{"id":3075,"date":"2025-04-04T18:16:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/arjun-bharath\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:07:08","slug":"arjun-bharath","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/arjun-bharath\/","title":{"rendered":"Arjun Bharath"},"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 Arjun Bharath\" 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\/bharath_arjun_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Arjun Bharath\">\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\tSon of Bharath Varadarajan and Lakshmi Perumalsamy, Arjun is ranked second in his graduating class with a 4.609. Arjun's impressive achievements outside of the classroom include being a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship, placing first at HOSA state competition and Top 10 at the HOSA International level and serving as the State of Delaware HOSA vice president. He has volunteered at Odessa Fire Company, Bayhealth, and Christiana Care Hospital. Arjun participated in DSU CIBER Summer Research Program and DSU AInsect Research. 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I was also greatly motivated seeing all of the sacrifices that my family has made in order to place me in a position where I am able to succeed, and I will continue to be grateful for these things as I continue onwards into the next chapter of my life.&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\/bharath_arjun_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\/bharath_arjun_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\/bharath_arjun_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest influence for me that pushed me to do well was the unconditional support and encouragement of my family, which provided a strong foundation for me in all of my academic and extracurricular endeavors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2950,"parent":3460,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3075","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Middletown High School","school_logo":1672,"student_images":[3072,3073,3074],"nomination_statement":"Son of Bharath Varadarajan and Lakshmi Perumalsamy, Arjun is ranked second in his graduating class with a 4.609. 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