The Jacob Bennett Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce that Noah J. Bratcher has been selected New Mexico State Good Citizen Scholarship Award Program Candidate for 2024. Noah Bratcher, the son of Henrietta and Jason Bratcher, a senior at Cliff High School, was awarded this honor having been selected from all accredited High School Seniors in Grant County schools. The seniors submit an application and their high school transcript. In addition they can answer a question by writing a short essay. This year the question was: “What are the civic responsibilities of a good citizen and why are these duties, activities and behaviors important to the shaping of the America you hope to experience.”
The following is a portion of Noah Bratcher’s essay: “The America I want to see and experience like our government rests on the people who make America, America. Each person as a citizen in our country has a responsibility to uphold truth, honor, kindness, and any other trait that makes one a good citizen. Without the citizens upholding their duties and responsibilities, America will fall short of all of its potential. Without good citizens, I and so many others will never experience the America I wish to see. The civic responsibilities that are required for this dream to become a reality are a sense of responsibility, doing what needs to be done for the community, helping those who can’t help themselves, being fair, and having a good moral compass.”
The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The program is open to all senior class students enrolled in accredited public or private secondary schools that are in good standing with their state boards of education.
The student selected representing their schools must have qualities of dependability (including truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality); service (which includes cooperation, courtesy and consideration of others); leadership (including personality, self-control and ability to assume responsibility); and patriotism (which includes unselfish interest in family, school community, and nation) to an outstanding degree.
Other award winners include; Mireya Valentina Zapata, daughter of Sylvia Zapata, Cobre High School; Willow Sylvia Sprague - Robinson daughter of Jennifer Sprague and Michael Robinson, Aldo Leopold Charter High School; and Lacy Ann Lewis daughter of Anna and Rusty Lewis representing Calvary Christian Academy.
For information about how to qualify for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution please contact Lucy Whitmarsh, Jacob Bennett Chapter Regent at 575-574-8394 or whitmarshlucy@gmail.com