Bethel Fife and Drum Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution honored three area high school students with the DAR Good Citizen Award: Charlize George, Cannon-McMillan; Samantha Seewald, Upper St. Clair High School; and Riley Sweet, Mt. Lebanon.
The award is for individuals who display qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in their homes, schools and communities. Teachers and the schoolâs senior class select the students.
Students who are chosen as a high schoolâs DAR Good Citizen are invited to participate in the scholarship portion of the program by submitting an essay. The essay winner is selected by independent judges. This yearâs focus question was, âHow do the combined actions of so many good citizens keep our nation moving forward?â
Kenneth Klase, principal of St. Louise de Marillac Catholic School in Upper St. Clair, has been named a Most Valuable Principal by the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.
The foundation received 1,300-plus nominations for more than 135 principals from public, private and charter schools in the Pittsburgh area. Klase is one of only 16 principals to be honored as a Penguins Most Valuable Principal.
Through a partnership with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, the Grable Foundation and Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation, the program recognizes principals who demonstrate an innovative approach to learning, a continuous strive for excellence, and a passion for their school and students. Highlighting the work done over this past year, the program recognizes the difficulty that local schools have endured amid the COVID-19 pandemic.