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Forty-six É«ÖÐÉ« seniors have earned the New York State Seal of Biliteracy, and one LHS junior has received precertification for the Seal of Biliteracy, which recognizes the accomplishments of students who demonstrate mastery in more than one language. The students recently were honored during a special ceremony as part of LHS’s Café Carpe Ole event.

The LHS students represented 13 different languages and dialects. Among the recipients from É«ÖÐÉ« were one student who demonstrated pentaliteracy (mastery of five languages), two students who demonstrated quadliteracy (mastery of four languages) and six students who demonstrated triliteracy (mastery of three languages). Earning seals were:

• Atif Alihodzic: English, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, French
• Arian Khadivizand: English, Farsi, Persian, Spanish
• Arshia Khadivizand: English, Farsi, Persian, Spanish
• Jane Borgard: English, French, Haitian Creole
• Emilia Dzodic: English, French, Serbian
• Azra Medic: English, French, Bosnian
• Hajra Mustafa: English, Urdu, Punjabi
• Haseebullah Naziri: English, Farsi, Persian
• Nneamaka Nwaezeapu: English, Spanish, French
• Abdulhadi Alsadoon: English and Arabic
• Valeriia Baranets: English and Ukrainian
• Xinwen Chen: English and Mandarin Chinese
• Jennifer Lema Lema: English and Spanish
• Karim Qasem: English and Arabic
• Tymofiy Vasylevskyi: English and Ukrainian
• Melannie Delgado Carreras: English and Spanish (PRHYLI Distinction)
• Layla Soto: English and Spanish (PRHYLI Distinction)
• Meghan Bell: English and French
• Christopher Brancaccio: English and French
• Haania Hamad: English and French
• Olivia Maturo: English and French
• Gabrielle Patterson: English and French
• Nathan Pierce: English and French
• Colin Burns: English and Spanish
• Connor DiMartino: English and Spanish
• Erin Folley: English and Spanish
• Zachary Gates: English and Spanish
• Quentin Gibbons: English and Spanish
• Tessa Glashauser: English and Spanish
•  Beatrize Gurgol: English and Spanish
• Janea Hamilton-Brown: English and Spanish
• Sydney Hayes: English and Spanish
• Dylan Jesmore: English and Spanish
• Azam Khan: English and Spanish
• Samantha Manheimer: English and Spanish
•  Jordan Page: English and Spanish
• Jailyn Parrotte: English and Spanish
• Haley Peters: English and Spanish
• Ethan Przytula: English and Spanish
• Rachel Przytula: English and Spanish
• Halle Reale: English and Spanish
• Emily Santillanes: English and Spanish
• Ava Scanna: English and Spanish
• Cassandra Smith: English and Spanish
• Emily Wood: English and Spanish
• Katherine Wood: English and Spanish
• Kiara Hogan: Spanish (Pre-Certification for NYS Seal of Biliteracy)

Students seeking the Seal of Biliteracy were asked to prepare an extensive project and give an oral presentation in front of a panel of judges. The Seal of Biliteracy program, organized in Central New York by the Mid-State Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (RBERN), strives to highlight the value of diversity and world languages instruction in schools.

Students will wear the medal with their graduation robe and a special seal will be added to their diploma.