Mount Pleasant High School senior, Caroline Rose, daughter of Kevin and Tracie Rose, was recently selected as the MPHS Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen.

The Martha Laird Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsors the DAR Good Citizen program in our area. This contest is designed to honor an outstanding young person in a high school’s senior class who demonstrates the four qualities of a DAR Good Citizen: Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Patriotism.

Rose has held numerous leadership roles in campus organizations. She is currently the Captain of the Speech and Debate team, President of the National Honor Society, and President of the Interact Club. During her junior year, she was President of the Speech and Debate team, Vice President of Interact, and was elected Secretary of the Junior class.

In addition to leadership, service to the community is another important characteristic that good citizens possess. Rose participated in Cosmo Scholars as a peer tutor, assisted in running speech and debate tournaments, and helped with local elementary school fall festival activities. She has also spent time volunteering in her church nursery, collecting and providing wheel chairs for community members to use at the Titus County Fair, and helping with the Adopt-a-Highway program. She has served her church as a cell group leader since her freshman year.

Rose was a national qualifier for FBLA competition, a UIL state qualifier in Congressional debate, and a UIL regional qualifier in Lincoln-Douglas debate. She received the Academic Blanket Award for Spanish II Pre-AP and has been on the A Honor Roll for her entire high school career. She was recently honored with the National Speech and Debate Academic All-American award.

Being selected as the MPHS Good Citizen provides Rose the opportunity to participate in the scholarship portion of the program at the local Chapter level. Each contest entry will be evaluated by independent, non-DAR judges and the winning entry will advance through state and national levels of judging.

Photo: Caroline Rose and MPHS Principal, Craig Bailey