The following Maple Mountain students were recognized with the Seal of Bi-literacy at their recent senior awards assembly. These students have studied and pursued bi-literacy that is attractive to future employers and college admissions.
Spanish
Daniel Aguilar, Parker Allen, Gaia Becchi, Nikole Breinholt, Seth Brown, Daniel Cardenas, Stefano Cia, Jaden Davids, Abril Gutierrez, Talon Ivers, Sofia Martinez, Jarom Miller, Parker Myers, Truman Nelson, Daniel Yee, Diego Zuloaga.
Daniel Aguilar, Parker Allen, Gaia Becchi, Nikole Breinholt, Seth Brown, Daniel Cardenas, Stefano Cia, Jaden Davids, Abril Gutierrez, Talon Ivers, Sofia Martinez, Jarom Miller, Parker Myers, Truman Nelson, Daniel Yee, Diego Zuloaga.
Chinese
Truman Nelson. French Ashley Cluff, Clayton Smith, Xander Tolman, Alexis Whaley.
German
Tiffani Bond, Easton Carter, Lillian Clark, Jacob Eastmond, Natalie Jewkes, Jack Nemelka, Brayden Rawlings, Jacob Rogers, Isaac Westover.
American Sign Language
Selam Aguero, Mia Anderson, Raylei Back, Miriam Brophy, Halley Caldwell, Brooklyn Camp, Kylie Christensen, Aspen Clyde, Brooke Ells, Lauren Forsey, Madalyn Gee, McKenna Haynie, Hannah Hill, Marina Hovanski, Eliza Jackson, Payton Marshall, Kylee Mitchell, Trace Mortensen.
A “Seal of Bi-literacy” means a seal is placed electronically on a student’s high school transcript to indicate a student has achieved in English and in a world language a proficiency level of Intermediate Mid as described by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
This Seal of Bi-literate Proficiency approach to learning languages prepares students to be college and career ready and builds state and national language capacity to improve economic competitiveness and strengthen national defense strategies.
Equally, it answers the growing need for the critical skills of language and cultural competencies for relationship building—a keystone for success in global business and diverse social environments (Serve Daily Submission).
