Local Student Announced As Finalist In DAR Good Citizen Scholarship Competition
Indiana State Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Finalist Katelyn Lantzer of Fishers is pictured with her parents Erin and Jason Lantzer
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Shirley Smith, Daughters of the American Revolution Horseshoe Prairie Chapter Regent, Treasurer Becky Nazarenus, Indiana State Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Finalist Katelyn Lantzer of Fishers, and Sue Eckl, Good Citizen Chair at the Indiana DAR Annual State Conference
Katelyn Lantzer of Hamilton Southeastern High School Awarded as Finalist in the Indiana State Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Scholarship Competition.
An awards luncheon was held in honor of the 13 State Finalists at the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution Annual State Conference on May 20th in Indianapolis. Katelyn Lantzer from Fishers, who just graduated from Hamilton Southeastern High School, was selected as the Horseshoe Prairie Chapter of the DAR winner for 2023 was awarded as a State Finalist.
Other Hamilton County school seniors recognized at the Horseshoe Prairie Chapter level in February were Liam Courtney from Carmel High School, Cassidy Felger from Hamilton Heights High School, Chaney Smith from Sheridan High School, Abigail Phillips from Tipton High School and Will Byers from Westfield High School.
234 students across Indiana competed at the Chapter level, and 64 entries were forwarded by Chapters for the State competition. Of those, 13 were selected as finalists by three non-DAR judges. In addition to state judging there are will be divisional and national levels of scholarship awarded as well.
The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The program is open to all senior class students enrolled in accredited public or private secondary schools in good standing with their state boards of education. United States citizenship is not required.
The student selected as the school’s DAR Good Citizen must have the qualities of: dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. In the application, students had to describe how they have manifested the qualities of a good citizen as well as submitted a grade transcript and two letters of recommendation. The second part is a timed essay.
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