Newtown Square Senior Wins DAR Good Citizens Award

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — A Delaware County Christian School student was one of six area seniors who were honored by a local chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

The Great Valley Chapter of the DAR presented the DAR Good Citizens Award to Delaware County Christian School senior Hannah Lee and five other seniors from the area.

The award, which recognizes students for their dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their schools and communities, was bestowed at the Great Valley Chapter’s Dec. 11 meeting at Historic Waynesborough.

"We are honored to be able to recognize these young leaders with the Good Citizens Award," said Alicia Peterson, the chapter regent.

Lee and others wrote 500-word essays, without advance knowledge of the topic, on how they would energize America’s youth to fully engage as effective citizens, and why that is important. Essays highlighted the importance of education, inclusiveness, youth empowerment and activism, and using social media as a positive tool of communication.

Other winners were Minh Tu Duong, Upper Merion Area High School; Michaelia Kelley, Technical College High School – Pickering; Alexandra Belveal, Radnor High School; Jesse Velez, Great Valley High School; Gabrielle Zachwieja, Overbrook School for the Blind.