Nebraska Department of Education, Courtesy
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska International Language Association have awarded 101 Seals of Biliteracy to 71 Nebraska students this semester. Beside Spanish, the seals are awarded for students in Chinese, French, Korean, and Tamil.
The Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy is to honor high school students who have achieved a high level of proficiency in English and at least one other language.
Students apply for the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy after demonstrating proficiency based on the Nebraska World Language Standards structured around communication, cultures, connections, communities, and cognition within a language other than English.
2023 Spring Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy Recipients
- Adithi Deeduvanu
Millard North High School
Spanish - Aidan Halat
Brownell Talbot High School
Spanish - Arjun Anugole
Millard North High School
Spanish - Ashlyn Simonson
Mullen High School
Spanish - Bethany Rivas Gutierrez
Omaha Burke High School
Spanish - Bryan Diaz-Quezada
Omaha Bryan High School
Spanish - Bryan Benitez
Omaha Bryan High School
Spanish - Daniel Chavez Silva
Omaha South High School
Spanish - Dayana Barajas
Kearney High School
Spanish - Dayton Engelbart
Lincoln Southwest High School
French - Diana Lopez-Padilla
Omaha Burke High School
Spanish - Diego Martinez
Omaha South High School
Spanish - Diego Rodriguez Contreras
Omaha South High School
Spanish/ Tamil - Eduardo Hernández Abreo
Omaha South High School
Spanish - Eleonora Cagnetta
Lincoln High School
French - Ellery Potts
Lincoln Southwest High School
Spanish - Emerson Liongerger
Home/ other
Spanish - Emma Schmidt
Millard North High School
Spanish - Erika Massey
Mullen High School
Spanish - Jadyn Andersen
Mullen High School
Spanish - Jena Forlemu
Lincoln High School
French - Juhith Swarna
Millard North High School
Spanish - Juriah Lawson
Lincoln High School
Spanish - Kai Sasaki
Lincoln Southwest High School
Chinese - Katie Jurado
Kearney High School
Spanish - Katie Wassenmiller
Lincoln High School
Spanish - Katya Reason
Millard North High School
Spanish - Lainey Weist
Bishop Neumann High School
Spanish - Lucia Marvin-DeBuse
Omaha Burke High School
Chinese/ French - Lydia Schoeneck
Bishop Neumann High School
Spanish - Madison Rink
Lincoln Southwest High School
Spanish - Marcus Sherrod
Omaha Central High School
Spanish - Maria Ruiz-Garduno
Omaha Bryan High School
Spanish - Markus Rutledge
Lincoln Southwest High School
Korean - Maxwell Penner
Aurora High School
Spanish - Nate Cohoon
Westside High School
Spanish - Piper Connelly
Elkhorn North High School
Spanish - Samuel Mullin
Creighton Preparatory School
Spanish - Sarah Wood
Millard North High School
Spanish - Shriya Samanta
Millard North High School
Spanish - Srimathi Balakrishnan
Home/ Other
Tamil - Trinity Session
Millard North High School
Spanish - Zahid Falcon
Omaha South High School
French
Community support is a crucial aspect of strengthening the foundation of World Language instruction. We are excited to announce new partnerships that will strengthen the Seal of Biliteracy program.
Since 2001, Avant has delivered STAMP (Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency), the world’s first online adaptive four-skill (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking) language proficiency assessment, originally developed at the University of Oregon. Avant has worked with University of Nebraska-Kearney so that students can take assessments on the UNK campus to apply for the seal of Biliteracy. Currently, Avant is working with University of Nebraska-Lincoln to make the tests available for seal applicants in Lincoln and nearby area.
More information about the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy can be found online at: www.education.ne.gov/worldlanguage/nebraska-seal-of-biliteracy.
