DAR Good Citizens Award
Nomination required
$10,000
Eligibility
Education level
High school
About this scholarship
High school seniors selected by an accredited school as its DAR Good Citizen may optionally enter the scholarship essay contest. U.S. citizenship is not required for the Good Citizen recognition itself. Only one student per school per year may be honored.
Scholarships are awarded at chapter, state, division, and national levels. The national essay winner receives a $10,000 scholarship plus recognition at DAR Continental Congress. The number of recipients at other levels varies.
Participation in the scholarship portion is optional and requires a personal statement and essay after selection as the school's Good Citizen. The program, created in 1934, recognizes dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Personal statement in required outline format
- School transcript through the end of 11th grade, listing 12th-grade subjects
- Two letters of recommendation from non-family adult associates
- Supervised timed essay
- Part I Personal (70 points) — completed in outline format, may be done at home and typed: (a) List high school activities, including offices held, awards received, athletic/music/journalism/drama/scie
- Grade transcript provided by the school, complete through the end of 11th grade and listing subjects enrolled for 12th grade.
- Two letters of recommendation from close adult associates (other than family) such as a minister, employer, scout/4-H leader, teacher, coach, music instructor, or guidance counselor.
- Part II essay scoring is 30 points; Part I is 70 points (100 total).
- Essay is timed (two hours), supervised, one sitting; no reference materials other than a dictionary; may not be edited by anyone other than the student within the time limit.
- Word count must be placed at the end of the essay (count excludes the title).
- Submitted on white ~8.5x11 paper, one side, numbered pages; no personal photograph.
- Entries submitted only to the local DAR chapter Good Citizens Committee chair; deadlines set locally by the sponsoring chapter.
- The scholarship essay contest is optional after Good Citizen selection.
- Essay must be written in the presence of a faculty or DAR member within two hours.
- Entries are submitted to the local DAR chapter Good Citizens Committee chair; local deadlines apply.