AXA Achievement Community Award Program Scholarships

Two FHS seniors, Julia Klinzman and Danielle Hoffman, have been selected to receive AXA Achievement Community Award Program Scholarships. In addition, Farmington High School will receive matching grants.

Julia Klinzman, a four year high honor roll student, is a member of the National Honor Society as well as the Tri-M Music Honor Society. She is the founder and committee chair of Farmington Valley’s Bark for Life. Julia plays cello for the FHS symphony strings orchestra. She has played lacrosse and soccer for the high school for four years, and now coaches a recreation soccer team.

Julia will attend the University of Connecticut next fall where she will study Pre Veterinary Animal Science. Julia has been shadowing at a local animal hospital since fifth grade and recently started volunteering as a therapeutic horseback riding instructor for disabled children.

Danielle Hoffman, an accomplished student and contributor to her school community, received the award primarily because of her community service work as the Founder and Director of Arts from the Heart, which she started back in 2009. Arts from the Heart is a group of teens that performs at nursing homes, hospitals, and senior centers throughout the area, including the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, the Hospital for Special Care, and the Village for Families & Children. In addition, the group has held an annual charity concert to raise money for the Petit Family Foundation for the past five years, raising nearly $13,000 to date. For the past three years, Danielle has also run a winter musical theater workshop at the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain with other members of Arts from the Heart.