An annual rite of spring in Cheshire is the Trivia Challenge fundraiser staged by the Cheshire Education Foundation. For its sixth edition this year on Saturday April 1, the event will be hosted by Rebel Interactive at their headquarters building at 535 South Main Street.

The renovations made by Rebel Interactive to the former Furniture Barn building include a large conference space. It can accommodate 30 teams of four for the Trivia Challenge, which raises money for the CEF to fund projects and scholarships in the Cheshire Public Schools.

Have you noticed how many new homes are being built in Cheshire? They are beautiful, big single-family homes, perfect for growing families with children. Since January of 2019, a total of 115 new houses have been approved for construction in Cheshire. And 276 more townhouses or apartments are going up.

Recipients of the 2022 Cheshire Education Foundation scholarships were presented their checks at a reception in the Dodd Library.
From left to right: Dr. Barry Feldman, chair of the CEF scholarship committee, Vincent Cai, Dionis Demollari, Edward Chen, Riley Hanover, Joseph Volpe, Olivia Kochol, Victoria Santi, and Anabel Fletcher. Cheshire Schools Superintendent Dr. Jeff Solan is at the right rear.

Cheshire, CT May 24, 2022

Winners of the college scholarship programs administered by the Cheshire Education Foundation (CEF) were announced at the annual Cheshire High School senior awards ceremony. Fifteen students will share a total of $42,500 to help offset their college costs beginning this fall. There were 165 applicants for the ten CEF scholarship programs.

Twenty teams filled the Masonic Lodge Hall in Cheshire to compete for the title “Smartest of Them All,” and to help raise funds for Cheshire Education Foundation projects and scholarships in our public schools.

From left to right: Jolene Theriault, Lauren Houle, Olivia Jones, and Izzy Dziura. Photo by Eileen Wildermann.

 
Students in the Food Service class at Cheshire High School are planning to bake a variety of cupcakes to help raise money at the Cheshire Education Foundation’s Trivia Challenge on March 26.

College scholarships administered by the Cheshire Education Foundation (CEF) hit a new high-water mark in 2021 with $43,000 being awarded to 12 Cheshire High School seniors. This year the Balso Foundation Scholarships became the tenth program managed by CEF. “Our Board is honored to have been selected this year as the administrator of the Balso Foundation Scholarship,” said CEF Chairman Derek Gromko. “Balso has been providing financial assistance to CHS seniors since 1971, and we intend to continue this generous tradition for many years to come,” he said.

Science students at Cheshire High School this spring are using a set of 10 new digital microscopes that are opening their eyes to “a whole new universe.” That’s how CHS science chair Julie Barker describes the impact being made by the new equipment, purchased with a $3,000 grant from the Cheshire Education Foundation. “The students love it,” said Barker. “They enjoy the new technology and what they can do with it.”

Twenty-five years ago this month the Cheshire Education Foundation began serving the community by raising private funds to provide enhanced learning opportunities for students in the Cheshire Public Schools. In the years since 1995, the CEF has contributed well over a million dollars for projects and initiatives that would have been beyond the conventional budget resources of the public school system. And the scholarship programs administered by the foundation have helped more than 200 Cheshire High School graduates pay for their college educations.