Lucy Baran recognized with MHS’s DAR Good Citizen Award
Lucy Baran, recipient of Manchester Jr/Sr High School’s DAR Good Citizen Award. Photo courtesy of Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
submitted by Denise Frost, Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, public relations
The Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), in Ann Arbor, proudly announces the recipients of the 2025–2026 DAR Good Citizen Award from local high schools. The award honors outstanding high school seniors who exemplify the qualities of good citizenship within their homes, schools, and communities. Selected by their high school faculty, the criteria for selection encompass dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. Six area schools participated, including Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Pioneer, Saline, and Whitmore Lake high schools.
Lucy Baran, daughter of Nicholas Baran and Jennifer Sampsel, is the Manchester High School DAR Good Citizen winner. Nominated by Manchester High School Principal Joshua Lindeman in recognition of her exceptional character, leadership, service to others, and commitment to excellence, all of which are hallmarks of the DAR Good Citizen Award.
Throughout her high school career, Lucy has demonstrated remarkable dedication both in and out of the classroom. She has balanced a demanding academic schedule with extensive extracurricular involvement, including track (3 years), sideline cheer (4 years), bowling (2 years), softball, Quiz Bowl, link crew (3 years), student council (2 years), National Honor Society, Student-Teacher Improvement Council, and choir, and serving as an office aide. Lucy has held numerous leadership positions, including class vice president, link crew captain, sideline cheer captain, bowling captain, Quiz Bowl captain, and Student-Teacher Improvement Council captain, reflecting the trust and respect she has earned from peers and faculty alike. Her achievements have been recognized with honor awards, varsity letters (8 total), scholar athlete honors (9 times), Student of the Month recognition (4 years), link crew member awards, and participation on a regional track team championship.
In addition to her school leadership, Lucy is deeply committed to serving others. Through volunteering, mentoring younger students, and participating in school and community initiatives, she has developed strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills. Lucy “has consistently demonstrated exceptional dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism, making a lasting impression through student government, cheer, office assistant position, and general leadership in our school,” stated Carla R. Freeman, counselor, Manchester Jr/Sr High School.
The other five DAR Good Citizen Awards winners include: Samantha Bieber, Chelsea High School; Rebekah Murillo, Dexter High School; Nathalie Coughlin, Saline High School; Abigail Hood, Pioneer High School; and Elodie Weaver, Whitmore Lake High School. Each year one of the six students is selected as the Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter DAR Good Citizen winner and qualifies to go on to the state competition. This year that is Abigail Hood from Pioneer High School.
Sharon Clark, Good Citizen Chair for the Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter, NSDAR, praised all of the DAR Good Citizen winners for their achievements, noting that they “truly embody the values of the DAR Good Citizen Award through their leadership, service to others, and dedication to excellence.”
The DAR is a service organization open to women who are lineal descendants of patriots who supported the American Revolutionary War. Our mission stands for the preservation of the nation’s history, the education of its children, and the provision of opportunities for all Americans to experience the fulfillment of the American dream. For information on membership please visit: sca-dar.org.
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