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Wyoming Seminary announces Merit Scholarship winners

Mary Kolessar, Dean of Middle School at Wyoming Seminary, and Dawn Leas, Director of Lower School Admission, announced that four area students have received Lower School Merit Scholarships for the 2009-10 school year.

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The recipients are Erica Fletcher, fifth grade, Hanover Twp.; Connor McGowan, fifth grade, Pittston; Stefan Olsen, sixth grade, Waverly; and Alexandra Zaloga, sixth grade, Moosic.

The award was established to encourage promising fifth- through eighth-grade students to attend the Lower School. Recipients were chosen on the basis of a competitive exam administered on February 7, 2009. Each award recipient receives half-tuition merit-based scholarships.

The 2010-11 Lower School Merit Scholarship exam will be given on Saturday, February 6, 2010 in Forty Fort. For information on how to apply, please call Heidi Sims, Associate Director of Lower School Admission, at 718-6610.

Pictured in first row from left: Stefan Olsen, Waverly; Alexandra Zaloga, Moosic; Erica Fletcher, Hanover Twp., and Connor McGowan, Pittston. Second row, from left: Heidi Sims, Associate Director of Admission; Mary Kolessar, Dean of Middle School; and Dawn Leas, Director of Lower School Admission.