{"id":3897,"date":"2026-03-31T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/hayden-messick\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:58:57","slug":"hayden-messick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/hayden-messick\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Messick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Hayden Messick\" 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\/messick_hayden_h.webp\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Hayden Messick\">\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\tHayden Messick is the son of Crystal Thomas of Delmar. 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This is what drives me to try as hard as I do, because a part of me believes he is still watching, cheering me on.&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\/messick_hayden_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\/messick_hayden_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\/messick_hayden_2.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\/messick_hayden_3.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since then I have been working tirelessly to create the best me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3625,"parent":3664,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3897","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Delmar High School","school_logo":3141,"student_images":[3893,3894,3895,3896],"nomination_statement":"Hayden Messick is the son of Crystal Thomas of Delmar. 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