Here's the winner of Rockford Register Star Student of the Week for April 15-19

Guilford High School junior Sarrah Hijazi is the Rockford Register Star Student of the Week for April 15-19.

Hijazi received 48% of the vote in our Student of the Week poll.

Sarrah Hijazi
Sarrah Hijazi

Hijazi plans to be a teacher, Her nominator described her as having an outstanding work ethic, saying she displays kindness in and outside of the classroom and is an inspiration to all.

Other finalists were Sindy Soto of Boylan, Jocelyn Sintkowski of East and Hadley Slawson of Keith.

Anyone wishing to nominate a high school student for Student of the Week can send an email to studentoftheweek@rrstar.com by 11 a.m. Friday. Be sure to include the student's name, age, grade in school, a list of academic and extracurricular achievements, a photo of the student and a few sentences about why that student deserves to be nominated for Student of the Week.

A list of finalists for Student of the Week publishes online at rrstar.com on Mondays and in print in the Rockford Register Star on Tuesdays.

Readers can vote for who they think deserves the title of Student of the Week in our online poll. You can vote as many times as you want until 11 a.m. Thursday.

Winners are announced online Friday and in print on Sundays.

Chris Green is a Rockford Register Star general assignment reporter. He can be reached at 815-987-1241, via email at cgreen@rrstar.com and X @chrisfgreen.

This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: Winner of Rockford Register Star Student of the Week for April 15-19