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Naperville DAR Chapter honors students, educators and citizens

The Fort Payne Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual awards ceremony in Naperville.

Awards were given for community service, good citizenship, outstanding work in American history, and for the outstanding American history teacher. Fort Payne also awarded its annual education scholarship in memory of Vera Walz.

Mary Ann Bobosky, a lifelong Naperville resident, was recognized by Fort Payne with the 2019 DAR Community Service Award.

Bobosky has long been active in the Naperville community. She worked in education for 38 years as a teacher and guidance counselor. In 1995, she helped launched Kidsmatter. She has volunteered for multiple community organizations.

Samantha Pittman won the chapter's own scholarship, the Vera Walz Education Scholarship. Pittman is a senior at Metea Valley High School. In the fall, she will be enrolling at Mount Holyoke College to become a middle school English teacher.

Faculty at their respective high schools selects the DAR Good Citizen Awards. To receive this award, high school seniors must demonstrate qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in their homes, schools and communities.

This year's honorees include: Lauren Glynn, Benet Academy, Laura Kluge, Metea Valley High School, and Adam Scheid, Neuqua Valley High School. Ms. Glynn was also honored as the overall chapter winner.

The DAR American History Essay Contest is open to all fifth- through eighth-grade students in Naperville area schools.

This year's topic was "The Women's Suffrage Campaign."

More than 90 students in fifth through eighth grades entered this national DAR essay contest.

Hannah Wojcik, an eighth-grader from Saints Peter and Paul School, was the chapter winner and went onto win the DAR District IV American history award.

Also recognized were Ishaan Romil (eighth grade), Janani Nagasubramanya (seventh grade) and Emma Dram (sixth grade) from Kennedy Jr. High School for their outstanding work in American history. Jonathan Treuhaft, Fischer Middle School, was recognized for his outstanding work in American history.

Emma Breese, a fifth-grader from RanchView Elementary School, was recognized for her outstanding work in American history.

David Hollander was honored as the outstanding teacher in American history. Hollander teaches at Kennedy Junior High School. Hollander is known for his passion for American history and support of Fort Payne's education programs.

Fort Payne congratulates all of our winners. To learn more about the Fort Wayne Chapter, visit www.facebook.com/NapervilleDAR/.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 177,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world's largest and most active service organizations.

DAR members are committed to volunteer service having served more than 12.5 million hours in communities throughout the world during the past three years.

To learn more about the work of today's DAR, visit www.DAR.org or connect with DAR on social media at www.facebook.com/TodaysDAR, twitter.com/TodaysDAR and youtube.com/TodaysDAR.

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