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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