Mars Area Middle School seventh-grader Kristin Sadhu was selected as a winner in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Kushkushkee Trail Chapter’s 2025-2026 American History Essay Contest.
Sadhu’s essay on Dr. Benjamin Rush, a Founding Father of the United States, will be forwarded to the Pennsylvania State Society DAR American History Essay Contest. If selected, the essay will advance to the Eastern Division level of the competition.
This contest, open to students in Grades 5-8, asked participants to write an essay imagining a meeting with a Declaration of Independence signer. All submissions are judged for historical accuracy, adherence to the topic, organization of materials, interest, originality, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and neatness.
For more information, visit www.kushkushkeetrailnsdar.org.