DAR Announces Essay Contests, Good Citizen Results
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The Agnes Pruyn Chapman Chapter of National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution met Feb. 28 for the annual Patriotic Tea to recognize winners of the American History Essay Contest and DAR Good Citizens.
The essay contest, open to all students in fifth through eighth grade, had a topic title of "The Transcontinental Railroad" with the subject "Describe how you felt on May 10, 1869, when the golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, to celebrate the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad."
A total of 100 students participated from Akron Elementary, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School and Lincoln Elementary School.
The essay written by Meredith Brouyette, daughter of Chad and Leslie Brouyette, was chosen to represent Akron Elementary fifth grade. The essay of Jannalynn Niebbia, daughter of Fernando and Kirstyn Niebbia, was chosen to represent the fifth grade of Lincoln Elementary in Warsaw. TVMS seventh grade was represented by Brandon Murphy, son of Eric and Jennifer Murphy.
The overall chapter winner for fifth grade was Brouyette and the seventh-grade winner was Murphy. These two essays were forwarded for judging in the Indiana DAR essay contest.
The DAR Christopher Columbus Essay Contest is for teens in ninth through 12th grade.
The topic was "Discuss and analyze Christopher Columbus' early influences and experiences and how these contributed to successes and failures in his voyages and exploration." No essays were submitted.
Information for these contests was delivered to the administration offices of Kosciusko County schools via e-mail last fall. For information regarding the essay topics for 2010-11, contact Kathy Gawthrop at 574-527-2674.
Students chosen to represent their high schools as DAR Good Citizens are: Taylor Scott Kline, Lakeland Christian High School, son of Terry Kline and Kris Kline; Kathleen Newsome, Tippecanoe Valley High School, daughter of Archie and Samantha Newsome; Lauren Sciarra, Warsaw Community High School, daughter of Gregg and Ann Sciarra; and Holly Kolberg, Wawasee High School, daughter of Doyle and Cynthia Kolberg.
Each had the option of writing an essay to aid in the judging for overall Agnes Pruyn Chapman Chapter DAR Good Citizen. The student selected to represent the Agnes Pruyn Chapman Chapter at the Indiana DAR Good Citizen contest was Kolberg.The membership of DAR is open to women with ancestors in the Revolutionary War. DAR is a local, state and national organization. For information about membership, contact Don Nichols at 574-267-4578 or Floyd Creamer at 574-267-2305.
