{"id":2405,"date":"2024-04-03T19:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2024-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/christopher-cuellar\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:28:26","slug":"christopher-cuellar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2024-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/christopher-cuellar\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Cuellar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Christopher Cuellar\" class=\"grid\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed picture\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/cuellar_christopher_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Christopher Cuellar\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed nomination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"scholar_nomination_statement\">Nomination Statement<\/h2>\n\t\tChristopher Cuellar has been quietly making his way through ECHS@DSU with incredible academic prowess. He earned the right to take college classes at DSU when he was a sophomore at 15 years old. He has already earned over 50 college credits, and by the end of the school year, he will have  close to 70 credits. He has been No. 1 in his class for every marking period since he was a freshman. We are so very proud of him!!!\n\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med logo\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/early_college_school_at_dsu.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Early College School at DSU\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;Since my earliest memories in life, I recall the constant repetition of three words, Stay in school,\" from my Hispanic family, and always wondered why they were so persistent. As I got older, I realized how much multiple family members struggled to make ends meet financially and emotionally from immigrating to a country with nothing except the passion to succeed. The same passion that my family had has aided my success and continues to do so to this day.\"&rdquo;\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/cuellar_christopher_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/cuellar_christopher_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/cuellar_christopher_3.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/cuellar_christopher_4.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since my earliest memories in life, I recall the constant repetition of three words, Stay in school,&#8221; from my Hispanic family, and always wondered why they were so persistent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2404,"parent":2800,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2405","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Early College School at DSU","school_logo":1838,"student_images":[2400,2401,2402,2403],"nomination_statement":"Christopher Cuellar has been quietly making his way through ECHS@DSU with incredible academic prowess. 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