57 Chatham High School Students Earn 'New Jersey Seal Of Biliteracy'

Chatham NJ

13 June, 2022

2:25 PM

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CHATHAM, NJ — A total of 57 seniors at Chatham High School recently earned a New Jersey Seal of Biliteracy. The Seal of Biliteracy honors high school seniors who can demonstrate a high level of proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English. According to a district news release, students took and passed exams in Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese and German. The Seal includes a certificate prepared by the NJ Department of Education, as well as a statement on the CHS transcript indicating that the Seal will be awarded in a specific language. This Seal demonstrates linguistic abilities that are appealing to prospective employers and college admissions officers. All recipients of the Seal must have demonstrated Intermediate-Mid or higher proficiency in at least one language other than English and have completed their English Language Arts graduation requirement, according to NJDOE guidelines. Six Chatham High School students will receive the New Jersey Seal of Biliteracy in more than one language. Those students are: Pedro Cattaruzzi (Spanish and Portuguese)Ausonie Guillot (German and French)Alice Marion (Spanish and French) Josefina Monge (Spanish and French)Gabriel Toledo (Spanish and Portuguese)Gisele Urashima (Spanish and Portuguese) "Our students' success in meeting the requirements for the NJ Seal of Biliteracy is an indication of their commitment to language learning and their understanding of its impact on a global society," CHS Principal Darren Groh said. The recipients include: Lola Alvarado, SpanishJonah Blanchard, SpanishMadeline Boland, SpanishErin Brown, SpanishPedro Cattaruzzi, Spanish and PortugueseKelsey Chase, SpanishStephanie Chen, AP- ChineseAva Chrusciel, SpanishSofia Coutras, SpanishCalder Dempsey, SpanishMeryn Dziemian, SpanishAnabella Falkenberg, FrenchXinyue Fan, Chinese SimplifiedSara Fidler, GermanJohn Foley, SpanishLucia Gaffney, SpanishSamantha Greenwood, Spanish Ausonie Guillot, French and GermanCate Hackett, GermanJulia Hearne, Spanish Eloise Hilgendorff, Spanish Kyle Hollerith, GermanSean Ladewig, AP- GermanIsabella Loconte, FrenchRebecca Macgill, SpanishThomas Mackessy, GermanJulian Maiolo, SpanishAlice Marion, Spanish and FrenchBraden Mellina, Chinese SimplifiedJosefina Monge, French and SpanishKatherine O´Neill, SpanishSaurav Patel, FrenchMayuri Purani, SpanishKate Ryan, SpanishNatasha Sabih, AP- FrenchMeghan Sabin, SpanishSuzanna Semerjian, AP- SpanishSamantha Serban, SpanishArni Seth, French Hannah Sherman, SpanishClaire Siebert, SpanishCameron Sims, SpanishLina Sriji, SpanishKaye Stevenson, GermanRisha Surana, SpanishJack Tapper, FrenchElla Tedesco, FrenchGabriel Toledo, Spanish and PortugueseGisele Urashima, PortuguesePranav Venugopal, FrenchSophia Walmsley, SpanishMaxwell Williams, SpanishAmelia Willmann, GermanLara Yacykewych, AP- SpanishKevin Yang, Chinese SimplifiedCynthia Zhang, Chinese SimplifiedMarianna Zingone, FrenchCurrently, 44 states and Washington, D.C. have approved statewide Seal of Biliteracy programs. New Jersey adopted guidelines for its Seal of Biliteracy initiative on Jan. 1, 2016.