BILINGUALISM MATTERS

2022

State Seal of Biliteracy Awarded to 39 Richland One Students

Thirty-nine Richland One students have earned the South Carolina Seal of Biliteracy, an honor recognizing students who have met the proficiency requirements in English and at least one other world language before graduating. Those languages include Spanish, French, German, Latin, Mandarin, American Sign Language, Russian, Arabic and Hebrew.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) ranks the proficiency levels as follows: Intermediate Mid (bronze), Intermediate High (silver), or Advanced Low (gold). There are 13 Richland One students with Silver and 26 with Bronze distinctions.

The names, school, language, grade and level of proficiency of each student are listed below.

NAMES	SCHOOL	LANGUAGE	GRADE	SEAL OF BILITERACY
1. Jennifer Lopez Aguilar	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
2. Perla Diaz	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
3. Orie Lindler	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
4. Kristopher Mattox	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
5. Alejandro Miranda Jr.	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
6. Mateo Nicolini	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
7. Georgia Richter	A.C. Flora High School	French	12	Silver
8. Jacob Springs	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
9. Tatiana Favian Velasco	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
10. Anna Young	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Silver
11. America Elox	Columbia High School	Spanish	11	Silver
12. Lizbeth Lopez	Columbia High School	Spanish	12	Silver
13. Lizbeth Ruiz Ojeda	Lower Richland High School	Spanish	11	Silver
14. Meghan Bove	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
15. Dorian Britt	A.C. Flora High School	French	12	Bronze
16. Harrison Caspino	A.C. Flora High School	German	12	Bronze
17. Kristina Chambers	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
18. John Condon	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
19. Dalila Dothe-Quezada	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
20. Chikamso Ekechukwu	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
21. Armando Garcia-Ramirez	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
22. Kathryn Horton	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
23. Maria Peraza	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
24. Tina-Maria Sandoval	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
25. Kathryn Ann Scott	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
26. Eva Shealy	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
27. Rayan Ulilish	A.C. Flora High School	Arabic	12	Bronze
28. Keja Wright-Thompson	A.C. Flora High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
29. Amy Arellano	Dreher High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
30. Ariel Barrientos	Dreher High School	Spanish	11	Bronze
31. Xavier Harris	Dreher High School	German	11	Bronze
32. Jack Lamey	Dreher High School	Latin	11	Bronze
33. Francesca Melia	Dreher High School	Spanish	11	Bronze
34. Lourdes Sinisterra	Dreher High School	Spanish	11	Bronze
35. Melany Cruz-Tapia	Eau Claire High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
36. Annalia Grygoriychuk	Eau Claire High School	Spanish	12	Bronze
37. Vanessa Encarnacion-Ortiz	Lower Richland High School	Spanish	11	Bronze
38. Ashley Gamboa-Clara	Lower Richland High School	Spanish	11	Bronze
39. Amando Ortiz	Lower Richland High School	Spanish	12	Bronze

2021

17 Flora Students Earn S.C. Seal of Biliteracy for Proficiency in Two Languages

Flora students earned eight silver and 10 bronze awards, with student Juanita Galvis, earning double honors with awards in French and Spanish.

Seventeen A.C. Flora High School students earned the South Carolina Seal of Biliteracy, an award that recognizes students who have attained a certain level of proficiency in English and at least one additional world language by graduation.

To earn the Seal of Biliteracy, students must meet English proficiency requirements and they must take the Avant STAMP (Standards-Based Measurement of Proficiency) test to measure their proficiency levels in listening to, speaking, reading and writing Chinese (Mandarin), French, German or Spanish. Students can earn a Bronze Award (intermediate mid level), Silver Award (intermediate high level) or Gold Award (advanced low level).

Collectively, Flora students earned eight silver and 10 bronze awards, with student Juanita Galvis, earning double honors with awards in French and Spanish. The district extends its congratulations to these exceptional students and their world language teachers.

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Last Updated: April 11, 2024

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