Future engineer, quadrilingual track star: Student of the Week, May 13-17
Student of the Week offers schools the chance to celebrate teens who have placed in an art, dance or music competition, excelled in a science fair, won an essay contest, received a scholarship, were recognized for their volunteer service or have shined in some other way.
All high schools in Arizona are invited to nominate students to be included in an online poll where azcentral.com readers vote to choose the Student of the Week.
Student of the Week voting is open from 6 a.m. Monday through noon Thursday. Each week's winner is announced online Friday at 6 a.m.
Meet this week's nominees!
How to nominate: Know a teen we should celebrate? Choose them for Arizona Student of the Week
Ezequiel Delgado, senior, Camelback High School
Ezequiel Delgado is a high-performing high school thrower who has captained his team to win the district championship. He has committed to continuing his academic and athletic careers with Paradise Valley Community College next year. Zeke has essentially coached himself for two years and has guided all the other throwers. He is a role model to the entire team, a caring son and brother, and one of the figureheads on our campus; known and loved. He does his best in everything he does and juggles all of his commitments with grace and character.
Nomination submitted by Torunn Anderson, track and field and cross country head coach, Camelback High School.
Arnold Woodlock, sophomore, Central High School
Arnold Woodlock is a second-year engineering science student who has been learning computer-aided design. For our engineering class, the industry certification is the Certified SolidWorks Associate, a challenging exam few high school students pass. Arnold was the first student at Central High to become a certified associate. He got excited about working with SolidWorks from competing in the SkillsUSA State Additive Manufacturing competition at the end of March.
Nomination submitted by Jon Bernreuter, engineering science teacher, Central High School.
Milandeep (Milan) Kaur, senior, Trevor G. Browne High School
Milandeep Kaur is an exceptional young woman. Being quadrilingual in Punjabi, Hindi, English and Spanish, Milan brings a unique perspective to the classroom. She has consistently demonstrated a strong work ethic, as evidenced by her participation in AP Capstone. This program requires students to pass a minimum of six college-level courses while still in high school. Milan demonstrates leadership through roles such as president of the National Honors Society, president of Link Crew, and varsity captain for track and field. She also participated in badminton and cross country. Milan will be attending Phoenix College in the fall on a full-ride track scholarship. She has also been awarded a number of additional scholarships.
Nomination submitted by Stephanie Burke, English teacher, Trevor G. Browne High School.
Faridi Morales, senior, Maryvale High School
Faridi Morales is smart, energetic, and respectful. She helps a student with his English, asks poignant questions and offers thoughtful answers. After graduation, Faridi will join the Air Force to serve using her intelligence, courage and great nature. I respect her quality character, work ethic and goodness.
Nomination submitted by Loring Olk, health teacher, Maryvale High School.
For more information on Student of the Week, email studentoftheweek@azcentral.com.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Young engineer, multilingual athlete: Student of the Week, May 13-17
