147 National Honor Society in RHS Rising Senior Class

The Rye High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 147 rising seniors into its 2026 class on Tuesday evening May 20, 2025. The 147 represent 64% of the 230 student rising senior class.

The list follows below.

Candle of Scholarship: Lila Hudson

Candle of Service: Lucas Gordon

Candle of Leadership: Harry Cohen

Candle of Character: Gabriela Steinmetz

“The National Honor Society, which was unveiled over a century ago, has at its core a powerful set of four pillars: Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character. These pillars are not just badges of honor for NHS members; they are the transformative keys that unlock students’ potential, enhance their educational journey, and ultimately empower them to make profound contributions to our world.”

The National Honor Society Pledge: I pledge to maintain and encourage the high purpose of the National Honor Society to which I have been elected, striving to put forth its ideals of Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character into practice both in school and in the community.

Class of 2026 Inductees

1. Samuel Acciavatti

2. Nicolas Allard

3. Sophia Ambrosini

4. Svetlana Andikyan

5. Nanami Aoyama

6. Leah Arus

7. Kendall Bahl

8. Lucas Bahl

9. Caroline Bartlett

10. Pedro Becker

11. Christopher Bernard

12. Nathan Bertisch

13. Sally Bieber

14. Morgan Blacksberg

15. Sophie Boyle

16. Tara Browne

17. Nicholas Bucalo

18. Willa Byrne

19. Parker Calhoun

20. Shengyin (Steven) Cao

21. Eliza Chai

22. Harry Cohen

23. Hudson Covello

24. James Cowdell

25. Alexander Cox

26. Santiago Creus

27. Ryan Crozier

28. Claire Curran

29. Alexandra DellaSalla

30. Margaret Derman

31. Trevor Dolan

32. Lucy Donahue

33. Ryan Draddy

34. Adam Dudin

35. John Eckerson

36. Harry Ellis

37. Michael Engerran

38. Thea Fairhurst

39. Allie Falzone

40. Eduardo Fernandes

41. Brendan Fisher

42. Charlotte Fitz

43. Wilson Fitz

44. Gavin Fitzpatrick

45. Emerson Fox

46. Sasha Fu

47. Sayuri Galindo

48. Tevah Gibbs

49. Thomas Goldszer

50. Rebekah Golub

51. Shyla Goodner

52. Lucas Gordon

53. Ruby Gould

54. lisa Grani

55. Henry Groves

56. Grace Guven

57. Katelyn Haines

58. Mary-Kathryn Harrigan

59. Henry Harris

60. Cameron Harwood

61. Arisa Hayashi

62. Chloe Holden

63. Calvin Holler

64. Claire Hovers

65. Mia Howson

66. Lila Hudson

67. Nolan Hutson

68. Grace Jenkins

69. Sofia Jovanovic

70. Owen Karl

71. Eduardo Kehoe

72. Hanaka Koike

73. Yusei Koike

74. Tessa Labovitz

75. Phoebe Lee

76. Olivia Lewis

77. Sebastian Lewis

78. William Licis

79. Charlotte Lincoln

80. Mark Lleshaj

81. Lucas London

82. Taryn Ludwiczak

83. Emma Lunstead

84. Alessia MacKinnon

85. Thomas Madigan

86. Isabelle Mann

87. Abigail May

88. Liv McNamara

89. Valeria Medina

90. Jessica Mehrara

91. Jack Melville

92. Alexandra Merrell

93. Carson Miller

94. Madeline Morgan

95. James Morris

96. Diego Mosquera

97. Sienna Myers

98. Shun Nagata

99. Philip Nemeth

100. Clare Nemsick

101. Logan Nuculaj

102. Lily Oberbannscheidt

103. Thomas Oldfield

104. Blake Paradise

105. Sloane Paul

106. Melisa Pirinccioglu

107. Claire Pohlman

108. Brett Redfearn

109. Sean Rinaldi

110. Alexander Rojas

111. Ava Rollano

112. Natalie Rosenbluth

113. Juliana Rothstein

114. Matthew Rovenger

115. Rory Russo

116. Hugo Lagunas

117. Louisa Salvador

118. Carys Samos

119. Cara Scansaroli

120. Kathryn Schatz

121. Courtney Schmidt

122. Nicolas Sellar

123. Aarav Shah

124. Madeleine Shingler

125. Henry Shoemaker

126. David Singer

127. Ian Sitkowski

128. Hayden Souza

129. Clayton Stark

130. Carsten Steinmann

131. Gabriela Steinmetz

132. Nigel Strazzini

133. Samuel Surak

134. Margaret Swanson

135. Michael Talbott

136. Paige Tepedino

137. Reid Thigpen

138. Anne Toulouse

139. Benjamin Truman

140. Madison Valdez

141. Amelia Walsh

142. Grace Wang

143. Beaudry Whaling

144. Amelia Whelan

145. Owen Wismer

146. Alexandra Wood

147. Samantha Yeh