{"id":3180,"date":"2025-04-04T18:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/evan-forjan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:09:46","slug":"evan-forjan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/evan-forjan\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Forjan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Evan Forjan\" 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\/forjan_evan_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Evan Forjan\">\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 Audrey and Jeffrey Forjan, Evan Forjan is a highly motivated and talented student leader. He is ranked first in his class with a 4.7653 cumulative grade point average. He is a Ben Carson Fund Scholarship Recipient and a four-time Ben Carson Fund Recognized student. Evan also represents Indian River High School as a remarkable musician. He is a Tri- M Music Honor Society member and is the drum major of the marching band. Evan will be pursuing a degree in physics.\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\/indian_river_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Indian River High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;I have always enjoyed the challenge of education and the puzzle of learning something new. From calculus to chemistry to U.S. history I find that gaining knowledge and understanding within an academic setting brings me great satisfaction. I suppose it is this feeling of satisfaction, along with the intrigue of education, that motivates me to strive towards academic achievement. 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