{"id":3116,"date":"2025-04-04T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/kathryn-costello\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:09:47","slug":"kathryn-costello","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/kathryn-costello\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Costello"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Kathryn Costello\" 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\/costello_kathryn_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Kathryn Costello\">\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\tDaughter of Sean and Jennifer Costello of Lewes, Kathryn is a passionate tennis player and was named most valuable player of the varsity team in 2023. She has also received the Academic All-Conference award for three consecutive years. A talented musician, Kathryn is an All-State Band member, serving as both the flute section leader and a drum major. Her accolades include the Superintendent's Commendation in 2022 and first place in the State DECA Innovation Plan competition in 2025. With a weighted GPA of 4.180, Kathryn intends to major in biology on a pre-medicine track.\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\/cape_henlopen_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Cape Henlopen High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;My inspiration to succeed originates from the values my parents instilled in me. From a young age my father would often tell me 'carpe diem' which translates to 'seize the day'. My mother taught me that you get out of life what you put into it. Thanks to the values I was brought up with I have always felt a drive to seize the day I am given and put in my best to get the most out of it.&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\/costello_kathryn_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\/2025\/04\/costello_kathryn_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\/costello_kathryn_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My inspiration to succeed originates from the values my parents instilled in me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2959,"parent":3460,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3116","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Cape Henlopen High School","school_logo":1695,"student_images":[3113,3114,3115],"nomination_statement":"Daughter of Sean and Jennifer Costello of Lewes, Kathryn is a passionate tennis player and was named most valuable player of the varsity team in 2023. 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