{"id":3053,"date":"2025-04-04T18:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/khadijat-adeleye\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:58:44","slug":"khadijat-adeleye","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/khadijat-adeleye\/","title":{"rendered":"Khadijat Adeleye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Khadijat Adeleye\" 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\/2025\/04\/adeleye_khadijat_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Khadijat Adeleye\">\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\tKhadijat is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Programme, and she has embraced many of the IB Learner Profile characteristics while participating in the IB Programme. She is inquiring, knowledgeable and open-minded. During her high school career, she has been involved in tennis and is the co-founder of our African Diaspora Association. Khadijat has been inducted in the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society for her outstanding academic achievement. She also has a strong sense of community and is involved in many organizations outside of school. Khadijat intends to study biology and become a physician's assistant.\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\/mount_pleasant_high_school-1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Mount Pleasant High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;I have always been driven by growth, pushing myself to reach new heights and believing there was always more to uncover, discover, and learn. My academic growth is fueled by my curiosity and desire to simply know more. Although perfection is impossible, each day is a chance to develop, gain new experiences, and expand my understanding. It is through such experiences that I hope to not only better myself but also the world around me.&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\/2025\/04\/adeleye_khadijat_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\/2025\/04\/adeleye_khadijat_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\/2025\/04\/adeleye_khadijat_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been driven by growth, pushing myself to reach new heights and believing there was always more to uncover, discover, and learn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2943,"parent":3460,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3053","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Mount Pleasant High School","school_logo":1644,"student_images":[3050,3051,3052],"nomination_statement":"Khadijat is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Programme, and she has embraced many of the IB Learner Profile characteristics while participating in the IB Programme. She is inquiring, knowledgeable and open-minded. During her high school career, she has been involved in tennis and is the co-founder of our African Diaspora Association. Khadijat has been inducted in the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society for her outstanding academic achievement. She also has a strong sense of community and is involved in many organizations outside of school. Khadijat intends to study biology and become a physician's assistant.","personal_statement":"I have always been driven by growth, pushing myself to reach new heights and believing there was always more to uncover, discover, and learn. My academic growth is fueled by my curiosity and desire to simply know more. Although perfection is impossible, each day is a chance to develop, gain new experiences, and expand my understanding. It is through such experiences that I hope to not only better myself but also the world around me.","add_quotes":true},"checksum":["207c5f4317acab49cf5e24db4cd5d5d0a6fa3770"],"sw_mod_date":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3053\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3460"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3052"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3051"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}