Shawn Fields, President of The Derby Shelton Rotary Club, has announced the winners of the Club’s annual scholarships.
The Club awarded a total of $14,250 to nine students from Derby and Shelton High Schools.
Each school is awarded three scholarships annually while there are three scholarships awarded to students from either school.
The 2012 winners are:
Derby High School
Martin Chromik Scholarship – Samanth Kalafut $1,750
Cas Turaj Scholarship – Stephanie Dytko $1,000
Deceased Rotarian Scholarship – Abbey Monaco $1,750
Shelton High School
George H. Tierney Scholarship – Stephen Arena $1,750
Harry Fowler, Jr. Scholarship – Brianna Wood $1,000
Deceased Rotarian Scholarship – Sarah Jose $1,750
Other Scholarships not awarded strictly by school
Dr. Edward Bednar Scholarship – Nicole Hansen (Shelton) $1,750
Edward Handi Scholarship – Colin Haydu (Derby) $1,750
Robert Dickgiesser Scholarship – Alexander Oppel (Shelton) $1,750
The scholarships are named after former members of the Club who exemplified Rotary’s motto of “Service above Self” and had a major impact on Club and the cities of Derby and Shelton.
For more information about the Rotary Club scholarship program visit the Rotary website at http://derby-sheltonrotary.org/.