High Schoolers Honored, Mini-Thon Goal Exceeded: Bensalem School News

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — Bensalem High School students made a mark over the past month.

Over 30 students were recently inducted into the National Honor Society. Meanwhile, the high school's fundraiser exceeded its goal for the second straight year.

The National Honor Society induction ceremony was held on May 28.

NHS President Chudier Nyak welcomed family and friends, and junior officer Yuliana Chernyshov read a poem called “Don’t Quit.” The guest speaker was BHS teacher Christopher Sterman.

Faculty advisors Christine Ennis and Kate Howell introduced the inductees and presented them with a certificate.

The "Lighting of the Candles" introducing the Four Pillars of NHS were performed by: Scholarship – Devon Bell (Vice President); Service – Kausha Patel (Treasurer); Leadership – Kacey Wolanski (Junior Officer); and Character – Victoria Mathieu (Secretary).

Congratulations to the following 2025 NJHS Inductees:

• Sophomores: Shir Assulin, Jordyn Bell, Marianny Bisono-Cumba, Ria Brahmbhatt, Chloe Cheung, Nathan Cheung, Nyla Fulton, Arya George, Anjali Guda, Sean Hennessey, Tobi Holliday, Jay Kamdar, Abigail Krevolin, Anna Marks, Farida Moursi, Olivia Muldoon, Jiya Patel, Mahi Patel, Rahi Patel, Shikha Patel, Snaha Paul, Jude Sakkal, Sophia Seidman, Princi Shah, and Sanya Shah.
• Juniors: Kobe King, Hailey Nieves-Urdiales, Lillian Otto, Devang Patel, Sara Rizzo, Angelina Schoener, and Calvin Tran.

Bensalem High School Students Exceed Mini-Thon Goal

Bensalem High School’s Mini-THON raised $12,648.06 for Four Diamonds, exceeding the goal of $10,000 for the past two years of participation.

Four Diamonds provides world-class care and life-saving research to kids fighting cancer.

School officials offered how the Mini-THON has made an impact:

• 361 hours of music therapy for patients to play instruments, sing, listen to, or create music to alleviate pain and express feelings ($35/hour)
• 84 hours of Child Life services to help children cope with their treatment through play therapy and distraction techniques ($150/hour)
• 63 days for a clinical nutritionist to provide information and resources to help keep a child as healthy as possible and help reduce side effects of therapy ($200/day)
• Over 12 days for a team of dedicated social workers to support families with the adjustment from diagnosis, through treatment, and into survivorship ($1,000/day)
• Over 11 hours of ongoing research, which focuses on finding better, safer treatments and cures for childhood cancer ($1,080/hour)
• Over 2 months to maintain essential research equipment at the Four Diamonds Pediatric Cancer Research Center ($4,500/month)