{"id":3309,"date":"2025-04-04T18:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/roman-mcmillan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","slug":"roman-mcmillan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/roman-mcmillan\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman McMillan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Roman McMillan\" 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\/mcmillan_roman_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Roman McMillan\">\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 Kristin and Greg McMillan of Newark, Roman is an ambitious and meticulous student. He strives to be outstanding in all he does. Roman is ranked first in his graduating class with a 4.55 cumulative grade point average. Roman has taken dual enrollment at Wilmington University. He is an active member of the Boys Soccer and Track & Field teams. He also plays the trumpet for Glasgow's school band. Roman plans to attend University of Delaware to pursue an engineering degree.\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\/glasgow_high_school-1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Glasgow High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;Growing up my parents have taught me the importance of education and work ethic. I learned that you must work for what's yours, as nothing is given for free. You need to strive to achieve your goals no matter what you want to accomplish. 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