Washington Township High School is celebrating the achievements
of 54 seniors who have successfully obtained a Seal of Biliteracy that will be displayed on their high school diplomas in June.
Instituted through the New Jersey Department of Education, the Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ) and New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/New Jersey Bilingual Educators’ (NJTESOL-NJBE) the goal of the Seal of Biliteracy is to allow for a greater number of students to achieve higher levels of foreign language proficiency for use in the global workplace. The seal that is placed on the student diplomas recognizes a student’s achievement of intermediate to a high level in speaking, listening, reading and writing of a foreign language, in addition to the attainment of the proficiency level on exams.
The purpose of instituting a seal is:
To encourage students to become communicatively proficient in multiple languages
To encourage students to acquire 21st-century skills which will increase global competence and be beneficial in the global labor market
To recognize equally the knowledge of both English speakers learning a world language and English language learners studying English and other world languages
To To certify attainment of biliteracy skills using nationally recognized assessment frameworks valid in New Jersey and beyond
To provide employers with a way of identifying New Jersey high school graduates with biliteracy skills
To assist universities in recognizing applicants with language skills and granting credit
To strengthen intergroup relationships and honor the multiple cultures and languagesrecognize and reward students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge
The following Washington Township High School students have earned the Seal of Biliteracy:
Mandarin Chinese – Yi Lin Zheng.
Hindi – Simon Singh.
French – Daniel Dougherty, Peyton Ensign, Gabriella Grasso, Lindsay Kratchwell, Gabriella Linden, Joley Raposas, Gabriella Sozio, Julia Szwedyk.
German – Jennifer Boyle, Annalisa Conti, Morgan Davis, Allyson Dewey, Gianni Sacca, Christian Storm, Paige Tatus, Maxwell Whittier.
Spanish – Sophie Aguila, Sarah Ahlquist, Christopher Altamuro, Lonnise Bennett, Devon Calhoun, Giovanna Castorina, Kayla Chi, Ryan Cleary, Kate Cochran, Victor Collazo, Clara Fok, Ciara Frontado, Nicholas Hilbert, Georgia Karavangelas, Vincent Lamonica, Jason Leonard, GianLuca Lockhart, Colin Ly, Tristan Ly, Jordyn Milou, Jocelyn Morrell, Daniel Oberman, Kaila Parkin, Isabelle Pingol, Jocelyn Proferes, Carly Quint, Gabriella Raspanti, Harrison Rauh, Audrey Ross, Aalam Singh, Mackenzie Smith, Mykenzie Spino, Stephen Teeple, Katelyn Van Mater, Andrew Wilson, Hope Zaborowski.
