{"id":3946,"date":"2026-03-31T15:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/sadie-polk\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:01:56","slug":"sadie-polk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/sadie-polk\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadie Polk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Sadie Polk\" 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\/polk_sadie_h.webp\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Sadie Polk\">\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\tSadie is an astutely catalytic sociologist-in-action: a U.S. Senate Youth representative for Delaware, National Honor Society president, and field hockey captain who studies human behavior and applies those insights toward community activation. Her independent research on the psychological mechanisms driving consumer boycott support in digital spaces features graduate-level methodology, while her civic instincts have produced tangible results: she secured funding and created art-based mental wellness workshops at Sean's House in Newark. Sadie also stars in musicals, earned first-chair alto saxophone in NCS bands, and founded the school's jazz band. Sadie will study sociology at Harvard University or the University of Pennsylvania.\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_charter_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Newark Charter School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;The love I have for the people in my community motivates everything I do. I am incredibly grateful for my teachers, family, and friends, who provided endless support for my passions and ambitions. Their confidence in my abilities enabled me to become the person I am today. I strive to be a better teammate, student, and leader, carrying on their legacy and empowering those around me.&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\/polk_sadie_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\/polk_sadie_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\/polk_sadie_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\/polk_sadie_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The love I have for the people in my community motivates everything I do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3636,"parent":3664,"menu_order":66,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3946","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"Newark Charter School","school_logo":1689,"student_images":[3942,3943,3944,3945],"nomination_statement":"Sadie is an astutely catalytic sociologist-in-action: a U.S. Senate Youth representative for Delaware, National Honor Society president, and field hockey captain who studies human behavior and applies those insights toward community activation. 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