Top studentsSeventeen students at Columbia High School were honored last week at the school’s annual National Honor Society Banquet held in the cafete

Seventeen students at Columbia High School were honored last week at the school’s annual National Honor Society Banquet held in the cafeteria.

The students in eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th grade joined 28 classmates as members of the National Senior and National Junior High Honor Societies at the school.

The new members of the National Senior Honor Society are seniors Brian Groff, Stefanie Brown, Michael Seibert and Alysa Poindexter; junior Lindsay Hartman and sophomores Brandon Felus, Joseph Charles, Keifer Kemmerly and Camilla Kronenwetter.

The new members of the National Junior Honor Society are freshman Jenna Behrens and eighth grade students Rachel Knighton, Mikayla Kemmerly, Marilyn Ngo, Nicole Bowman, Benjamin Hank, Jocelyn Cooksey and Emily Hooper.

Angela Burke-Lutz, who graduated from Columbia High School, was the guest speaker for the banquet.