WATERFORD — Several local high school and collect students were awarded scholarships by Charter Oak Federal Credit Union recently.
Charter Oak awarded $90,000 in 2020 scholarships to 45 high school and college students in New London and Windham counties.
This year’s local high school student award winners are:
Kyla Atwood, H.H. Ellis Technical High School; Lauren Hyatt, Killingly High School; Brianna Hogan, Killingly High School; Elena Spangle, Marianapolis Preparatory School; Justin St. Martin, Putnam High School; Nathan Craig, The Woodstock Academy; Grayson Walley, The Woodstock Academy.
Other winners included:
Nicholas Sedor, Bacon Academy; Andrew Gatesman, Bacon Academy; Sophia Rogers, East Lyme High School; Gabrielle Villa, East Lyme High School; Ana Julia Da Silva, Ella T. Grasso Technical High School; Hannah Bagley, Ella T. Grasso Technical High School; Cassandra Wells, Lyman Memorial High School; Elizabeth Cravinho, Lyme-Old Lyme High School;; Stephanie Weber, Marine Science Magnet High School; Evan Spalding, Marine Science Magnet High School; Sydney Winakor, Montville High School; Luisanny Castillo, New London High School; Mackenzie Maher, Norwich Free Academy; Samantha Tracey, Norwich Free Academy; Jackie Chen, Norwich Free Academy; Zeb Carty, Norwich Free Academy; Shaun McGuire, Norwich Free Academy; Chelsey English, Plainfield High School; Kyle Mashia-Thaxton, Robert E. Fitch High School; Sakshee Patel, Robert E. Fitch High School; Elizabeth Teskey, Robert E. Fitch High School; and Diana Sefransky, Robert E. Fitch High School; Liam Power, Saint Bernard High School; Brigid Kunka, Saint Bernard High School; Carly Potts, Saint Bernard High School; Kiera Burlingame McCord, Science & Technology Magnet School of Southeastern CT; Cassandra Cannon, Science & Technology Magnet School of Southeastern CT; Benjamin Fyke, Stonington High School; Jake Verbridge, Stonington High School; Anna Schleck, Waterford High School; Ashley Metivier, Waterford High School; Dylan Davino, Wheeler High School; Elizabeth Conger, Fishers Island Public School; and Katherine Henderson, Old Saybrook Senior High School.
Additional scholarship recipients who are currently attending college are: Holly Noe, Goodwin University; Jessica Coggeshall, Three Rivers Community College; Daniel Gaiewski, Franklin and Marshall College; and Daniel Marcolina, UConn. In addition to Charter Oak’s $90,000 annual scholarship awards, employees awarded two separate scholarships through their employee-funded Community Outreach Program. Jeffrey Andruskiewicz, a student at Norwich Free Academy, was awarded the $2,000 Community Outreach Memorial Scholarship and Jada Fuentes, a student at Lyme-Old Lyme High School, was awarded the $2,000 Louise Jackson Community Outreach Scholarship.

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