Sparta High School Students Obtain The Seal of Biliteracy!
by Julia Miller
For the 2023-2024 school year, 35 Sparta High School students were awarded the seal of biliteracy. This is an award granted to a school system or organization that is “In recognition of studying and obtaining proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.”
The 2023-2024 student recipients were:
Anne-Kathleen Kuhn- English
Dana Dunbar- French
Molly Englehardt- French
Catherine Gaines- French
Cassandra Lasko- French
Aidan Mahoney- French
Gaayathri Nadarajah- French
Vaiden Pollard- French
Christian Posada- French
Cassidy Pry- French
Nathaniel Rogoff- French
Katherine Sheeran- French
Nicholas Georges- German
Kyleigh Johnsen- German
Mason Munier- German
Nina Nyerges- Japanese
Arthur Doederlein- Portuguese
Alecxis Villapando- Tagalog
Sophia Candeloro- Spanish
Hector Cruz- Spanish
Sophia Davis- Spanish
Angelina Farella- Spanish
Edward Flannery- Spanish
Tahg Herbison- Spanish
Eva Hughes- Spanish
Julia Mooney- Spanish
Kayleigh O’Brien- Spanish
McKaela Reekie- Spanish
Emily Smernoff- Spanish
Dean Stas- Spanish
Juliette Sanchez- Spanish
Ashton Welber- Russian
Anna Yerofeyev- Russian
Chad Wood- Spanish
Double Awards:
Mathew Vassalo- German and Portuguese
Michelle Kujalowicz- Russian and Polish
Between 2022 and 2023 there was a 49% increase in passes of the seal of biliteracy at Sparta High School, the best results so far! In 2022 there were 24/293 passes while in 2023 there were 35/119 passes.
Students who have obtained New Jersey’s Seal of Biliteracy are now awarded 6 credits in the language in which they earned the seal. This corresponds to the first two semesters of language studies offered at Rowan University, and the credits may be used to fulfill the program requirements.
Sparta High School is excited to have such a strong language department available for students. The 2022-2023 world language department was: Michael Bendorf, Alexandra Brex, Ana Bojorque, Lauren Braytenbah, William Brennan, Pascale Byrne, Jennifer Dow, Douglass Crouse, Eric Hood, Sierra Mitchell, Pietro Piccolo, Halee Orr, and Christiane Wessels.