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She sits as student representative on the Colonial School Board, is the president of the Student Council and Key Club, plays saxophone in the marching and jazz bands, is the secretary of the Tri-M Honors Society and a member of NHS. Outside of school, she's the chapter head of the volunteer organization Letters for Rose, volunteers for political campaigns and interns. She is not afraid to take rigorous courses and is at the top of her class with a 4.46 cumulative GPA. 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My parents have always supported me in my school endeavors, and I use the fact that they immigrated here to give me a better life as motivation in all my studies.&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\/akinroluyo_oyinladun_4.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\/akinroluyo_oyinladun_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\/akinroluyo_oyinladun_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\/akinroluyo_oyinladun_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents came to America from Nigeria in the 2000s, and they have raised me with an incredibly hardworking mindset and that mindset easily translated toward my school work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2944,"parent":3460,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3058","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Penn (William) High School","school_logo":1662,"student_images":[3054,3055,3056,3057],"nomination_statement":"Oyinladun Akirnoluyo is ever-present in her community. 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