The Parsons High School chapter of National Honor Society inducted 21 new members during a ceremony Tuesday evening in the Parsons High School Auditorium.
Students are invited to join the organization as sophomores or juniors and must meet a cumulative 3.5 GPA stipulation. Through membership in the National Honor Society, students must complete a minimum of 15 hours of community service annually.
The National Honor Society is affiliated with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). When founded in 1921, the goal was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage academic achievement while developing other qualities essential to citizens in a democracy. There are four pillars that NHS was founded upon; service, character, scholarship, and citizenship.
The PHS chapter was chartered in 1963 with the help of Inez Cunningham. Every new member inducted register their membership by signing the PHS NHS membership book. 
The 21 new members joined an existing 47 members. Thirty-two members are seniors who will be graduating in May.
The new members inducted Monday were:
Kadence Ball, Jazmin Barajas, Anthony Bauer, Natylee Baughman, Gabriella Cervantes, Shealeigh Clark, Jack Curtis, Trinity Darling, Cole Kennett, Linnea King, Connor Largent, Cadence Manners, Brok McDaniel, Samantha Morris, Sadie Ray, Autumn Sands, Zoe Schmid, Melanie Scholes, Jason Smart, Evan Valdez, and Lillian Ward.
The community is encouraged to submit service requests from the PHS website at https://phs.usd503.org/o/phs by clicking on the “National Honor Society” option from the main menu and then “Service Request Form” from the NHS website. For more information, please contact Kylie Lucas, NHS Advisor, at kylielucas@vikingnet.net or by phone at 620-421-3660.