DAYTON–Sagelyn Kilts and Eloy Garcia- Romero were chosen as the recipients of the 2022 P.E.O. Citizenship Award. This award is given to the outstanding young man and woman in the senior class, judged on the qualities of character, scholarship and activities. Especially emphasized are honesty, courtesy, amiability, morality and punctuality- the marks of a good citizen.

Recipients are selected by the high school faculty, the Associated Student Body officers and the P.E.O. Awards Committee.

The award consists of a certificate that was presented on May 12 at a reception in their honor and a $300 check to be presented at graduation. The P.E.O. Citizenship Award was first presented in 1930 and has continued for 92 years.

P.E.O. is a philanthropic educational organization which supports six philanthropies. This includes ownership of Cottey College, a women's college in Nevada, Missouri, and five programs that provide higher educational assistance for women through scholarships, grants, awards and loans.

Founded in 1869 at Iowa Wesleyan University, P.E.O. is one of the oldest women's organizations in North America and has grown to almost 6,000 local chapters with more than 225,000 members in the United States and Canada.

Dayton's P.E.O. Chapter BJ was organized in 1925. In addition to supporting the international organization's projects, Chapter BJ also offers educational loans to local women through a variety of local fundraising. We are pleased to continue to support the Dayton School District.