Wellsville High School senior Sarah Carlton is the winner of
the Catharine Schuyler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution 2020
Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest.
Established in 1934, the Good Citizens Award and Scholarship
contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship.
The award recognizes and rewards individuals who possess the qualities of
dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and
communities. These students are selected by their teachers and peers because
they demonstrate these qualities to an outstanding degree.
The subject of the 2020 essay was “Our American Heritage and
Our Responsibility for Preserving It.” They were additionally asked, “You and
your peers are our leaders of tomorrow. How would you energize America’s youth
to fully engage as effective citizens? Why is that important?
Across the county the students selected by their school
districts this year, to receive the initial award are: Isaac Little - Alfred-Almond; Rachel Marsh - Belfast; Kaylee Middaugh -
Bolivar-Richburg; Kyle Wittenrich - Cuba-Rushford; Patrick DiRienzo – Fillmore;
Charis Devlin Ruxton – Friendship; Alexis Deichmann - Genesee Valley; Katelyn
Barney -Whitesville and Carlton.
Carlton was the Catherine Schuyler Chapter winner. She also
won first place at District VIII level.
She than competed at the state level.
The daughter of Dena Hess and Dana Carlton, Sarah is 18 and in
the fall she plans on attending the Word of Life Bible Institute in
Potterville, NY where she will study counseling and psychology. For the past
two years she has worked at Wellsville McDonald’s.
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DAR Honors Two Wellsville Essay Winners
The Catherine Schuyler Chapter of the DAR is pleased to announce the local winners of this year’s American History Essay Contest about the voyage of the Mayflower and the settling of the Plymouth Colony.
Peyton Cawley of Wellsville was selected as the first prize finalist. Clara Dean, also of Wellsville, has been named for second place. Both are fifth grade students at Wellsville Elementary School. Each is receiving a monetary award for their literary efforts. Honorable Mention recipients were Connor Carr, Cole Densmore, and Hailey Cowburn.
All are students of Wellsville teachers Stephanie Viglietta and Dan Allen. The DAR commends these teachers for their whole-hearted preparation and effort in undertaking this historical writing project with all their 88 fifth graders.
Unfortunately the DAR had to forego the award ceremony for two winners due to virus closures.
