SARANAC LAKE — 7 career and technical education students from Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on the evening of April 16, 2026.
This achievement has become even more impressive due to a new change for becoming a member of the NTHS: an increase to the original GPA criteria from an 85% minimum average to a 90% minimum average for the first 6 quarters of a 2-year CTE program. Additionally, students would need an attendance average of 95% (or less than 13.5 absences) over the first 6 quarters of a 2-year CTE program and their program instructor’s recommendation.
During the ceremony, CTE Director Shawn McMahon provided opening remarks, program instructors enacted the NTHS ceremony with Student Liaison/ELA Coordinator Laice Redman announcing the inductees. Lastly, District Superintendent Dale Breault Jr. shared words of admiration to the new inductees for their achievement and words of gratitude to the staff and audience members.
Congratulations to the following inductees who exemplified a strong commitment to excellence in all aspects of knowledge, skill, honesty, service, responsibility, scholarship, citizenship, and leadership:
Automotive Technology:
Thomas Cleator
Tryon Haltigan
Building Trades:
Brady Martin
Cosmetology:
Sara Blanchard
Natural Resource Science:
Asa Bruno
David Dewey
Luke Dominie
