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Dayton seniors Matthew Warren and Sarah Phillips are recipients of this year's P.E.O. Citizenship Award for possessing good qualities of character (honesty, courtesy, amiability, morality and punctuality), achieving high scholarship, and participating in a number of community and school activities. They are pictured here with Susie Payne, a member of the P.E.O. Citizenship Award Committee.

P.E.O., which stands for Philanthropic Educational Organization, is an international group whose mission is to promote educational opportunities for women. The Dayton chapter has sponsored one male and one female Dayton senior each year since 1930 with a certificate; in recent years the organization has also been able to give a cash award. Warren and Phillips were awarded their certificate at a reception in the Delany Building on Thursday, May 7; they will receive their $300 check at graduation. Recipients of the citizenship award are selected by the high school faculty, associated student body (ASB) officers and P.E.O. Awards Committee.