Seniors - DAR Scholarship - short essay due Friday, 11/15!

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Seniors!

The Daughters of the American Revolution offers a Good Citizen and Scholarship Program. If you think you are dependable, service-oriented, a leader and patriotic, we would like to know as we have to nominate a Holliston High School Good Citizen. Please write a brief paragraph (150-200 words) sharing how you think you embody these qualities and submit it to the School Counseling Office by Friday, November 15 - you can e-mail your counselor directly. (Yes, it really is that easy.)

The nominee will be notified on Monday, November 18th during DSB and needs to be available to answer an essay prompt from the DAR program on Monday after school or on Tuesday, by the end of DSB.

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