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The Albert R. Atkinson, Jr. Post 210 of the Doylestown American Legion announces recipients of the American Legion School Award


 

Youth are often awarded for their scholastic achievements, but The American Legion believes they should also be praised when they demonstrate strong qualities of character and good citizenship. That's why, since 1926, the Legion has recognized such students with its School Award Program.  In 1921, the Department of Pennsylvania created the School Award Program for the purpose of instilling character and helping perpetuate the ideals of Americanism among youth. The award is given to a boy in the graduating classes of junior and senior high school.

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Candidates for the award are voted upon by a school's faculty and members of the candidates graduating class through a secret ballot casting. The local Legion post involved with the school makes the final selection upon receiving recommendation from students and faculty.

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The program's success for the past 90 years has been prominent. In its first year, 145 students received medals and recently more than 30,000 were awarded medals.

 

The Albert R. Atkinson, Jr. Post 210 of the Doylestown American Legion is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the American Legion School Award.  This award is given to those young men who possess those high qualities of courage, honor, leadership, patriotism, scholarship and service which are necessary for the preservation and protection of the fundamental institutions of our government and the advancement of society.

 

Holicong Middle School                                               Lenape Middle School

          Spencer Sterner                                                    Daniel Bolton

          Jordan Stokes                                                       Stephen Bolton

                                                Jack Traina

 

Tamanend Middle School                                  Tohickon Middle School

          Brian Bugieda                                                       Brad Johnson

          Ethan Knapp                                                        Dale Johnson

          Kyle Tokiwa                                                         Nathan Vallapureddy

 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel                              Central Bucks East

          Ross Choate                                                                   Geoffrey Kuhn

          Samuel Czupich            

 

Central Bucks South                                           Central Bucks West

          Evan. T. McHale                                                  Christopher Babnick

 

 

                                                                             Dr. Douglas Reilly

                                                                             Post 210 - School Award Chairman




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