Third grader Emilio Delgadillo is well known around the Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy campus for not only his joyful personality, but his perseverance and positivity in the classroom despite his medical challenges. In late March, Delgadillo and two other Turlock students were honored during “Every Student Succeeding,” a county program that recognizes students who have succeeded despite challenges. Delgadillo was born with spina bifida – a birth defect where there is incomplete closing of the backbone and membranes around the spinal cord – and also has a history of hydrocephalia, which is a medical condition related to spina bifida.
Turlock students recognized for perseverance

