{"id":3865,"date":"2026-03-31T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/martine-laguerre\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:57:00","slug":"martine-laguerre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/martine-laguerre\/","title":{"rendered":"Martine Laguerre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Martine Laguerre\" 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\/2026\/03\/laguerre_martine_h.webp\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Martine Laguerre\">\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\tMartine Laguerre is the daughter of Raguel Laguerre and Marie Derine of Seaford.  Martine is an exceptional student who is driven to succeed. She is currently ranked first in her class with a weighted GPA of 104.86. Martine has embraced leadership roles as student government historian and treasurer, team captain of the tennis team, and an active competitor in BPA, where she qualified for nationals. She is a proud member of National Honor Society, contributes her voice and talent to concert band, jazz band, choir, and drama club, and has also participated in cheerleading.  Martine plans to study nursing at Widener University.\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\/seaford_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Seaford Senior High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;The things that motivated me to do well are my family&rsquo;s appreciation and approval. Knowing that my efforts make them proud of me pushed me to work harder and stay on top of all my goals and focus on my future. The people who supported me the most are my family and friends; I can always count on them. Their sacrifices and encouraging words will always remind me why I should never give up and to always believe in myself.&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\/2026\/03\/laguerre_martine_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\/2026\/03\/laguerre_martine_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\/2026\/03\/laguerre_martine_3.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\/2026\/03\/laguerre_martine_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing that my efforts make them proud of me pushed me to work harder and stay on top of all my goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3617,"parent":3664,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3865","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Seaford Senior High School","school_logo":1730,"student_images":[3861,3862,3863,3864],"nomination_statement":"Martine Laguerre is the daughter of Raguel Laguerre and Marie Derine of Seaford.  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