English NHS

Q&A with English NHS sponsor Page Miller:

What is the purpose of the club?

The purpose is to give students recognition for their success in the area of English.

Why did you decide to become a sponsor or the club?

I was part of Sigma Tau Delta, an English honors Sorority house, in college, so I wanted to help give those students that have worked hard in English that recognition and bring that to them.

What events/activities will you don throughout the year?

We’re doing a poetry slam in April, because April is National Poetry month. Poem in Your Pocket Day promotions, which I’m not quite sure what that is going to entail yet, but we’ll get there. Writing on the stalls is going to be an all-year event, so students will start seeing things in the bathroom stalls that they can write on. We’ll write appropriate things on the handouts or flyers and then collect and look over them. All members need to attend a play or performance, submit written material to the newspapers and publications, and then our officers will think of other things for us to do.

What are you excited about for the club?

I’m really excited to see students wearing their cords at graduation; it makes such a difference. Some students are involved in athletics or in NHS, which is great, but not all students succeed in all areas. I want to see my English students proud and wearing their cords at graduation.

What challenges might you face?

I think organizing the induction ceremony is going to be new for me. I’ve never organized one before. I’ve been in them, but we’ll see. That’s what I’m worried about. I want to make sure that that all of the kids and parents are there and that they’re getting a printout of their induction certificate.

Junior Graham Wilhauk:

Why did you want to join the club?

I am an English enthusiast. I’ve been in love with literature for a long time now and I even have a YouTube channel over it. I felt like in order to really show my true passion for literature at the school, because I already do it on my YouTube channel, I should join the English Honor Society.

What do you think the club will add to Mill Valley?

I think it will make it a lot more literary appreciation of the art of reading and writing. I feel like it is just a great way to explore the world of literature, writing and nonfiction. It’s really just based around being excellent in English, and it seems to me that the top dogs will be able to help people understand how amazing English really is.

What do you hope to accomplish through the club?

I have ambitious goals for the club. I am trying to become president of the society and I don’t even think that everybody realizes this. I am wanting to devote as much time as possible to it and I’m also just wanting to make as much of an impact to the school as possible. I feel like, in my final two years, this would be the perfect way of doing so.

What are you excited about for the club?

Just to see how it goes. This is my first time doing it, since it is the club’s first year, and I really hope that I can be able to make this club successful. I really hope that everything goes well and that we do a lot more things than what we even have planned, and that’s a lot. So I’m hoping that helps everything out.