The Mahantongo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) honored the 2025 Good Citizenship Award recipients from Schuylkill County high schools during a special banquet held at noon on Sunday at the Country Kitchen in Friedensburg.
Each participating high school in the county selected one senior student to receive the DAR Good Citizenship Award, recognizing qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. The honored students submitted applications, transcripts, and letters of reference to the chapter's Good Citizenship Award chairwomen. Those who wished to compete for the chapter’s scholarship also completed a proctored, timed essay.
During the banquet, the chapter announced Anna Schaeffer of Schuylkill Haven Area High School as the winner of the $150 Mahantongo Chapter Good Citizenship Scholarship. Marian Tichy of the Mahantongo Chapter DAR presented Anna with the award. Schaeffer’s application and essay will now move on to the state-level competition.
All awardees received a certificate and a DAR Good Citizenship pin in recognition of their achievements. This year’s honorees included:
- MaKayla M. Keck, Blue Mountain High School
- Alexis Grace Chilinskas, Mahanoy Area Jr./Sr. High School
- Julia Marie Dvorak, Marian Catholic High School
- Ayla Mae Castle, Minersville Jr./Sr. High School
- Etain Violette Hatch, Nativity BVM High School
- Claire Elizabeth Kowalonek, North Schuylkill Jr./Sr. High School
- Kaitlynn G. Warg, Pine Grove Area High School
- Elizabeth Johnee Martinko, Pottsville Area High School
- Anna Schaeffer, Schuylkill Haven Area High School
- John Wadie Boctor, Shenandoah Valley High School
- Andrea Ruth Betz, Tamaqua Area High School
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| Anna Schaeffer of Sch. Haven HS, winner of the DAR Good Citizenship Scholarship. Marian Tichy of the Mahantongo Chapter DAR presented Anna the $150.- scholarship. |