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ACES at Chase Students Inducted into the National Junior Honor Society

February 17th, 2022

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(North Haven, CT – February 15, 2022): ACES at Chase, a premier interdistrict STEAM magnet school for Grades 6-8, held an induction ceremony for the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) on Friday, January 28, 2022. Nineteen students were inducted into the school’s NJHS chapter. To be eligible for NJHS membership consideration, students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Additionally, candidates must meet high standards of service, leadership, and character. Leadership is based on the student’s participation in the community or school activities. To meet the service requirement, students must be active in service projects in the school and community. Character is measured in terms of integrity, behavior, ethics, and cooperation with both students and faculty, and maintain Behavior Standards of L (Leadership) and C (Consistency) in all areas of their studies. Citizenship is evaluated based on participation and responsible involvement in activities, such as scouting, community organizations, and school clubs. All student applications are reviewed by a faculty council for acceptance. As new members of NJHS, these students will now engage in several individual and chapter service projects. To date, current members have already held two overwhelmingly successful projects: a “Pink Out” breast cancer awareness event, which raised more than $400 for the Harold Leever Cancer Center of Waterbury, and the annual Toys for Tots toy drive, which collected over 100 toys. The next service project will involve a friendship and kindness school-wide event in February. “The kids are extremely motivated this year! With all of the challenges they have faced due to the pandemic, they still come to school ready to learn every day and come to support each other and their peers,” said Michelle Gray, advisor at ACES at Chase. ACES at Chase is proud to announce the Officers and Membership for the 2021-2022 School Year.

Officers: President- Lana Mancini, Vice President- Zanri Barnett, Secretary- Skyler Burke, Treasurer- Elsie Crocco, Historian- Jamie Businelli

Membership: Keira Barry, Kassidy Bird, Rachel Bird, Carolyn Caldas, Nalini Calloway, Audrey Davis, Amira Gordon, Mymuna Mahi, Xiomara Mills, Gabriella Ortiz, Nora Seabourne, Jaslene Vazquez, Janessa Williams, Brennan Winstanley.

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About ACES:

Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is the regional educational service center for New Haven and parts of Middlesex Counties. Established in 1969, ACES strives each day to fulfill its vision of creating an equitable and socially just world, one life at a time. ACES serves its members districts and others through an ever-growing array of programs, services, and schools that meet the needs of a changing educational landscape. As a school district, ACES operates three magnet and eight special education schools. ACES services range from transportation, professional development, and school improvement services, technology, translation, international, security, and occupational and physical therapy. ACES operates the Open and Magnet School Parent Choice programs for New Haven County. Its programs include a federally funded Early Head Start Program and ACES ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically disabled adults ages 21 and older. For more information, go to www.aces.org.

About National Junior Honor Society:

The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) officially established NJHS in 1929, eight years after it founded the National Honor Society for high school students. The first chapter was established in the lower grades of the Webster Groves High School in Missouri. The first charter to a junior high school was granted to Clarinda Junior High School in Iowa. Equipped with a constitution, an emblem and motto, and a group of dedicated principals as coordinators, the new NJHS organization quickly developed into one of the country’s leading educational groups. Five main purposes have guided chapters of NJHS from the beginning: to create enthusiasm for scholarship; to stimulate a desire to render service; to promote leadership; to encourage responsible citizenship; to develop character in the students of secondary schools. These purposes also translate into the criteria used for membership selection in each local chapter.