Over 100 LTHS Students Earn Seal Of Biliteracy Or State Commendation

LOCKPORT, IL — At its meeting on Monday, the LTHS Board celebrated 107 students who earned either the Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy or a State Commendation Toward the Seal. The District said these distinctions honor students who have demonstrated high levels of proficiency in English and an additional language.

Recipients will receive official seals on both their high school transcripts and diplomas.

Honorees include:

French/Français
Sophia Niemiec, Wazeera Shekoni

Japanese / 日本語
Viviana Alanis, Elijah Kiernan

Lithuanian/ Lietuvių
Karolina Gudynas

Polish / Polski
Natalie Buczak, Isabelle Fudala, Julia Kaczmarczyk, Filip Kozakiewicz, Wiktoria Mormol, Patricia Niemiec, Sophia Niemiec, Julia Osobka, Michal Pajak, Julia Parzygnat, Laura Pawlica, Olivia Piotrowski, Julia Stachon, Nicholas Szudy, Emily Wrona

Spanish / Español
Julyssa Alfaro, Dayanna Arambula-Rodriguez, Amanda Bagdonaite, Francisco Balbuena-Mendoza, Azul Delgado-Santillan, Grace DeSchaaf, Michael Dierkes, Anna Eagan, Isabelle Fudala, Erick Giraldo, Saray Gomez-Martinez, Ivanna Gonzalez, Siclali Gonzalez, Lauren Hammer, Abigail House, Joshua Kelly, Noah Kevo, Cheyenne Klimkiewicz, Emilie Knaack, Natalie Krumdick, Jovany Lara, Ashley Lopez, Gisenia Martinez, Sydney Milcarek, Ryan Moran, Greiddy Moreno, Salvador Munoz, Nathaly Padilla, Nadia Safeeullah, Gabriela Torres, Cassandra Unzueta, Lucia Villamizar, Jason Witek

State Commendation Toward Seal of Biliteracy

American Sign Language
Alexis Albright, Joselyn Maney

French/Français
Daphne Burke, Aubrey Groenendal Groenendal, Jordan Jadzak, Dylan Lesniak, Genevieve Lindeman, Alexandria McGrath, Davin Mikulcik, Annette Parker-Ross, Gianna Stack

German/Deutsche
Natalia Brewer Tinoco, Owen Kuczero, Alex Milker, Alaina Peetz

Japanese / 日本語
Raphael Diaz Corcega, Justin Elsousou, Joseph Redmond, Raven Rogers, Gabriela Torres, Justin VanderTuuk

Polish / Polski
Nicolas Gawron

Spanish / Español
Luke Andretich, Jose Arroyo, Amin Beiram, Jacob Bobek, William Burkart Reyes, Raphael Diaz-Corcega, Bryce Flood, Mia Fontanetta, Bella Franco, Santana Gomez, Nathan Gorecki, Josh Kane, Madilyn Lopez, Emily Makinney, Mykenzie Marusarz, Lauren Mitera, Evelyn Morack, Danyah Nofal, Logan Nusko, McKenna O'Brien, Emily O'Day, Michal Pajak, Noah Pajeau, Norah Peloso, Maggie Ruhnke, Ashley Scales, Ella Slivinskas, Eric Slivinskas, Anthony To, Alim Useini, Estephane Molina