The school year is almost over, but students are still doing their best to make the most out this school year. Senior Tekola Cornetet has been making every effort to give back to his community by being the president of National Honor Society.
Cornetet has thoroughly enjoyed his time as a part of NHS and loves giving back to the community.
“I really enjoy doing community service and giving back, and NHS, their big goal of that, is to serve the community. I think the values of NHS really matched my values of giving back,” said Cornetet.
This year has been challenging for NHS to do their usual service projects, especially the blood drive. As president, Cornetet has been working especially hard to get people involved.
This year NHS has focused a lot on doing drives, like the food and coat drive. These projects are very accessible for people and can be done without complications due to COVID. Cornetet thought that everyone has canned food and coats that wouldn’t be that hard to part with. Both of these drives have been very successful, and over 100 coats have been donated.
“This year has been really crazy with the pandemic, and changes have kind of looked like coming up with new service projects and new ways to do the work that we normally do at NHS…We’ve had to be more adaptable this year, and I think this chapter has done a great job of being adaptive and rolling with the punches,” said Cornetet.
During his time at high school, Cornetet has really enjoyed being a part of NHS while also having fun at school functions like homecoming. Beyond high school, Cornetet is planning to major in finance and further his giving back to the community.
“I plan to use my finance degree to invest in small businesses, and it’s going to be investing in a socially impactful way. I am planning to invest in companies owned by black and brown people to give them the access to institutions that they’re denied to. This is a dream of mine,” said Cornetet.
Overall, Cornetet wants to help those around him and continue to help his community, despite the challenges of COVID.
“We’ve had to be more adaptable this year, and I think this chapter has done a great job of being adaptive and rolling with the punches,” said Cornetet.
