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West Orange High School Students Earn Seal of Biliteracy for 2020-2021 School Year

WEST ORANGE, NJ – 21 West Orange High School students have excelled in multilingual language proficiency for the 2020-2021 school year and have earned the prestigious Seal of Biliteracy. 

“Students earn the Seal of Biliteracy by demonstrating English language proficiency on state and local assessments to meet graduation requirements as well as oral, reading, listening, and writing proficiency in another language as demonstrated on a New Jersey Department of Education approved standardized assessment,” explained World Languages Supervisor Felix Plata. 

“Being multilingual is more than just being able to literally comprehend and transmit information from one person to another,” he continued. 

“Knowing and using another language to communicate with other people develops an appreciation of different perspectives and experiences and makes students better communicators and more effective global citizens,” he added. 

In addition to the communication advantages of multilingualism, there is a growing financial benefit as the ability to understand different perspectives and needs is creating a demand in the workforce 

First Name

Last Name

World Language 1

World Language 2

Allison

AlbaVega

Spanish

 

Miguel

Almonte

Spanish

 

Ferlin

Arevalo

Spanish

 

Masarrah

Assad

Italian

 

Ashley

Azana

Spanish

 

Christaina

Basquin

French

 

Jasmine

Cooper

French

 

Steban

Gomez Nikaido

Spanish

 

Carlos

Herbozo

Spanish

 

Cassey

Kuga

Spanish

 

David Anderson

MarinTobar

Spanish

 

Johanna

Mizhquiri Lliguicota

Spanish

 

Yessenia

Orcon Vasquez

Spanish

 

Angela

Pacheco Sihuay

Spanish

 

Noemi

Pare

French

 

Giantonella

Rojas

Spanish

Italian

Darlene

Sanchez Elizarraraz

Spanish

 

Karen

Silva Herrera

Spanish

 

Martha

Tamay Zhinin

Spanish

 

Alexander

Torres

Spanish

Italian

Ilayda

Vural

Turkish

 

 Seal of Biliteracy

 From left to right, Giantonella Rojas,  Vincenza Amabile, Alexander Torres and Rosanna Zamloot. Rojas and Torres received the Seal of Biliteracy as trilingual students in English, Spanish, and Italian.

 

 

 

 

Cynthia Cumming
July 5, 2021