BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District recognized nearly 100 seniors from Bridgewater-Raritan High School who achieved the annual Seal of Biliteracy.
According to the New Jersey Department of Education, students who achieve the Seal of Biliteracy "demonstrate that they are able to speak, read, listen and write in two or more languages at a high level of proficiency," including English.
“We’re extremely proud of these seniors,” said Maria Kostis, supervisor of World Languages & ESL for the district.
The biliteracy seal is earned by seniors who achieve certain scores on an exam, indicating their levels of proficiency. Testing was done at home virtually, with each student able to take their tests on their own time.
“They have demonstrated proficiency in all four areas,” said Kostis referring to listening, speaking, reading and writing for the modern languages.
She also said the company that handled the exams had done so in a way that ensured there was integrity in the taking of those exams.
The languages that students earned biliteracy in included Chinese, French, Italian, Latin, Spanish (including Castilian Spanish), Arabic and Portuguese. Five students actually earned biliteracy in two different world languages.
Assisting Kostis in reading the names of all the students were French teacher Shilpa Wakde and Latin teacher Lucinda Jaffe.
Students achieving proficiency in Chinese were Matthew Dong, Anya Gu and Hannah Zhang.
Those earning the seal in French were Veena Arunkumar, Evelyn Atkins, Shivani Chawla, Douglas DeSousa, Simon Dettelback, Anum Fazal, Dana Gallion, Sophie Ganapolsky, Maya Gharat, Trisha Ghosh, Sophie Gilles, Ella Hanley, Nicole Herrera, Daniela Huitzil, Rhea Kansal, Vidushi Kataria, Anika Kathuria, Aadhya Khanvilkar, Prajit Kundu, Hovan Liu, Howard Luo, Rushikesh Manche, David Mead, Rachel Mesa, Ria Mukhopadhyay, Joanna Nación, Neha Pai, Sahitya Sampathkumar, Teddy Sarkis, Avanika Srinivasan, Sharan Srinivasan, Nicole Sydor, Adam Trabelsi, Mrinmayee Ubgade, Geoffrey Zhao and Dylan Zunski.
A total of 37 students achieved proficiency in French, the most of any language in the district this year.
Seniors achieving proficiency in German were Karsten Hansch, Ishan Hemmage, Avantika Khanna, Eric Reinhart, Aditi Sathe, Teresa Schmeiszer and Jillian Young.
Those doing so in Italian were Alexa George and Joanna Nacion, while students achieving proficiency in Latin, 18 in all, were Jared Bendavid, Jimmy Chen, Jeffrey Cheng, Natalia Marie Garcia, Jiya Ghadigaonkar, Matthew Hou, Kristin Hsieh, Sarth Kheni, Ananya Mishra, Tanisha Nashine, Ellie Pan, Shruti Roy, Mark Rydberg, Mya Sharkey, Nikitha Shivakumar, Navya Sinha, Ananya Warang and Rebecca Zhang.
Students earning proficiency in Spanish, a total of 29, were Fayrooz Abdelekar, Mahmood Abdelekar, Shreya Ashok, McKeegan Brown, Melany Chaparro Mendez, Brenna Chattha, Kasey Choi, Katya Cunha, Alex Forton, Jack Friar, Aditya Ghadigaonkar, Evan Gladstone, Bryan Guitterez-Banos, Samiya Gupta, Christina Gussman, Nicole Herrera, Daniela Huitzil, Ananya Jambekar, Alec Oliveira, Kishan Patel, Samantha Paz, Sofia Pedro, Sophia Pedroso, Ever Portillo, Abigail Puszkin, Mahika Shrivastava, Kalpitha Somangali Uvarja, Nicole Vail and Elder Veliz.
Five seniors earned proficiency in two different foreign languages. They were Mahmood Abdelekar, for Spanish and Arabic; Daniela Huitzil, for French and Spanish; Joanna Nacion, for French and Italian; Alec Oliveira, for Portuguese and Spanish; and Nicole Herrera, for French and Spanish.
It was also noted that Nacion achieved proficiency in both French and Italian, despite being a non-heritage speaker of either language.
“We’re extremely proud of all of you,” said Kostis to all the students who were honored.
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