If you have a news article that you'd like to suggest for our site, please contact us for more information.
Cheshire High School junior Lyla Dykeman has joined the Cheshire Education Foundation (CEF) board of directors.Lyla will serve with senior Emma Sink as the two representatives from all Cheshire schools on the board.
The Cheshire Education Foundation will honor the winners of its 2025 scholarships at a reception June 3 at the Cheshire High Commons. The families of each honored student have also been invited. The winners were announced at the annual Cheshire High School senior awards ceremony on May 20.
In the past five years alone, the Cheshire Education Foundation has administered scholarship programs with a combined value of over $250,000. This year’s winners are:
Balso Foundation Scholarships:
Peggy Wen, Bailey Vitanza, Ava Sink and Danielle Chamberlain
This fall 650 Cheshire fourth and fifth graders are learning valuable lessons from a robotics project supported by a $54 thousand grant from the Cheshire Education Foundation (CEF).
On Wednesday evening Nov 20th, beginning at 6:30 pm, CEF board member Dennis Deninger will be at the Cheshire Public Library telling behind-the-scenes stories of the Super Bowl from his new book, "The Football Game That Changed America." Proceeds from any books sold and signed that night will be donated by the author to the Cheshire Education Foundation.
The "Book Night" is free. Just click the link below and scroll to the bottom to register so the library can track attendance.
Two Cheshire High School students now have the title “ambassador” added to their impressive list of credentials. Kaelyn Fitzgerald and Emma Sink have joined senior Kali Hersh as representatives from all Cheshire schools on the board of the Cheshire Education Foundation.
Cheshire, CT, May 22, 2024
Winners of the 2023 CEF Scholarships were honored at a reception in the Cheshire High School Commons. From L-R: Michael DeJoseph, Rocco Ocone-Krause, Anthony Distante, Kathryn McCardle, Anna Pociu, Lily Watson, Taylor FitzGerald, Michael Simeone, Elizabeth Braun.
Over 100 people turned out at Rebel Interactive headquarters in Cheshire to match wits in the 6th annual CEF Trivia Challenge. Thanks to Rebel and all our players for their enthusiastic support!
The winning team was the KDA Crew, seen here with quizmaster Dennis Deninger at the far right.
They won gift certificates for dinners at Viron Rondo. Second and third place teams won dinners at Cheshire Pizza and C.J. Sparrow.
An annual rite of spring in Cheshire is the Trivia Challenge fundraiser staged by the Cheshire Education Foundation. For its sixth edition this year on Saturday April 1, the event will be hosted by Rebel Interactive at their headquarters building at 535 South Main Street.
The renovations made by Rebel Interactive to the former Furniture Barn building include a large conference space. It can accommodate 30 teams of four for the Trivia Challenge, which raises money for the CEF to fund projects and scholarships in the Cheshire Public Schools.
Have you noticed how many new homes are being built in Cheshire? They are beautiful, big single-family homes, perfect for growing families with children. Since January of 2019, a total of 115 new houses have been approved for construction in Cheshire. And 276 more townhouses or apartments are going up.
