Gilpin County High School student Sarah Lovett was awarded the 2023 Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Mountain Rendezvous Chapter, Good Citizen scholarship. Her guidance counselor is Kim Cobb. The DAR scholarship encourages and rewards the qualities of patriotism, leadership, dependability and service. The award is open to any high school senior who exhibits these qualities to an outstanding degree. Part of the application process involves writing a 550 word, timed essay on a surprise American history topic.

Lovett won the local scholarship award competition and is now advancing to the Colorado state competition!

Lovett was elected president of the student council and has been a member of the National Honor Society for three years. She is on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll and was selected to attend a Rotary leadership class. Athletically, Lovett was a starter on Gilpin’s varsity volleyball team and she skis competitively. Her sophomore year she qualified for state track and field.

After school Lovett is employed as a hostess and busser at Clear Creek Cidery, all while maintaining a weighted 4.07 GPA in her academic classes which include Advanced Placement Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Working at the local food bank and assisting with the Dirty Thirty marathon are some of her volunteer activities.

College plans include attending the University of Oklahoma majoring in nursing. From CU Boulder she received the High Achieving Junior Award.

DAR is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended from an ancestor who supported America’s Revolutionary War independence from Britain. A non-profit group, DAR promotes historic preservation, education, and patriotism. DAR was created by an Act of Congress in 1896.

The DAR has over 185,000 members. Members included first ladies Caroline Harrison (wife of president Benjamin Harrison), Bess Truman (wife of president Harry Truman), Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of Franklin Roosevelt), Rosalynn Carter, Laura Bush, as well as Elizabeth Dole, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Grace Hopper, Margaret Rhea Seddon and Janet Reno.

DAR headquarters in Washington DC. (It is often used in filming for the US President’s White House with similar architecture.)