PERRYSBURG — Penta Career Center students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)
during a special ceremony on March 28. This year 19 students were honored for their career-technical
achievements.
The NTHS is similar to the National Honor Society at comprehensive high schools where students are
recognized for scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Membership in the NTHS at Penta requires
students to maintain excellent attendance, good behavior and a 3.5 overall grade point average. In
addition, inductees must meet the seven attributes of NTHS (skills, honesty, service, responsibility,
scholarship, citizenship, and leadership).
The NTHS has been in existence for students at Penta since 2013. It was established as an additional way
to recognize student achievement and leadership. Students who are members of the NTHS at Penta are also
eligible for induction into the National Honor Society at their member school.
Local students who were selected for induction into the 2019 NTHS at Penta include:
Neyshka Aguilar Burgos (Perrysburg), from Digital Arts and Design; Carson Burns (Perrysburg), Culinary
Arts; Angela Elliott (Elmwood), Culinary Arts; Garrett Germann (Bowling Green), Medical Technologies;
Karrah Klinger (Perrysburg), Sophomore Exploratory; Jonathan Kutz (Perrysburg), Sophomore Exploratory;
Ronee Loftis (Otsego), Public Safety – Criminal Justice; Jaiden McQuillin (Otsego), Sophomore
Exploratory; Emily Nelson (Elmwood), Cosmetology; Marilyn Paengrord (Northwood ), Medical Technologies
Academy; Caileigh Swanson (Rossford), Sophomore Exploratory; and Zackary Thomas (Otsego), Public Safety
– Criminal Justice.
In addition, the following students were elected as NTHS officers for 2019: Jenna Klinger (Perrysburg)
from the Digital Arts & Design program, president. Both Klinger was inducted into the NTHS in
2018.
Each NTHS inductee received a membership certificate, pin, window decal, a seal for their high school
diploma, NTHS spirit wear, and a white tassel to be worn during graduation. Senior inductees also
received a medallion that they will wear for graduation.
The NTHS was founded in 1984 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Today, the NTHS serves thousands of
schools across the United States.