{"id":3299,"date":"2025-04-04T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/njeni-mckenna\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","slug":"njeni-mckenna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/njeni-mckenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Njeni McKenna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Njeni McKenna\" 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\/mckenna_njeni_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Njeni McKenna\">\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\tThe daughter of Ricky McKenna, Njeni McKenna is a hardworking, creative student, ranked second in her graduating class with a 4.441 cumulative grade point average. Njeni is a first-generation college-bound senior. She is an active member of TSA, Yearbook, BASSU, Student Government, DECA, National Honors Society and is on the tennis team. Njeni balances school with outside activities, such as JuJitsu, hiking, and playing the piano, and she spends time learning as much as she can about architecture. Njeni plans to attend college to study architecture and work as a licensed architect.\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\/newark_high_school-1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Newark High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;My biggest inspiration, motivation, and support system has always been my family. My father has always sacrificed his own needs to provide for me and has always pushed me to do my best, giving me anything I need to succeed in school. My aunt has always served as a role model, and I vividly remember watching her study as a child. 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