News Release

December 1, 2021

NEBRASKA STUDENTS AWARDED SEALS OF BILITERACY

The Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska International Language Association have awarded 51 Seals of Biliteracy to Nebraska students this semester.

The Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy is a collaboration between the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and the Nebraska International Language Association honoring high school students who have achieved a high level of proficiency in English and at least one other language.

Students apply for the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy after demonstrating proficiency based on the Nebraska World Language Standards structured around communication, cultures, connections, communities, and cognition within a language other than English.

2021 Fall Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy Recipients

 

Joel A Alarcon-Ortega

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Katheryn Alvarez-Padilla

Spanish

Omaha Bryan High School

 

Haley Anciaux

French

Lincoln High School

 

Pranavi Athota

Spanish

Millard North High School

Daniel Ayala

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Paul Batchelder

Spanish

Broken Bow High School

 

Omar Becerra

Spanish

Crete High School

 

 

 

 

John Burns

Spanish

Creighton Preparatory School

 

Malea Bussard

Spanish

Lincoln High School

 

Maria Chaidez-Rodriguez

Spanish

Omaha Bryan High School

 

 

 

Brittany Chavez

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Morgan Chochon

Spanish

Elkhorn South High School

 

Carley Damme

Spanish

Blair High School

 

Calvin Dao

French

Lincoln High School

 

Christina Fischer

Spanish

Omaha South High School

 

Bryce Frailey

Spanish

Creighton Preparatory School

 

Ainsley Frederick

Spanish

Lincoln High School

 

Olivia Haller

French

Lincoln High School

 

Jessica Hinkley

German

Lincoln High School

 

Adam Hjemvick

Spanish

Westside High School

 

Jasur Iskandarov

German

Lincoln High School

 

Julian Juarez Gamboa

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Caitlin Judkins

Spanish

Elkhorn South High School

Riya Kannapareddy

Spanish

Millard North High School

 

Laura Kirshenbaum

French

Omaha Burke High School

 

Gillian Kohl

French

Lincoln High School

 

Angela Lopez-Juarez

Spanish

Crete High School

 

Anh Mai

Spanish

Lincoln High School

 

Sam Malick

Spanish

Creighton Preparatory School

 

Alex Martinez

Spanish

Creighton Preparatory School

 

Yoselin Melgar Serrano

Spanish

Omaha Bryan High School

 

Jason Miller

German

Omaha Central High School

 

Arturo Miscles

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Lauren Moon

German

Lincoln High School

 

Yesenia Mora-Lopez

Spanish

Omaha South High School

 

 

Kenji Nakagawa

French

Lincoln Southwest High School

 

Hailey Olberding

Spanish

Lincoln High School

 

Refugio Ovalle

Spanish

Omaha South High School

 

Audrey Perry

French

Lincoln High School

 

Aditya Pillai

Tamil

Omaha Tamil Palli

 

Keilly Ponce-Merida

Spanish

Omaha South High School

 

Shawn Ramachandran

Spanish

Creighton Preparatory School

 

Jose Rodriguez Vallecillo

Spanish

Omaha South High School

 

Cinthya Romero-Guardado

Spanish

Omaha Bryan High School

 

Juan Ruiz

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Jade Salgado

Spanish

Omaha Bryan High School

 

Akilan Sivakumar

TAMIL

Omaha Tamil Palli

 

Princess Valencia

Spanish

Chase County High School

 

Kai Waddell

German

Lincoln East High School

 

Raef Walker

French

Lincoln High School

 

Tong Wu

Chinese

Lincoln East High School

 

More information about the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy can be found online at: www.education.ne.gov/worldlanguage/nebraska-seal-of-biliteracy.

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