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.

New CEF student ambassadors Kaelyn Fitzgerald on the left and Emma Sink at right.
 

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.

Flanked by CEF treasurer Tom Martin at left and CEF board chair Derek Gromko on the right, the scholarship winners were honored at a reception in the Cheshire High School commons.
From left they are Joshua LaMaster, Sam Huang, Jacob Jalowic, Alex Clark, Ryan Fraser, Carina Cartiera, Ella Paul, Rory Stults, and Mackenzie Knapp.

 
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.

Recipients of the 2022 Cheshire Education Foundation scholarships were presented their checks at a reception in the Dodd Library.
From left to right: Dr. Barry Feldman, chair of the CEF scholarship committee, Vincent Cai, Dionis Demollari, Edward Chen, Riley Hanover, Joseph Volpe, Olivia Kochol, Victoria Santi, and Anabel Fletcher. Cheshire Schools Superintendent Dr. Jeff Solan is at the right rear.