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South Central Area Superintendents’ Award Student Scholarships

April 26th, 2019


Megan Pomeroy receives recognition and a $1,000 college scholarship from Orville H. Platt High School Principal Robert L. Montemurro during Friday’s South Central Area Superintendents’ Award Luncheon in New Haven. Also pictured are ACES Executive Director Tom Danehy (center) along with Michelle DeFelice and Thomas Begina.

(New Haven, CT April 26, 2019) On Friday, more than 95 area students were recognized and honored at the 14th Annual Student Awards Luncheon hosted by the South Central Area Superintendents’ Association (SCASA) at Anthony’s Oceanview Restaurant in New Haven. Twenty-two school districts were represented at the event, which is the culmination as part of a larger program that provides area superintendents the ability to recognize students’ accomplishments based on academic, extra-curricular, and community service criteria. The featured speaker was the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's fifth congressional district Jahana Hayes. Hayes is also a past honoree as National Teacher of the Year.

Of the many deserving students, three $1,000 scholarships were presented to a trio of seniors who are going to pursue careers in the educational field. Megan Pomeroy from Orville Platt High School in Meriden, Samantha Franzman and Michael Sansur, both of Jonathan Law High School in Milford received special recognition financial support for college from SCASA. Two scholarships are awarded annually in memory of two noted superintendents who passed while serving their districts. They are Dr. Alida Begina from the Hamden School District and Martin DeFelice, Jr. from East Haven. This year is the second year where three students received scholarships.

Only seniors are eligible for the scholarships. The other students are recognized by being selected by criteria then nominated by each district to be considered for the scholarships. There must be at least one male and one female with a limit of six students per district. The students must be committed to completing their education and eventually entering the educational field. Then, the nominations go to a four-member selection committee who evaluates and selects the scholarship winners.

Of the 95 nominees, six students who attend ACES schools were nominated and received recognition. They are ACES Mill Academy fifth graders Aiden Luce and Alyssa Rivera along with seventh grader Isabella Mestuzzi and eighth grader Caleb Kaiser. Also nominated were seniors Nadiyah Tavares and Jelin Hinton of ACES Educational Center for the Arts. Approximately 400 people attended the luncheon, which also included more than 20 superintendents.


About ACES:

Area Cooperative Educational Service’s (ACES) is to transform lives through education, innovation, and leadership. One of six Connecticut regional educational service centers, ACES is the regional educational services center for the twenty-five communities in New Haven and is both a school district and a non-profit services agency. ACES serves 2,300 students from fifty-seven communities throughout Connecticut at its three magnet schools and nine special education schools. ACES service divisions include international educational programs and services, technology, transportation, translation, behavior services and autism programs, extension therapy services (occupational and physical therapy), assistive technology, collaborative programs, professional development, human resources and financial services, and ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically challenged adults. ACES also runs the Open Choice program for New Haven County as well as a magnet school parent choice program for its Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School and Thomas Edison Middle School. Additionally, ACES runs the Middlesex County Early Head Start Partnership program. For additional information, go to www.aces.org.

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