Oxford Greens Community Scholarships awarded to 6 Oxford High School Seniors

Peter Bunzl and Fran Barr of Oxford Greens presenting scholarships to Oxford High School seniors.

Left to right-Jacob Eichenbaum, Zoe Olbrys, Julia Hinton, Rachel Videira, Ashley Lombardi, Patrick McNamara

Residents of Oxford Greens present Oxford Greens Community Scholarship awards.

On Wednesday May 17th at the Oxford High School awards night, Mr. Fran Barr, a member of the Oxford Greens Community Scholarship Committee presented $9,250.00 in scholarships to six graduating Oxford High School seniors.

The scholarship program is in its eighth year. During the past eight years $52,955.00 in scholarships has been given to 38 Oxford High School graduates. Contributions towards these scholarships were made by residents of Oxford Greens.

A $3,000.00 scholarship was awarded to Zoe Olbrys. Zoe will be attending Univ. of Virginia and studying law.

A $2,500.00 scholarship was awarded to Julia Hinton. Julia will be attending UConn and studying economics.

A $1000.00 scholarship was awarded to Patrick McNamara who will be attending NYU and will be studying film and screenwriting.

A $1,000.00 Scholarship went to Ashley Lombardi. Ashley will be attending UConn to studying speech language pathology.

Another $1,000.00 scholarship was awarded to Jacob Eichenbaum. Jacob will be attending either UConn or Villanova studying economics.

A scholarship of $750.00 was given to Rachel Videira. Rachel will be attending Eastern Connecticut State University. She plans on being an elementary teacher for the deaf.