Trio of Simsbury Students Awarded Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships

SIMSBURY, CT — Thirteen Connecticut students, including three from Simsbury High School, were awarded corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards, announced Wednesday among a group of 1,000 distinguished high school seniors, according to an announcement from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation [NMSC]. The students were awarded a corporate-sponsored scholarship financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations and other business organizations.

According to the NMSC, the students are among the first group of winners in the 62nd annual national merit scholarship program. Most of the awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends ranging from $500 to $10,000 per year.

The students were selected from the group of students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition. The corporate sponsors provide scholarships to finalists who are children of their employees, residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.

Recipients from Simsbury are Jonathan C. Aiyathurai, Akash Kaza and Lila S. Rosenzweig.

Written by Joe Lipovich (Patch Staff)

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