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Scholarship List

Click on the name of each scholarship for more detailed information.  Carefully check each scholarship deadline.  Please contact us if your questions are not answered here. 

Scholarships for Graduating Seniors

Suzanne Beckius Scholarship
Criteria:
Graduating high school seniors and students already attending an accredited university or college full time, who have participated in Southington Youth Summer Theater and/or Plainville Choral Society Youth Summer Theater and are pursuing college studies.

Eleanor and Nathan Berry Scholarship Criteria: Graduating high school seniors who are residents of Berlin, Farmington, New Britain, Newington, Plainville and Southington pursuing four-year college degrees.

Helen T. Bianca Nursing Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of Berlin and New Britain high schools pursuing a nursing degree at an accredited four-year college or university.

Vincent Biscoglio Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of Berlin High School who have participated in Berlin UpBeat in their junior and senior years;  maintained a cumulative grade average of 80 or better; demonstrated qualities of leadership, character and service to school and community;  and plan to pursue a degree at a four-year college or university. Candidates are recommended by the director of the UpBeat Program.

Gloria Biscoglio Bosco Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of Berlin High School planning to major in education.

Virginia and William Bray Scholarship
Criteria:
Employees of Jerome Home pursuing professional education beyond high school; this may include continuing education, certificate or degree programs.

William G. “Billy” Bryant Memorial Scholarship
Criteria:
Graduating seniors of Plainville High School, pursuing a two- or four-year degree, or advanced education in a trade or technical career.

Dick Burkarth/Shuttle Meadow Country Club Scholarship
Criteria: 
Graduating high school seniors and students already attending an accredited university or college as full-time students, who are residents of Berlin, Farmington, New Britain, Newington, Plainville and Southington.

Catherine C. Conway Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of New Britain High School who will attend Central Connecticut State University and pursue a career in teaching.

Michael J. Davey Memorial ScholarshipCriteria: Graduating senior of ALTA, the Southington Alternative Education Program, pursuing professional education beyond high school.

Vic and Betty Fumiatti ScholarshipCriteria: Graduating seniors of E. C. Goodwin Technical High School in New Britain pursuing two- or four-year degrees, or advanced education leading to certification or licensing in a trade or technical field at an accredited technical school.

Louis P. Gianoli Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of New Britain and E.C. Goodwin Technical high schools pursuing two- or four-year degrees, or advanced education in a trade or technical field.

Allen M. and Rosalind W. Humes Humanitarian Scholarship
Criteria: 
Graduating seniors at Berlin High School and the high schools serving Deep River, Conn. and Winchester, N.H.

Paul J. and Mary P. Karam Music Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of Berlin High School, pursuing a four-year degree at an accredited college or university.

Keith Benson Kramer Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors of Berlin High School pursuing a four-year degree program at an accredited college or university.

Macdonald/Hjerpe Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors from Farmington, New Britain and Plainville high schools with plans to pursue a two- or four-year college degree.

Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Scholarship Criteria: Graduating high school seniors, or those who previously graduated from a public high school in Newington, Wethersfield or New Britain, Connecticut, who wish to pursue a medical vocation, broadly defined.

William P. McCormack Scholarship
Criteria:
Graduating seniors who are residents of New Britain and Berlin, pursuing bachelor's degree at accredited four-year college or university.

James W. McDermott, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Graduating seniors from Berlin High School pursuing a four-year degree at an accredited college or university; a cumulative high school average of 80 or better; current or prior membership in one or more high school organizations including band, drill team, color guard, chorus or drama club (including participation in the school’s annual musical).

Kim Miller Synchronized Swimming ScholarshipCriteria: Registered members of the United States Synchronized Swimming (USSS) East Zone who will be participating in synchronized swimming at the collegiate level.

Kimberly R. Miller Scholarship
Criteria:
Graduating seniors who have been members of the Berlin High School Girls Swim Team for a minimum of two years.

Linda Blogoslawski Mlynarczyk Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: This scholarship is awarded to the valedictorian of the graduating class of New Britain High School.

New Britain General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni & Associates Scholarship
Criteria:
Graduating seniors of New Britain high schools, pursuing a two- or four-year nursing degree at an accredited college or university; financial need; demonstrated scholarship and leadership in high school.

Peter G. Perakos, Sr., Scholarship
Criteria: Graduating seniors of New Britain High School who have demonstrated football achievement, ability and contribution to the team; character; high moral standing at school, home and in the community; a member in good standing of the graduating class.

Harold Rahm Memorial ScholarshipCriteria: Awarded to a young man and young woman of the graduating class of New Britain High School planning to pursue a college education.

Dennis J. Stanek, Sr., Memorial Scholarship Criteria: High school seniors who are residents of the town of Southington, Conn. and who are graduating from Southington High School; who have participated in varsity sports and/or with community service involvement; who will attend the University of Connecticut.

Harry L. Stromquist Memorial Scholarship Criteria: For graduating seniors of New Britain High School who played varsity football and are planning to attend an accredited four-year degree program at a college or university; display good citizenship, financial need, academic achievement and participation in athletics. Harold M. Sussman Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: 
Graduating seniors of New Britain and Berlin high schools who are planning to attend an accredited four-year program at a college or university.

Scholarships for Students Post-High School

Suzanne Beckius Scholarship Criteria: Graduating high school seniors and students already attending an accredited university or college as a full-time student, who have participated in Southington Youth Summer Theater and/or Plainville Choral Society Youth Summer Theater and are pursuing a college education.

Virginia and William Bray Scholarship
Criteria:
Employees of Jerome Home pursuing professional education beyond high school; this may include continuing education, certificate or degree programs.

Dick Burkarth/Shuttle Meadow Country Club Scholarship Criteria: Graduating high school seniors and students already attending an accredited university or college as full-time students, who are residents of Berlin, Farmington, New Britain, Newington, Plainville and Southington.

Alma Exley ARC Scholarship
Criteria:
For people of color in Connecticut who have completed the Alternate Route to Teacher Certification program who are committed to a career in public school teaching.

Alma Exley Scholarship
Criteria: Students of color who have passed the Praxis examination and have been admitted to a certified teacher preparation program at an accredited four-year college or university in Connecticut. Applications are accepted in the Fall.

Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Scholarship Criteria: Graduating high school seniors, or those who previously graduated from a public high school in Newington, Wethersfield or New Britain, Connecticut, who wish to pursue a medical vocation, broadly defined.

Dr. Lorraine G. Spranzo Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: 
For registered nurses who are Connecticut residents or students at an accredited graduate school of nursing in Connecticut. Applications are accepted in the Fall.


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