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Thirty-eight É«ÖÐÉ« seniors have earned the New York State 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 International and Culture Night.

The LHS students represented 8 different languages and dialects. Among the recipients from É«ÖÐÉ« were three students who demonstrated triliteracy (mastery of three languages). Earning seals were:

• Bilsan Aldaher: English and Arabic
• Christy Bui: English and Spanish
• Elena Canzano: English and Spanish
• Jacob Carter: English and French
• Jacinda Connelly: English and Spanish
• Bryan Danger: English and Spanish
• Dante Dolan: English and Spanish
• Mary Geoghegan: English and French
• Gracie Giamartino: English and Spanish
• Colin Gridley: English and Spanish
• Saber Hassan: English and Arabic
• Maryam Hatef: English, Dari, and Persian Farsi
• Kiara Hogan: English and Spanish
• Marek Hogan: English and Spanish
• Raameen Husain: English and French
• Chloe Jaquin: English and Spanish
• Ares Kim: English and French
• Sydney LeMay: English and Spanish
• Alexa Marsh: English and Spanish
• Taylor McCoy: English and Spanish
• Luke McRae: English and Spanish
• Angela Morgans: English and Spanish
• Elma Mustafic: English, French and Bosnian
• Smriti Nagarkoti: English and Nepali
• Aubrey Nash: English and Spanish
• Nhien Nguyen: English and Vietnamese
• Arune Nokdhes: English and Spanish
• Sevko Omerovic: English and Spanish
• Janet Pacheco-Lema: English and Spanish
• Joshua Perez Almendares: English and Spanish
• Mariya Rentas: English and Spanish
• Leandra Rodriguez Camacho: English, French and Spanish
• Micaela Salina Pacheco: English and Spanish
• Laura Santos: English and Spanish
• Alyssa Squadrito: English and Spanish
•  Kaitlyn Thompson: English and Spanish
• Andrew Wadie: English and Spanish
• Syd Zopff: English and Spanish

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.