News Release

August 22, 2023

NEBRASKA STUDENTS AWARDED SEALS OF BILITERACY

The Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska International Language Association have awarded 101 Seals of Biliteracy to 71 Nebraska students this semester. Beside Spanish, the seals are awarded for students in Chinese, French, Korean, and Tamil.

The Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy is to honor 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.

2023 Spring Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy Recipients

 

Adithi Deeduvanu Millard North High School Spanish	Aidan Halat Brownell Talbot High School Spanish	Arjun Anugole Millard North High School Spanish
Ashlyn Simonson Mullen High School Spanish	Bethany Rivas Gutierrez Omaha Burke High School Spanish	Bryan Diaz-Quezada Omaha Bryan High School Spanish
Bryan Benitez Omaha Bryan High School Spanish	Daniel Chavez Silva Omaha South High School Spanish	Dayana Barajas Kearney High School Spanish
Dayton Engelbart Lincoln Southwest High School French	Diana Lopez-Padilla Omaha Burke High School Spanish	Diego Martinez Omaha South High School Spanish
Diego Rodriguez Contreras Omaha South High School Spanish/ Tamil	Eduardo Hernández Abreo Omaha South High School Spanish	Eleonora Cagnetta Lincoln High School French
Ellery Potts Lincoln Southwest High School Spanish	Emerson Lionberger Lincoln Southwest High School Spanish	Emma Schmidt Millard North High School Spanish
Erika Massey Mullen High School Spanish	Jadyn Andersen Mullen High School Spanish	Jena Forlemu Lincoln High School French
Juhith Swarna Millard North High School Spanish	Juriah Lawson Lincoln High School Spanish	Kai Sasaki Lincoln Southwest High School Chinese
Katie Jurado Kearney High School Spanish	Katie Wassenmiller Lincoln High School Spanish	Katya Reason Millard North High School Spanish
Lainey Weist Bishop Neumann High School Spanish	Lucia Marvin-DeBuse Omaha Burke High School Chinese/ French	Lydia Schoeneck Bishop Neumann High School Spanish
Madison Rink Lincoln Southwest High School Spanish	Marcus Sherrod Omaha Central High School Spanish	Maria Ruiz-Garduno Omaha Bryan High School Spanish
Markus Rutledge Lincoln Southwest High School Korean	Maxwell Penner Aurora High School Spanish	Nate Cohoon Westside High School Spanish
Piper Connelly Elkhorn North High School Spanish	Samuel Mullin Creighton Preparatory School Spanish	Sarah Wood Millard North High School Spanish
Shriya Samanta Millard North High School Spanish	Srimathi Balakrishnan Home/ Other Tamil	Trinity Session Millard North High School Spanish
Zahid Falcon Omaha South High School French

Community support is a crucial aspect of strengthening the foundation of World Language instruction. We are excited to announce new partnerships that will strengthen the Seal of Biliteracy program.

 

Since 2001, Avant has delivered STAMP (Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency), the world’s first online adaptive four-skill (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)  language proficiency assessment, originally developed at the University of Oregon. Avant has worked with University of Nebraska-Kearney so that students can take assessments on the UNK campus to apply for the seal of Biliteracy. Currently, Avant is working with University of Nebraska-Lincoln to make the tests available for seal applicants in Lincoln and nearby area.

 

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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