TCMS students won many awards in The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Junior American Citizens annual competition. There were forty-five winners from Thomas County Middle School for the Thomasville chapter. Nineteen of those winners took first place and advanced to state competition in January. This year’s theme was “The 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower: Rise and Shine for New Opportunities in a New World.” Students were able to compete in the following categories: poster, stamp design, photo essay, banner, poem, short story, or community service.
From the forty-five students who placed first in the local competition and moved on to state, the following nineteen TCMS students placed first in the state competition and moved on to the southeast district competition:
5th Grade
Banner: 1st Place Leeland Lamos, Caleb Eaton, Ben Carlisle, Josiah Love, Abbigail Love
1st Place Karson McCutchen, Mae Harrison, Layla Brooks
Poster: 1st Place Riley Slocumb
1st Place Kaitlyn Glenn
1st Place Julia James
Stamp: 1st Place Bryson Ross
1st Place Saige Morris
Poem: 1st Place Thomas Johnson
1st Place Aiden Wright
Short Story: 1st Place Emma Tillman
6th Grade
Stamp: 1st Place Henry Edge
1st Place Andrew Robertson
Poem: 1st Place Morgan Cullison
The southeast district competition included the nineteen students who placed first in each respective group at the state competition. First place winners from the southeast district competition will also compete at the national level. The following eleven students won at the southeast district competition and moved on to the National DAR Competition.
5th Grade
Banner: 1st Place Leeland Lamos, Caleb Eaton, Ben Carlisle, Josiah Love, Abbigail Love
1st Place Karson McCutchen, Mae Harrison, Layla Brooks
Poster: 1st Place Riley Slocumb
1st Place Julia James
3rd Place Kaitlyn Glenn
Stamp: 2nd Place Bryson Ross
6th Grade
Stamp: 1st Place Andrew Robertson
2nd Place Henry Edge
The national competition included the eleven students who placed first in each respective group at the southeast district competition. All eleven of these students also won at the National DAR Competition. Congratulations to these students!
5th Grade
Banner: 1st Place Leeland Lamos, Caleb Eaton, Ben Carlisle, Josiah Love, Abbigail Love
1st Place Karson McCutchen, Mae Harrison, Layla Brooks
Poster: 1st Place Riley Slocumb
1st Place Julia James
6th Grade
Stamp: 1st Place Andrew Robertson
