Cheshire Education Foundation Awards $21,000 in Scholarships

Thirteen graduating Cheshire High School seniors will share awards totaling $21,000 as they head for college this fall thanks to the Cheshire Education Foundation

The scholarships were announced May 21 at the Cheshire High School Awards Convocation. The winners and their families will be honored at a reception June 3 at the Dodd Middle School library.  

“Helping make these scholarships possible is one of the most important things we do as the Cheshire Education,” said Jane Leukart, CEF chair. “We are so impressed with these students and we are happy that we can help them as they begin their college careers.”  

The education foundation reviewed 134 applicants and selected these winners:  

• The Mark S. Jardim Memorial Scholarship: Nicholas Jakowenko of 354 Greenwood Drive and Mevlana Hursid of 306 Peck Lance will each receive $1,500.  Nicholas is planning to attend the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Mevlana is headed for the University of Connecticut.     
• John E. DeLane Memorial Scholarship: This $10,000 scholarship will be divided equally among four winners: Jenna Hart of 581 Country Club Road, who will attend Roger Williams University; Robert McNabb III of 501 Radmere Road, who plans to attend the University of Vermont, Sagar Nakrani of 96 Thistle Court, who will study at Boston University, and Tiffany Wang of 243 Argyle Road, who will be a freshman at UConn in the fall.    
• Meghan Welch Memorial Artistic Scholarship: Rebecca Nguyen of 357 Carlton Drive receives a $2,000 award, which she will apply to her studies at the University of Richmond.   
• Mark S. Jardim Memorial Scholarship: Sebastian Little of 500 Oak Ave. and Lindsay Thompson will each receive $1,500 from this annual scholarship.  Sebastian has enrolled at Yale University.   
• Greg Schena Memorial Scholarship:  Each recipient of this award, named for former Cheshire High assistant football coach Greg Schena, will get a $1,500 scholarship. They are Tim Covel of 344 Charles Drive, who is off to Connecticut College, and Sean Richard of 25 Smith Place who will be attending Central Connecticut State University.    
• Lombardo Family Scholarship:  Guadalupe Marquez of 19 Fairway Drive receives a $1,000 award. She will be attending Eastern Connecticut State University.   
• The Chapman School Scholarship:  This award, to a graduate of Chapman, goes to Sean Richard of 25 Smith Place, who also shared the Greg Schena Memorial Scholarship.  It is a one-time grant of $500.   
• Daniel P. Martinook Memorial Scholarship:  Alex Woodworth of 20 River View Court will receive this $500 award.  He will continue his education at Lincoln Technical School.   
• Cheshire Education Foundation General Scholarship: Brittany Hill of 70 Blue Ridge Circle was selected for this $1,000 award.  She plans to study at Eastern Connecticut State University this fall.