Friday, September 23, 2016

DAR Good Citizen Award

                                  DAR Good Citizens Awards and Scholarship Contest

The DAR Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. This award recognizes and rewards individuals who possess good citizenship qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in their homes, schools and communities. These students are selected by their teachers and peers because they demonstrate these qualities to an outstanding degree. 


  •  This program is only open to high school seniors whose schools are accredited by 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 acquired by contacting your local DAR chapter. Once a student is chosen as the 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.