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OTHS honors its first students to achieve Seal of Biliteracy and Commendation of the Seal of Biliteracy · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: OTHS honors its first students to achieve Seal of Beliteracy
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  and Commendation of the Seal of BE Literacy. Written by
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  Matthias Werner, this article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. The Ottawa Township High
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  School administration and staff recognized the first students from the
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  school to earn the Illinois State Seal of BE Literacy
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  with a twenty twenty six Honors Night event in the
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  OTHS auditorium on Wednesday, May sixth. The State of Illinois
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  awards the Seal of Beliteracy to high school seniors achieving
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  a high level of proficiency in English and one or
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  more additional languages. According to a news release from the school,
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  it honors the different cultures and languages that we celebrate
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  in our school and community. OTHS Assistant Principal Jessica Gas said,
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  in addition to college credit, the Seal of BE Literacy
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  is an outstanding credential for future career opportunities. Seniors Andrea Espinosa,
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  Cathesia Perez, and Sena Perez earned the Seal, and seniors
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  Perlagutierras and Paul Stallman received the commendation of the Seal.
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  Of Beliteracy, which recognizes students making significant progress towards that proficiency.
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  According to the Illinois School Code, the State Seal of
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  Beliteracy is equivalent to two years of high school instruction
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  of foreign language and qualifies for credit at Illinois public
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  community colleges and universities, which are required to establish criteria
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  to transfer the Seal of be Literacy into course credits
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  at their qualifying institutions. In addition to the recognition at
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  the May sixth Honors Night, students at oths who achieve
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  the Seal of Literacy are recognized at the OTHHS graduation.
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  According to the release, the Seal of Beliteracy or commendation
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  of the language will also appear on the graduate's diploma
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  and transcript