Kudos go out to Ansonia scholarship winner

 AHS graduate heading to art school in fall

Stephanie Lynn Duncan

ANSONIA  - Stephanie Lynn Duncan was ranked in the top 12 percent of her class at Ansonia High School. She has been receiving Julian A. Taylor scholarship awards since fifth grade.

She will receive the top honor, a $5,000 scholarship, at an annual dinner July 8 at John J. Sullivan's restaurant. 



Duncan was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. to Prescina Cameron and Hezekiah Duncan. She is the second of four children; she has two sisters and a brother.


Duncan has received numerous awards such as the Charger Pride Award, Mary Haussler Sowkeep Memorial Art Award, John Quake Memorial scholarship, and the Jay Amico Artistic Memorial Scholarship.

She is a CAPT Scholar in Reading, Writing, and Science, and has been featured in the Congressional Art  Competition. She has volunteered for My Sister’s Place, Birmingham Group Health Services, Inc., and Toys For Tots.

While at AHS she participated in Student Ambassadors, Art Club, Cooperative International Studies Program, Newspaper Club, Student Employment Experience, and Screen Printing Group.

Duncan will attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. She has not yet decided on a major in her chosen field of art.

I congratulate Duncan on her achievements and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.





The above biographical information was contributed by Ansonia resident Diane Stroman, a member of the Julian A. Taylor Scholarship Committee.