DAR awards essay, Good Citizen winners
Submitted by Marilyn Prinzing
At their February meeting, the members of the Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented awards to area grade school and high school students.
Nancy Alban, American History Essay Contest chairman, awarded the following students: Trevor Schoenfeld, sixth grade, Frassati Catholic Academy, Wauconda; Jayne Mai, seventh grade, Oak Grove School, Green Oaks; and Megan Murphy, eighth grade, Frassati Catholic Academy, Wauconda.
This year’s American History Essay was “Young American takes a Stand: The War of 1812” The students were asked to pretend they were alive during the War of 1812 and had a friend who has become famous in history because of standing up for America during that exciting and dangerous time. They were to describe the person and how he or she stood up for America. In addition, they were to explain why it is important to honor such heroes when we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.
Nancy Alban noted that the Chapter received 125 essays and Trevor Schoenfeld has won DAR District IV and Illinois DAR State recognition for his outstanding essay.
Beth Lindstrom, DAR Good Citizens chairman, gave the DAR Good Citizens Award to the following senior students: Sarah Fahey, Libertyville High School; Kadeem Williams, Mundelein High School; and Victoria Hagan, Vernon Hills High School. (Anna Avampato, Carmel Catholic High School was unable to attend and received her award at a later date).
The students selected as the school’s DAR Good Citizen must have the qualities of Dependability, which includes truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality; Service, which includes cooperation, courtesy and consideration for others; Leadership, which includes personality, self-control and ability to assume responsibility; and Patriotism, which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community and nation, to an outstanding degree.
This is the first year that the Michael Burja Memorial Scholarship has been awarded. This Scholarship is presented to a student enrolled in college who is majoring in special education and currently works with special-needs children at Laremont School. Laremont serves students ages 3-22 exhibiting severe to profound cognitive and/or multiple disabilities. The scholarship is made available by Frank and Denise Burja in memory of their son, Michael Burja. This year’s recipient is Gabrielle Napolitano, Roosevelt University.
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