The Valley View School District 365U Board of Education Monday recently honored a record 91 members (roughly 7 percent) of the Class of 2017 who received Seal of Biliteracy commendations from the state of Illinois for their proficiency in multiple languages.
In order to achieve this accolade, students must score an average of 20 in English and reading on the ACT as well as demonstrate intermediate high proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in another language. This proficiency level is just below what is required for language teachers in Illinois.
Students who received the Honor Seal of Biliteracy were: Nicole Abdal-Aziz, Prophecy Agyare, Nana Akenten-Busia, Alvaro Almanza-Gaytan, Arianna Amill-Ramos, Hafsa Arif, Deyoola Arowolo, Gabriel Ayala, Salena Baki, Mark Bennett, Kimberly Besler, Stephanie Blus, Nicole Bond, Marissa Borkowski, Jace Bradshaw, De’ja Brown, Leslie Caporal, Jennifer Castaneda, Elizabeth Cerritos, Javier Chavez, Gabriella Chavez, Klaudia Chlebek, Matthew Crafton, Jalan Cruz, Camila De La Cruz, Elia De La Torre Mar, Ceili Delaney, Jessica Cisneros, Anthony Delevega, Kaitlyn Demichel, Jessica Diaz, Jocelyn Diaz, Kyle Eichorst, Briana Escobar, Leslie Estrada, Erlindha Fhirdha, Brynn Ann Frantz, Emmajean Frey, Nayeli Garcia, Aschlee Garcia, Ebony Gomez, Juan Gomez, Teresa Gomez, Michael Gutierrez, Fatima Haider, Kendall Hileman, Carlos Ibanez, Jasmine Irvin, Yanacey Izaguirre, Scott Jakubowski, Denisse Jimenez and Cristal Johnson.
Also: Christopher Karafotias, Harshleen Kaur, Kathryn Kingston, Rylan Lane, Justin Lindberg, Justin Loeb, Jessica Lopez, Israel Lozoya, Salvador Manrique, Randy Marquez, Mariana Martinez, Russell McNab, Sebastian Medina, Mariela Medina, Wynter Meldrum, Carolina Monarrez, Justin Moyolt, Anna Mugg, Regente Myers, Marisol Najera, Sandra Necka, Elizabeth Niedziela, Jeremiah Obeng, Anahi Olvera, Nuvia Ordonez, Eduardo Ortega, Orlando Ortiz, Soo Park, Christy Parzyszek, Kristen Pena, Joshua Perakis, Jacob Perakis, Jacob Perez, Mitchell Qumsieh, Alex Ramirez, Sophia Ramos, Sophia Ramos, Eivydas Raulynaitis, Jordyn Reid, Julia Renyolds, Rory Richards, Brenda Rivas-Medina, Sydnie Rizaldo, Manuella Rodela, Janina Rojas, Citlali Rojo, Lisette Ruiz, Julija Sakutyte, Laura Sanchez, Latunde Sapara, Sierra Seay, Kiara Sellers, Muhammad Siddiqi, Victoria Soto, Marissa Stirn, Madilynn Stutsman, Abbigail Suda, Kaitlyn Svinning, Elzbieta Szettel, Adriana Trejo, Caroline Turner, Uguer Ugarte, Julissa Urquizo, Yanette Urquizo, Andrea Urzua, Jean-Pierre Valentin, Kiara Watts, Christopher Wilson, Mary Woloszyn, Lauryn Wright, Nicole Wysocki, Elizabeth Zahorick and Stephanie Zurita.