One of the highlights of the academic year took place at Pinecrest's Gulliver Preparatory School earlier this month as 59 students were inducted into the year 2000 edition of the National Honor Society.

Becoming an NHS member is an exceptionally high honor for students, requiring hard work and diligent studies, and generally denotes a young man or woman bound for higher education and headed for a leadership role in society. For membership, students must maintain a 3.33 grade point average, establish themselves as campus leaders and be of good character. A faculty council evaluates the students' applications and taps them for membership in the society.

"The 1999-2000 school year has been an active and successful one for Gulliver's National Honor Society," said Silvia Fisher, campus co-sponsor of the group. "We hosted five major events and several smaller ones that all contributed to the rich fabric of the community."

During the April 18 ceremonies, new officers for Gulliver Prep's NHS chapter assumed their posts during a candlelight ceremony. Eric Blacher assumed the presidency, Jason Ross became vice president, Jason Salstein stepped into the secretary's post, Lara Karl took over as treasurer and Vanessa Robinson became historian.

Of the Gulliver Prep students inducted, 13 are seniors, 20 are juniors and 26 are sophomores.
The seniors are Sherene Azar, Lauren Breeden, Adolfo Bullrich, Lindsay Davis, Jennifer Dellis, Canessa Fravel, Samantha Gilewicz, John Hamer, Christina Kerdel, Joshua Schwadron, Matthew Sitkowski, Bijan Razilou and Gabriela Zadolf.

Juniors inducted were Andrew Aguirre, Jordi Barguno, Elizabeth Benki, Jessica Feingold, Caycie Flitman, Jessica Franklin, Michael Garcia, Charles Gomez, Monica Gomez, Manuel Lopez, Leonardo Matos, Alex Messianu, Andrew Nevel, Vanessa Peters, Ana Maria Sanchez, Patricia Schmiedigen, Michael Silber, Nathalia Siqueira, Randi Spector and David Thornton.