PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN FOSSOM
CONCORD– The New Hampshire State Organization Daughters of the American Revolution honored sixty high school seniors for being selected as their high schools’ DAR Good Citizen for 2018-2019. Hosted by State Vice Regent Dorothy Howard and DAR Good Citizens Chairman Shannon Croteau, the luncheon recognized students, families, and school personnel for their contributions to the program.
The DAR Good Citizen program and scholarship contest, created in 1934, is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. Students selected for this award must have the following qualities:
Dependability – which includes truthfulness, loyalty, punctuality.
Service – which includes cooperation, courtesy and consideration of others.
Leadership – which includes personality, self-control and ability to assume responsibility.
Patriotism – which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community, and nation.
Each student was invited by their sponsoring DAR Chapter to submit an application and an essay for the scholarship competition. A panel of judges selected one winner per chapter who then advanced to the state level competition.
Joseph DePalma, IV, from Littleton High School in Littleton, New Hampshire, was selected as the New Hampshire DAR Good Citizen. He was sponsored by the White Mountains Chapter. Joseph’s application has moved on to the Northeast Division competition.
Second place Winner was Valerie Higgins from Pelham High School sponsored by the Matthew Thornton Chapter.
The third place DAR Good Citizen Winner was Riley Marelli from Portsmouth Christian Academy. Riley was sponsored by the Margery Sullivan Chapter.
All DAR Good Citizens were invited to a tour of the New Hampshire Capital prior to the luncheon. The featured speaker at the luncheon was Major Paige Kamal of the New Hampshire Army National Guard. Major Kamal inspired the students to find their own path in life while remaining kind to others.
Anna Keyes Powers Chapter:
Hollis Brookline High School – Khushali Patel
Plymouth Regional High School – Rachel Fogerty
Anna Stickney Chapter:
Berlin High School – Kristen Goyette
Gorham High School – Abigail Bernier
Kennett High School – Jordanna Belle-Isle
Ashuelot Chapter:
Hinsdale High School – Alexis B. Johnson
Keene High School – Connor Thomas Hill
Fall Mountain Regional High School – Hannah McCormick
Buntin-Rumford Webster Chapter:
Bishop Brady High School – Abby Tremblay
Bow High School – Ana Milano
Concord High School – McKenna Anderson
Franklin High School – Cameron Moquin
Merrimack Valley High School – Jasmine Gormley
Pembroke Academy – Avery Gamache
Pittsfield High School – Colby Wolfe
Capt. Josiah Crosby Chapter:
Milford High School – Megan Wood
Souhegan High School – Daria Dzen
Wilton-Lydenborough Cooperative High School – Lexi Balam
Else Cilley Chapter:
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy – Shayla Ashley
Oyster River High School – Patricia Andersen
Exeter Chapter:
Epping High School – Mikayla Ball
Exeter High School – Ava Liponis
Newmarket Jr-Sr High School – Caitlin Temple
Sanborn High School – Amanda McVey
Margery Sullivan Chapter:
Portsmouth Christian Academy – Riley Marelli
St. Thomas Aquinas High School – Audrey MacMillan
Mary Butler Chapter:
Belmont High School – Kelly Hayes
Gilford Middle High School – Margaret McNeil
Inter-Lakes Jr. – Sr. High School – Alyssa Floyd
Laconia High School – Renee Corriveau
Winnisquam High School – Kyle Mann
Mary Torr Chapter:
Farmington High School – Tessa Mae Baillargeon
Nute High School – Tyler Guptill
Spaulding High School – Matthew Winders
Mary Varnum Platts-Peterborough Chapter:
ConVal High School – Evan Coyne
Mascenic Regional High School – Ashley Jewell
Matthew Thornton Chapter:
Alvirne High School – Bridget Gilligan
Campbell High School – Olivia Carlson
Pelham High School – Valerie Higgins
Mercy Hathaway White Chapter:
Hopkinton High School – Henry Lavoie
Hillsboro-Deering High School – Joshua Marshall
Kearsarge Regional High School – Benjamin Bolton
Molly Stark Chapter:
Derryfield School – Max Karpawich
Manchester Central High School – Tamsin Weissberg
Manchester Memorial High School – Jacob Rollins
Manchester West High School – Mason Thyng
Trinity High School – Mitchell Feren
Bedford High School – Noel Desmarais
New Boston Chapter:
John Stark Regional High School – Lucas Guerrette
Ranger Chapter:
Portsmouth High School – Lydia Federowich
Winnacunnet High School – Lidet Fedaku O’Connor
Reprisal Chapter:
Sunapee Middle-High School – Blaise O’Mara
Lebanon High School – Sarah Ball
White Mountains Chapter:
Lisbon High School – Logan Lopus
Littleton High School – Joseph DePalma IV
Profile High School – Thomas Oliver
White Mountains Regional High School – Anthony Dami
Winnipesaukee Chapter:
Brewster Academy – Anya Found
Kingswood High School – Kelly Holland
Moultonborough Academy – Jessica Lear
Known as the largest women’s service organization in the world, DAR has over 180,000 members with approximately 3,000 chapters in all 50 states and 13 foreign countries. The DAR has long promoted patriotism through commemorative celebrations, memorials, scholarships and activities for children, and programs for new immigrants. For more information about DAR or to contribute to the Investing in Independence project, visit http://nhsodar.org or http://dar.org.
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For more information contact:
Kim Chandler
State Chair, Public Relations and Media
70 Prospect Hill Road
Hancock, NH 03449
603.525.8075
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DAR Good Citizens on the steps of the New Hampshire Capital. (Photo courtesy of Susan Fossom)
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Higgins, DePalma, State Vice Regent Howard, Major Kamal, and Morelli
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