Meet Student of the Week Sophia Wlazlo-Jaklin, a Pulaski student who is a 'leader to her peers'

It's almost spring break for many districts, and our 20th Wisconsin Student of the Week poll has now closed with over 2,000 votes counted. Thanks for participating.
Keep reading to see who won and how to nominate a student from your high school for our weekly Student of the Week poll.
Pulaski High School student Sophia Wlazlo-Jaklin took the title of Wisconsin Student of the Week this week.
She was nominated by her English teacher, Kimberly Froseth. Froseth said Wlazlo-Jaklin is a "great role model and leader to her peers" and works hard in class by participating and asking questions.
"She is always leading by example by getting involved, speaking out and being kind to everyone around her," Froseth concluded.
High school students are nominated for Student of the Week by principals, teachers, youth organizations and others who work with teens. Voting is open each week from 5 a.m. Monday until noon Thursday with polls at jsonline.com, postcrescent.com and greenbaypressgazette.com.
Do you work with youth and know someone who should be Student of the Week? Reach out to Debi Young, statewide education editor, at debi.young@jrn.com to get a link to the nomination form.
Rebecca Loroff is a K-12 education reporter for the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. She welcomes story tips and feedback. Contact her at rloroff@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Meet our 20th Wisconsin Student of the Week winner

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