By Barbara Scott
Staff Writer
The Caribou Chapter of the National Honor Society was founded in 1927 under the sponsorship of Caribou High School Principal, Mr. Partridge with the awarding of the Charter on April 13.
Aroostook Republican photo/Barb Scott
Members of the Caribou High School National Honor Society are, in front, from left: Morgan Swan, Micole Cyr, Paige Small, Christian Sleeper, Sarah Peterson, Elsa Thibodeau, Kyle McEwen, Madison Outing, Nickolas Dobson, Matthew Coty,Ezra Duplissie-Cyr, Adam Chartier, Angelita Hernandez, Jacob Atcheson. Row 2: Annie Collins, Elisah Willey, Katherine Keaton, Cole Sirois, Katelyn Plourde, Laura Collins, Kayla Collins, Elizabeth Keaton, Hannah Saucier, Casey Nichols, Nicole Madore, Jenna Selander and Dayna Michaud. In back are:Kelly Kashian, Samantha Murchison, Sarae Sager, Joshua Kovach, Duncan J. Flynn, Kjetil Rossignol, Caleb Chapman, Marc Sturzl, Ethan Stetson, Philip Smith,Cory Narrettm, Demarre Doody-Corriveau, Marigan Doody, Renee Dube, Erin Madore and Brianna Gorence.
The NHS chapter is the oldest continually operating organization at Caribou High School. Miss Hazel Pratt served as our chapter’s first adviser from 1927 to 1933. The first class to be inducted consisted of Albert Todd, Philip Kierstead, Sterling Nelson, Gustave Johnson, Chester Ringdahl, Sheldon Boone and Vaughn Pearson.
Seven members of the Faculty of Caribou High School have shouldered the responsibility as chapter advisers over the past 84 years: Miss Hazel Pratt, Miss Blanch Farrington, Miss Elizabeth Hitchings, Mr. Frank Angotti, Mrs. Iris Burliegh, Mrs. Carol McElwee and the current adviser Mr. Kenneth W. Atcheson II.
The members of this society have served their community as teachers, principals, ministers, priests, rabbis, farmers, plumbers, electricians, college professors, members of the armed forces, including a four star admiral of the navy, doctors, nurses, law enforcement officers, lawyers, business owners, city council members, a President of the University of Maine, Maine State Legislature Representative and Senators, School Superintendents including Mr. McElwain, a past president of our chapter. Maine State District, Superior and Supreme Court Justices, one of the CHS past chapter presidents has served as the Junior United States Senator from Maine and most importantly hundreds of hardworking citizens of Caribou, Woodland, New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland, and Connor.
CHS NSH members stated, “Let us pay tribute to our past by striving to improve the future for all who follow us through the doors of Caribou High School and by continuing to live up to the honor that the faculty have bestowed upon each member of the National Honor Society.”
The NHS sponsors or participates in the following events: Student of the Month Program;Muscular Dystrophy Drive;Multiple Sclerosis Walk-a-thon; Holiday Food Drive for the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen; Walk For Life, American Cancer Society; Academic Night for Caribou High School; Freshmen Orientation and Parent/teacher conferences; Caribou Children’s Museum fund-raisers; Project Linus and the Special Olympics Field Day, among others.
