{"id":3304,"date":"2025-04-04T18:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/shannon-mclaughlin\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","slug":"shannon-mclaughlin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/shannon-mclaughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon McLaughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Shannon McLaughlin\" 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\/mclaughlin_shannon_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Shannon McLaughlin\">\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 Jim and Maureen McLaughlin of Lewes, Shannon approaches life with a \"can't stop, won't stop\" attitude with a strong commitment to kindness and humanity. Shannon demonstrates a rock star status whether it's in competitive dance, serving in a student leadership role, selflessly giving back to the community, exhibiting professionalism and reliability in summer jobs or her determination of achieving mastery of content in all aspects of her academics. Shannon intends on majoring in chemistry and is currently weighing her college options as acceptances roll in.\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_academy.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Sussex Academy\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;\"People change people\" are three simple words I think of often. The people I met throughout my life have made me into the person I am today. My family, friends, teachers, and choreographers all helped me become the best version of myself. Each day I try to make that same positive impact on those around me. 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