State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier and Master of Ceremonies Scot
Haney are pictured with the student winners of the 2016 CHET Dream Big!
Competition, at a ceremony celebrating the winners on May 24 at
the Legislative Office Building, Hartford.
Press Release:
Treasurer Nappier Recognizes 48 Statewide Winners of 2016 CHET
Dream Big! Competition; $26,000 in CHET College Savings Accounts
Awarded to Kindergarten - 8th Grade Students
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Matthew Myslenski, a 5th grader from
Brookfield, was one of the four grand prize
winners. Matthew, pictured here with Treasurer
Nappier, wrote in an
essay
that he wants to find a cure for cerebral palsy.
Also grand prize winners were Thomas Gerlach, a 1st grader
from Ellington; Alexandra Saon, a third grader from
Stamford; and Sandra Tello, who is in the eighth grade at
Bridge Academy in Bridgeport.
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The Dream Big! Competition ran from January
through March, 2016, The 48 winners hail from all eight counties in
Connecticut.
List
of winners
View
winnning entries |
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Smalley Academy in New Britain,
which promotes college awareness starting in kindergarten, submitted the highest number of
entries on behalf of its students, with 551 students entering the
Competition. Pictured at left is Liz Emerson, a
teacher at Smalley, with Treasurer Nappier.
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Two award recipients are siblings at Newfield Elementary
School in Stamford. Deep Banerjee, top
right photo, is in 4th grade and wants to be a civil
engineer who builds low-cost schools, housing, hospitals,
police stations and fire departments. Neel Banerjee,
bottom right, is in
2nd grade and wants to be a scientist who kills poisonous
mosquitoes.
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Among the
other winners were Madeline Thi Doran, a third grader at
Southeast Elementary School in Storrs, and Isaiah Jovon
Saylor, an eighth grader at Simpson Waverly School in
Hartford.
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Ranya May Khaile, a
first grader at Moses Y. Beach Elementary School,
Wallingford, points to her winning entry. |
Photography: Alex Syphers
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