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Patrick Wood
Prize winners
POMFRET — Two students entering Pomfret School next year were awarded the Patrick Wood Prize for their academic achievement. William Leary from Rectory School and Mila Ganias from Woodstock Academy will receive merit scholarships each year of their attendance at Pomfret School. Patrick’s parents, Robert Wood and Lisette Rimer, began the award from the many contributions which poured in after Patrick’s death in 2006. “We wanted to reward more hard-working students who have an inner drive to achieve. It is our pleasure to recognize Will and Mila for their effort.”
Patrick achieved perfect SAT scores and was the 2001 valedictorian at Pomfret School. He attended Stanford University on a scholarship and graduated with honors in 2005. “More importantly,” Rimer said, “he was humble, humorous, and kind. Both winners demonstrate those same qualities.”
The Patrick Wood Prize is a merit-based scholarship which helps students attend Pomfret School. “Our fund-raising goal is to re-establish the full-tuition scholarship to Pomfret School that Patrick won in 1997,” Rimer said. “We want to see more local young people get the same learning experience that helped Pat succeed at Stanford.” Donations can be made at: www.patrickwoodprize.org.
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