49 Eureka High School Students Earn the California State Seal of Biliteracy - Honored by HCOE
May 17, 2024 - Eureka, CA - Eureka City Schools (ECS) is proud to announce that 49 Eureka High School (EHS) students recently earned the California Department of Education’s State Seal of Biliteracy. This prestigious accolade, marked by a gold seal on the student’s diploma or transcript, acknowledges high school graduates who have reached a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing two or more languages.
These outstanding students were honored among 150 students from 10 local high schools at the Humboldt County Office of Education’s (HCOE) 12th Annual Seal of Biliteracy Awards Ceremony. The event was held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Sequoia Conference Center in Eureka and each student received an official certificate and medal for their achievement in biliteracy. One exceptional EHS student, Duachung Lee, even achieved triliteracy by being proficient in three languages, Spanish, Hmong, and English. The students celebrated with their families and dedicated EHS counselors and educators from the EHS World Languages Department.
Every school year, EHS offers its students the opportunity to be assessed for the California Seal of Biliteracy. EHS Guidance Technician Sophie Stringer organized this year’s process.
She says, "Being biliterate is an invaluable skill that these students will be able to use for the rest of their lives. I would like to commend our students for working so hard to learn multiple languages and going through the process of earning the Seal of Biliteracy. And of course, I would like to give a big thank you to the Language Department and the students' families for teaching and supporting these students throughout their journeys of becoming biliterate."
Eureka High currently offers Spanish, German, and Yurok. This year EHS students who are native English speakers received seals of biliteracy in Spanish, German, Hmong, and Tagalog. Those who earned a seal in English speak a different native language.
Join us in congratulating them! Their names and Seals of Biliteracy are listed below.
Eureka High School Students Honored with the CA State Seal of Biliteracy
Spanish/Hmong
Lee, Duachung
German
Everta, Tori
Li, Jenny
Rusyn, Caleb Stephen
Spanish
Andersen, Danielle
Ashby, Sequoia
Barry, Megan
Beers, Finn
Behler, Sutton
Beltran Higuera, Ashley
Caro Montoya, Emmanuel
Carrion Hernandez, Alejandra
Cervantes Ramirez, Bryan
Costanzo, Nicolo
Esparza, Erick
Esteves, Uriel
Felix-Morales, Cutberto
Fregoso DeAnda, Maria
Hales, Maia
Hernandez, Araceli
Howton, Aeryonna
Huddleston, Jenica
Kijsriopas, Whilder
Ladika, Elias
Lopez Cortes, Jorge
Lyssand, Solveig
Marchi, Payton
Martinez-Toribio, Angel
Moreno-Ramirez, Kimberlyn
Morris, Joseph
Navarro Montes, Maria
Orozco Estevez, Jonathan
Paoli, Tomas
Perez Garcia, Fernando
Reyes Vasquez, Leslie
Roland, Reese
Ruiz Gomez, Jennifer
Sorensen, Miles
Sweet, Samantha
Velazco-Quiroz, Andrea
Wilson, Christy
Tagalog (Austronesian)
Jao, Jeanna
English
Holubiev, Ivan
Shetelia, Kristina
English (Exchange Student)
Chen, Henry
Damci, Seha
Ricca, Victoria
Suzuki, Kenji
Viteri, Juan
Photo from HCOE.
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Press Contact:
Sierra Speer Dillon
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Eureka City Schools
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707-441-3373
To find out more about the California Department of Education's State Seal of Biliteracy visit: www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/sealofbiliteracy.asp