Mercy Senior Receives DAR Good Citizen Award

Nov 10 2010

Mercy Senior Receives DAR Good Citizen Award

Sr. Mary McCarthy, Principal of Mercy High School, congratulates Sophia Panaccione on her DAR Good Citizen Award.

Sophia Panaccione, a senior at Mercy High School, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Good Citizen Award from the Wadsworth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Sophia was selected for the award through a combination of faculty nominations and senior class vote.  Students who receive the award are considered to demonstrate outstanding leadership, dependability, service and patriotism.   Only one student per year can be selected as a school’s DAR Good Citizen.

As a DAR Good Citizen recipient, Sophia is now eligible to enter the DAR Good Citizen scholarship contest and receive state and national awards.

At Mercy, Sophia is a member of the Senior Class Executive Board, National Honor Society, and the Mercy Ambassadors Recruitment Team.  She is a homeroom representative, and also devotes time to several extracurricular groups, including Random Acts of Kindness, Helping Hands Helping Paws and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD.)  She is a four year member of the Softball Team, serving as varsity co-captain in her junior and senior years.  Sophia has also served as a teaching assistant at St. John’s School in Old Saybrook, Altar Serving Captain at St. John Church in Old Saybrook, and an assistant at the Read to Grow program in New Haven.

In announcing Sophia’s selection as the school’s DAR Good Citizen, Sr. Mary A. McCarthy, Principal of Mercy High School, stated: “We are so proud of Sophia and congratulate her on this honor.  She is an outstanding student, leader and athlete and serves as a role model for both her peers and our underclasswomen.”

Sophia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Panaccione of Old Saybrook.