Pictured in attached photo front row from left to right: Anna Payne , Katie Mower Lauren Surprenant, Jessica Downing Second row: Adam Brewer, Meranda Hunt, Whitney Batchelder, Jennifer Panciera, Sarah Moulton Back row: Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Braley, Nicholas Clukey, Matthew Ronco, Christopher Pike, Gerald Gould , Ian Maines, Kurtis White, Joshua Conroy, Kristopher Foss

This national career/technical student organization encourages higher scholastic achievement, cultivates a desire for personal excellence and helps top students find success in today’s highly competitive workplace.

Students were selected for membership based on their scholastic achievement, skill development, leadership, honesty, responsibility, and good character. Eighteen new members were inducted into the local chapter.

They are: Whitney Batchelder, a senior at Nokomis High School, Andrew Braley, a junior at Nokomis HS, Nicholas Clukey, a junior at Piscataquis Community High School, Joshua Conroy, a senior at Foxcroft Academy, Jessica Downing, a senior at Nokomis HS, Kristopher Foss, a senior at Penquis Valley High School, Gerald Gould, a senior at Nokomis HS, Joshua Hopkins, a senior at Nokomis HS, Meranda Hunt, a junior at Piscataquis Community HS, Ian Maines, a junior at Piscataquis Community HS, Sarah Moulton, a senior at Nokomis HS, Katie Mower, a senior at Nokomis HS, Jennifer Panciera, a junior at Piscataquis Community HS, Anna Payne, a senior at Nokomis HS, Christopher Pike, a senior at Piscataquis Community HS, Matthew Ronco, a junior at Piscataquis Community HS, Lauren Surprenant, a senior at Nokomis HS, and Kurtis White, a senior at Nokomis HS.

Assisting in the candlelighting ceremony was one member inducted last year: Adam Brewer, a senior at Penquis Valley HS.