The Harmony Mission Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored Seniors from six area high schools on November 13th, at the Butler City Library. The students were selected for this award by the faculty and Senior class of their school. To be chosen, they must have demonstrated in their lives Dependability, Service, Leadership and Patriotism. Each student was presented with a Certificate designating him/her as the Good Citizen representing their school for the year 2023-24. They also received a Good Citizen lapel pin. The students receiving these awards were: Adrian- Seth Ford, Appleton City- Katie Campbell, Butler-Alisa Oates, Hume- Andrew Wepener, Miami-Erica Downs, and Rich Hill-Sidney Rice.As well as being honored as a Good Citizen to represent their schools, the students were also given the option of competing in the Good Citizen essay contest, which was to be administered by a faculty member, completed in one sitting, two hour limit and without assistance of reference materials. The students had no previous knowledge of the essay title "Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It. What are the Civic Responsibilities of a good citizen and why are these duties, activities and behaviors important to the shaping of the America you hope to experience?"
All six candidates chose to write the essay. These were judged by non-DAR affiliated judges. The student receiving first place in the contest this year is Andrew Wepener from Hume. His essay will be sent on to the next level of competition. The winners at State each receive cash rewards and winners at the National level receive scholarship awardsFollowing the program and presentation of pins and certificates, refreshments of cookies and punch were served.
