DAR Chapter Sponsors Good Citizen Program and Scholarship Contest
NEWBURY – The Brigadier General James Brickett – Old Newbury Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is pleased to sponsor the DAR Good Citizens Program and Scholarship Contest. The DAR program is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship: dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism The program is open to all senior class students enrolled in accredited public or private secondary schools in good standing with their state boards of education or a recognized accrediting organization. United States citizenship is not required. Home-school students are eligible to participate.
School administrators choose one senior that best demonstrates the qualities of a good citizen and submit a packet of information about that student and their activities throughout their high school experience. Seniors selected as Good Citizens will be honored in March 2025 in a ceremony at the Chapter’s meeting in Bradford, Massachusetts. Good Citizens are encouraged to invite family, friends, and school educators and administrators to attend the award ceremony.
Additionally, the student may enter an essay on a topic provided by the NSDAR. These essays must be written in the presence of a member of their school’s administration and without reference material. The essays are then judged at the Chapter level and the winning student’s essay is sent on to the District Level for judging. Ultimately the winning students are judged at state and national levels for scholarships. Each state winner receives an award in the amount of at least $500 and a special state DAR Good Citizens pin and certificate. Each of the eight division (multi-state groups) winners will receive a cash award in the amount of $1,000 A national winner will be invited to Washington, DC to attend Continental Congress and will be awarded a $10,000 scholarship, an inscribed silver bowl and a certificate.
Student information and essays must be submitted to the Chapter by November 22, 2024. For more information about the Good Citizens Program and Scholarship Contest, please email Goodcitizendar@gmail.com.
