Press Release from DAR:
Ozark Spring, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) of West Plains, Missouri awarded seven high school students from Alton, Plato, Summersville, West Plains, Willow Springs, and Winona with the DAR Good Citizen Award certificate, and one of these students won our chapter essay contest and was awarded a $500 scholarship.
The DAR Good Citizen is nominated by the school counselor and administration based on their knowledge of a student’s qualifications. The high schools’ students’ qualifications must meet an exceptional standard of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and communities. According to the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution website’s qualifications page (https://www.dar.org), the DAR Good Citizen Award and Scholarship Contest was created in 1934 and is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship.
- This program is only open to students whose schools are accredited and in good standing with their state board of education.
- Only one student per year may be honored as a school’s DAR Good Citizen.
- United States citizenship is not required.
- Additional rules and guidelines can be obtained by contacting your local DAR chapter.
Once a student is chosen as their school’s DAR Good Citizen, the student is invited to participate in the scholarship portion of the program. This consists of a personal statement and an essay. Student participation in the scholarship portion of the program is optional. Scholarships are awarded to essay winners at the chapter, state, division and national levels.
If you are interested in learning more about DAR membership or its programs, visit www.mssdar.org, or contact Chapter Regent, Tina Cline at (417) 372-0700, or if you would like more information about this topic, please contact Rebekah McKinney at rjmck05@gmail.com
Good Citizen Award Recipients: (Left to right) Emma Ann Trantham of Alton High School, Elianna Suzanne Aichele of Ozarks Christian Academy, Whitney Rachelle Michel of Summersville High School, Aubrey Gross of West Plains High School, Karis Alisabeth Cochran of Willow Springs High School and Claire Elizabeth Neal of Winona High School. Receiving the award, but unable to attend, was Taylor Lynn Utley of Plato High School. Photo provided by Mary Ann Mutrux.
