{"id":3157,"date":"2025-04-04T18:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/warren-ellifritz\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:09:47","slug":"warren-ellifritz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/warren-ellifritz\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Ellifritz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Warren Ellifritz\" 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\/ellifritz_warren_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Warren Ellifritz\">\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 Amanda Ellifritz, Michael Ellifritz and Jonathan Bell, Warren Ellifritz is a dedicated and charismatic student. Warren has truly become a part of the Freire family, as he has continued to embrace our college preparatory and non-violence centered mission. Warren has a 4.0 GPA and is taking several additional Advanced Placement independent study classes along with a full course load of AP and honor classes. He has participated in several activities such as our Multicultural Club while also working part-time. After Freire, Warren will attend University Delaware as a World Scholar studying geography.\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\/freire_charter_school-1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Freire\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;Throughout my academic career my mother was the most important motivator, always expecting my best. 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Initially, this felt like a burden on my shoulders, but despite that feeling, I learned how to turn it into a positive mindset allowing me to understand the importance of academic success and the benefits it provides.&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\/ellifritz_warren_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\/ellifritz_warren_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout my academic career my mother was the most important motivator, always expecting my best<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2969,"parent":3460,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3157","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Freire","school_logo":1978,"student_images":[3155,3156],"nomination_statement":"Son of Amanda Ellifritz, Michael Ellifritz and Jonathan Bell, Warren Ellifritz is a dedicated and charismatic student. 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