Students awarded for JAC contest entries

Published 5:57 pm Wednesday, May 24, 2017

The Trabue Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution reported their state and chapter contest winners for 2016-2017.

The Junior American Citizens Contest is open to all pre-school through 12th-grade students in public, private and parochial schools, as well as sanctioned home study programs in gifted, general and special needs categories.

Anna Hylen, a sophomore from West Jessamine High School, won first place at the chapter and state level in the Kentucky Daughters of the American Revolution contest for her short story entry. Kylee Nowlin, a fourth-grader from Brookside took first place in the state level contest for her poster.

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First place chapter level poster contest winners include Emiliia Kudryk, a fourth-grader from Brookside Elementary, Kylee Nowlin, a fourth-grader from Brookside Elementary and Brett Blair, a fifth-grader from Brookside Elementary.

Lyla Martin, a fourth-grader from Nicholasville Elementary took first place in the chapter level stamp contest.

Jessica Justice, a senior from West Jessamine High School received the DAR Good Citizen Award.

The DAR Good Citizens program and Scholarship Contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship.