes. He majored in Engineering Physics at Cornell University where he was
heavily involved in the Cornell Baja Racing team, whose goal is to essentially
design, build, and race an off-road car.
He then attended grad school at the prestigious Stanford University
where he earned his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering. Here he focused on
robotics and automatic control systems. He currently works for the Google Maps
Camera Hardware Team, which creates mechanical structures, electronics, and
software to support the collection of imagery for products including Google
Street View, Google Earth, and Google Art Project. Peter served as an
inspiration to all the inductees.
After Peter's speech, the inductees were called up one by one to receive an envelope with a certificate and other items certifying their membership. The ceremony was then concluded with two tables filled with refreshments. Congrats to all of our new members! We are looking forward to much more success for them.
Below are some pictures from the induction ceremony:
~Ashley
