Providence Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) announced the 2013 recipients of two DAR awards. The DAR Youth Citizenship Medal is presented to fifth- and sixth-grade students who fulfill the qualities of honor, service, courage, leadership, and patriotism. The Outstanding Work in American History Medal is presented to students in any grade for excellence in American history studies.
Students receiving the DAR Youth Citizenship Medal from their schools were Brett Morrow and Anthu Cung (Oak View Elementary), Joshua Sawin and Dylan Syron (Fairview Elementary), Sonia Chaudhary and Ian Drummond (Greenbriar East Elementary), Sidhu Dogiparthi and Seon Woo Cho (Greenbriar West Elementary), Meghan Rock (Oak Hill Elementary), William Cha (Brookfield Elementary), and Yoshi Iketani and Emma Rowson (Lees Corner Elementary). Students receiving the Outstanding Work in American History Medal were Julie Elizabeth Estrada (Chantilly High School); Steven Burris and Julia Zhou (Oak View Elementary); Ryan Smith and Cameron Johnstone (Fairview Elementary); Vraj Desai, Lara Demir, Rebekah Myers, and Justin Wang (Greenbriar East Elementary); Lizzie Han and Vaishnavi Visveswaran (Greenbriar West Elementary); Kyle McClelland and Eli Kaufman (Oak Hill Elementary); Anna Turtiainen and Jade Heilemann (Poplar Tree Elementary); J. P. Miner (Brookfield Elementary); and Steven Sekar (Lees Corner Elementary).
To learn more about the work of today's DAR, visit www.DAR.org.