Scholarships
awarded
PUTNAM — On June 4 the Putnam High School staff presented Putnam Lions Memorial Scholarships to Ellie Morisette and Justin St. Martin.
Morisette maintained a high grade point average while taking AP courses and participating in basketball and volleyball. She served on the Student Council from 2018 to 2020. Morisette was also very involved in charitable works and volunteered a great deal of her time.  She was the 2020 winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest.  She also won the Pride of Putnam Award in 2019. She will be attending UConn majoring in mathematics.
St. Martin has consistently maintained a high grade point average while participating in basketball, golf, and soccer.  He served on the Student Council from 2015 to 2020. He has been an active participant in charitable works, volunteering much of his time.  In 2020 he received the Eastern Connecticut Conference Scholar Athlete Award in Basketball, the Connecticut Association of Schools Scholar Athlete Award, and the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents Student Leadership Award. He will be attending Landmark College majoring in computer science.
Both students were also Putnam Leos Club II members.

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