GOOD CITIZEN –Daniel Ryan Sechtin and Mary Frances Turner.

Daniel Ryan Sechtin, a senior from West Florence High School, was honored by the Samuel Bacot Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution at their March meeting.

The DAR Good Citizens Program and Scholarship Contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The student selected as the school’s DAR Good Citizen must have the following qualities:

Dependability (which includes truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality);

Service (which includes cooperation, courtesy, and consideration of others);

Leadership (which includes personality, self-control, and ability to assume responsibility); and

Patriotism (which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community, and nation) to an outstanding degree.

This year’s Good Citizens Award nominees were:

Jessica Evett Hunter, Darlington High School

Courtney Miranda Miller, Hannah-Pamplico High School

Carolina Marie Hewitt, South Florence High School

Daniel Ryan Sechtin, West Florence High School

Pooja Viresh Sitapara, Wilson High School

Only one student per year may be honored as a school’s DAR Good Citizen.