RECOGNITION

Seal of Biliteracy

LTHS World Languages Department is pleased to offer the opportunity to achieve the Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy. The Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy provides recognition to high school students who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing in one or more languages in addition to English. In order for students to be considered candidates for the Seal of Biliteracy, they must meet the established criteria for the award. Once the criteria have been met, students will receive the Seal of Biliteracy on their transcript and on their high school diploma.

Congratulations to the 2024 State Seal of Biliteracy Recipients:

Arabic / العربية

Ahmad Shalabi

French/Français

Chancelle Oke, Melissa Ulloa

Polish / Polski

Veronica Bafia, Weronika Bafia, Sebastian Banka, Adam Bogun, Maya Chudoba, Gabriela Drazek, Kathy Gancarczyk
Olivia Gasienica, Victoria Gronski, Elizabeth Hajnos, Suzanna Jakubczak, Adam Kaczmarczyk, Caroline Kogut, Olivia Kokoszka, Nadia Korman, Dominika Kos, Anna Kukula, Bartosz Leja, Paulina Majewski, Zofia Marusarz, Patrycja Mrowca, Oskar Skurski, Natalia Staszel, Gabriela Zubkovskis, Olivia Gasienica, Emmanuel Rojas, Valeria Rosales

Spanish / Español

Samuel Alvarado, Delaney Blumka, Isabella Calvo, Evelyn Cana, Emily Casillo Sanchez, Joel Centeno, Maya Chudoba, Isabel Collins, Claudia Cronin, Georgia Dykstra, Addyson Ficek, Bailey Flaherty, Elizabeth Hajnos, Alexis Hernandez, Payton Holzhauser, Nicholas Krol, Valerie Martinez, Aaron Miller, Patrycja Mrowca, Katelyn Munis, Joseph Perez, Anacamila Rodriguez, Allyson Stedman, Elizabeth Suerth, Melissa Ulloa, Alexa Villasenor, Yaritza Zamudio

Russian / русский

Iryna Lytvynenko

State Commendation Toward Seal of Biliteracy

American Sign Language

Olivia Kokoszka, Joselyn Maney, Madison Matthis

French/Français 

Melody Alleman, Griffin Elric Garrett, Sydney Kurdziel, Madison Lynch

German/Deutsche

Andrew Finley

Japanese / 日本語

Lydia Bos, Ian Ellsworth, Liliana Furmanek, Jordan Gragasin, Andy Maka, Matthew Mitera, Joseph Perez, Micah Porrey, Vincent Ramirez, Destiny Ramos

Spanish / Español

Jacob Balitewicz, Sophia Cohen, Braeden DeBlecourt, Dallas Gorski, Emmanuel Hernandez, Catherine Holdman, Aayush Joshi, Federico Lagunas, Anna Mizera, Luidymar Molina, Trinity Muszynski, Diego Villanueva, William Wagner, Maddisen Wattenberg, Nadia Winkler, Abigail Worker

Russian / русский

Stanislav Zatuliveter

Vietnamese / chữ Quốc ngữ

Quy Huynh

This is an excellent award to have on one's transcript, as not only colleges look for biliteracy skills, but also future jobs as we continue to move towards a global society. Being biliterate is a necessary skill for many jobs! Biliteracy can also help with daily life encounters and travels!

For specific questions and/or more information, please contact Anne Lee, Department Chair of World Languages and Cultures. 

Additional resource for Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy.