{"id":3170,"date":"2025-04-04T18:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/william-flak\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:09:46","slug":"william-flak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/william-flak\/","title":{"rendered":"William Flak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about William Flak\" 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\/flak_william_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of William Flak\">\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\tWilliam Flak, son of Michael and Lori Flak, excels academically and is at the top of his class with a rigorous curriculum, including Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, and healthcare courses. He is president of the Spanish National Honor Society, vice president of HOSA, and a member of both the National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society. He participated in the Governor's School of Excellence and RYLA. He is a recipient of the Delaware Volunteer credit. Certified in First Aid\/CPR, HIPAA, and CNA, he plans to major in pre-medicine in college with the goal of becoming a physician.\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\/sussex_technical_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Sussex Technical High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;My biggest inspiration is humanity. Everywhere one looks, there are people who need tending to and who need to be cared for. Illness spares no one, and the necessity for experienced medical practitioners continues to widen as time advances. The field of medicine is often overwhelming and intimidating, but I cannot imagine myself in any other position than in one that involves treating my fellow man. In a way, medicine is to me like a love-letter to mankind.&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\/flak_william_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\/flak_william_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\/flak_william_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\/flak_william_3.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My biggest inspiration is humanity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2972,"parent":3460,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3170","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Sussex Technical High School","school_logo":2017,"student_images":[3166,3167,3168,3169],"nomination_statement":"William Flak, son of Michael and Lori Flak, excels academically and is at the top of his class with a rigorous curriculum, including Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, and healthcare courses. 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