South Windsor Dollars for Scholars is the local chapter affiliate of the Dollars for Scholars program of Scholarship America. We have been in service to the South Windsor community as a scholarship organization since 1958. Since awarding our first scholarships in 1961, we have awarded 1,234 students 2096 scholarships, totaling $1,290,390. We invite you to visit our website for further information. Thanks to our dedicated and generous donors, we are awarding 76 scholarships to 59 students totaling $55,765 in 2025. Awards were announced on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, during the Senior Awards Program at South Windsor High School.
Congratulations to the recipients of the following scholarships: Alana Ferrante Memorial-Jillian Venzie; Alva Rossi Memorial-Saanvi Rao; “Bombara Strong” Scholarship in Memory of Michael Bombara-Ava Mathew and Aleck McNeil; Brian J. Mahoney Memorial-Ava DeNicola; Cary Prague Memorial Scholarship of the South Windsor Republican Town Committee-Aderes Darling and Isabella Correnti; The Charles A. Menzella Memorial- Giammarino Isabella and Jaya Pichay; The Down to Earth Garden Club- Taruni Pendyala; Edward Jones-John Zahner-Ethan Hunt and Tyler Romero; Eli Terry Elementary School PTO-Ava DeNicolo; Marvin Eisenberg Memorial Scholarship of Eli Terry School PTO-Warzidah Junood and Saumya Shekhar; Friends of the South Windsor Public Library-Nkaulu Nsakala; Friends of the South Windsor Public Library in honor of Mary Etter-Lauren Graham; Friends of South Windsor Public Library: Nancy C. Braender Memorial-Tresor Williams; Geri Maillett Senior Art Award-Reshika Partheeban; Grace T. Bogdan Memorial-Addison Downs; Hannah E. Patrie Memorial-Jillian Venzie; John D. Dzen Memorial-; John G. Samsel Jr. Memorial-Gianna Martocchio; Karen Giannamore Scholarship of Wapping Elementary School-Daytona Goldstein; The Kingston Wealth Management Group – Spada Family Scholarship- Saumya Shekhar; Knights of Columbus: Council #5779-Branson Botti, Jeremiah Pancras, and Christine Vnuk; Matt Riley Memorial Swim and Dive-Dylan Baumgartner and Aditya Patel; Nicole Cartier Memorial-Aashritha Sathish and Sophia Ghagare; Orchard Hill School PTO-Cassie Polansky, Purab Ashmaniwala, and Renee Gough; Philip R. Smith PTO “Success for Averyone”-Brooke Stapleton; PRS- PTO in honor of Mimi Saidi-Megan Stapleton; Pleasant Valley School PTO: Daniel S. Hansen-Janani Shanmugam Jaisankar; Pleasant Valley School: Orville C. Rowley Memorial-Elise Suffish, Srihasika Ponnathota, Naren Balachandar, and Julia Rondinone; Random Acts of Kindness in honor of Jessica Waterhouse-Jada Bruce; Richard Tustin Memorial of Wallace-Tetreault Realty-Adithya Anand; Robert J. Pennell Memorial-Jake Palombizio; Roberto Bajonero Memorial-Aditya Jha, Anushree Sabade, and Adithya Anand; Sergeant Matthew Mainieri Memorial-Cooper Anderson; South Windsor Chamber of Commerce-Smriti Rajan; South Windsor Chamber of Commerce in honor of Edward Havens, Sr.-Jeremiah Pancras; South Windsor Community Women-Brianna Sweeney, Abeer Dhillon, Saumya Shekhar, and Janani Shanmugam Jaisankar; South Windsor Democratic Women: Julia and Mary Nicholson-Hasini Gunda; South Windsor Dollars for Scholars INC-Daniel Stoyanov; South Windsor Education Association-Megan Stapleton and Sarah Wayne; South Windsor High School “Bobcat Baseball” Booster Club-Jacob Gombotz; South Windsor High School Hall of Fame-Meera Kannan; South Windsor High School Students against Destructive Decisions: Leadership Awards-Elise Suffish and Gianna Martocchio; South Windsor High School Students against Destructive Decisions: Positive Impact-Ava DeNicolo and Matt(Howard) Slater; South Windsor Lions Club: William Gabriele Memorial-Srihasika Ponnathota and Emma Cherubini; South Windsor Senior Center Community Service-Abeer Dhillon and Aleck McNeil; South Windsor Superintendent of Schools – Construction Field-Kevin Martin; South Windsor Superintendent of Schools Kindness-Aarush Kalia; South Windsor Superintendent of Schools CT State Manchester-Maniha Faisal; Timothy Edwards Middle School PTO Nancy Larson-Meera Kannan; Tom Savage Memorial Quarter Note Foundation- Nkailu Nsakala and Megan Stapleton; Vincent Fusco Memorial-Victoria Davies; and Wapping Grange #30-Megan Rivard. Best of luck to our recipients as they continue their academic career!
