{"id":2443,"date":"2024-04-03T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2024-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/samantha-franco\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:58:10","slug":"samantha-franco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2024-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/samantha-franco\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Franco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Samantha Franco\" 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\/franco_samantha_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Samantha Franco\">\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\tSamantha Franco is the daughter of Dori and Nathan Franco. Samantha excels in the classroom with a 99.73 GPA and is ranked first out of 530 seniors. Elisabeth shines in musical performance, playing clarinet in our fine arts band, marching band and music theory programs. Her musical recognitions include Governor's School or Music, All-State Jr. & Sr. Band, and Kent County Honors Band. Samantha plans to attend St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas, to pursue a career as an aircraft technician. She will also continue to play clarinet in ensembles throughout college.\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\/2024\/04\/caesar_rodney_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Caesar Rodney High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;I would not be where I am today without my parents. Their unconditional support and encouragement are what motivates me day to day. They have always pushed me to pursue my dreams, even if they are not what they saw for me themselves. They have been there for me through thick and thin, and I will continue to push myself throughout life thanks to them.&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\/franco_samantha_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\/franco_samantha_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\/franco_samantha_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would not be where I am today without my parents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2442,"parent":2800,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2443","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Caesar Rodney High School","school_logo":2786,"student_images":[2439,2440,2441],"nomination_statement":"Samantha Franco is the daughter of Dori and Nathan Franco. 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