From a Humboldt County Office of Education release:
The ninth annual California Seal of Bi-literacy Award Program was held May 27 on the Humboldt County Office of Education (HCOE) website: https://hcoe.org/seal-of-biliteracy/.
This event started 2012 – 2013 and this year recognizes and celebrates 120 graduating high school seniors from 10 schools in Humboldt County.
These students achieved a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in at least two languages, one of which is English.
Students who are certified to have the seal added to their high school diplomas meet rigorous criteria in both English and at least one other language, including grades, written essays and comprehensive interviews conducted by numerous professors, teachers and community members.
The awards program included remarks from Seal Coordinator and HCOE Learning Specialist, Agustín Amaro and Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Chris Hartley. All of the interviews were conducted online with Zoom or Google Meet. For the event, 151 tele-interviews were conducted. Volunteers from Humboldt County, including two former student interviewers participated.
The Seal of Bi-literacy program is sponsored by the Humboldt County Office of Education, in partnership with Humboldt State University and in collaboration with each school counselor and language educators.
Here are the Stats for this year’s Seal interviews:
- 151 interviewed
- 105 for Spanish
- 30 for French
- 1 for Spanish/French
- 12 for German
- 118 seniors eligible to receive certificate/seal/medal this year
- 14 juniors/1 sophomore (prior primary language immersion student) have passed oral for their senior year
High schools represented: Arcata High, Academy of the Redwoods, Eureka High, Fortuna High, Ferndale High, McKinleyville High, NPA, South Fork High and Saint Bernard’s Academy
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