Awards
Book Awards
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Each year NSAF presents the Cammy O’Connor Book Awards at Newington High School’s Awards Night to a member of each class who exemplifies the following qualities:
- scholarship
- leadership
- service to community and school
Scholarships
The directors of the Indian Hill Scholarship Foundation in 1994 transferred $27,000 to NSAF to administer the funds and create an annual scholarship to be awarded to a Newington student(s).
Scholarships are awarded each May at the Newington High School Awards Program, one to a male and one to a female, based on criteria established by the Board of Directors with emphasis on school and community service plus academic achievement in the B grade range. Applications are not utilized for scholarship selection.
Scholarships are awarded each May at the Newington High School Awards Program, one to a male and one to a female, based on criteria established by the Board of Directors with emphasis on school and community service plus academic achievement in the B grade range. Applications are not utilized for scholarship selection.
2021 Award Recipients
NSAF awarded a scholarship to the following outstanding seniors who plan to further their education at Connecticut colleges.
Jade Kennedy
Jade has been accepted at CCSU to study Art Education. She has participated on the High School swim team and has worked at the Hospital for Special Care. In addition, she was a volunteer worker for the Newington Parks and Recreation Deptartment.
Zachary Geisler
Zachary has been accepted to the University of Hartford to study Psychology. He participated in wrestling, worked atChik Fil A and has volunteered at a local soup kitchen and an Appalachian Service Project through his church.
The Cammy O’Connor Book Awards were presented to a student in each grade level. The book presented to the students listed below was Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson.
Izaylin Smith
9th Grade
James Vendetti
10th Grade
Daniel Whitman
11th Grade
Alexi Gallicchio
12th Grade