46 seniors awarded the NYS Seal of Biliteracy

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The Bethlehem Central High School Class of 2024 includes 46 New York State Seal of Biliteracy recipients!

The NYS Seal of Biliteracy is an award that formally recognizes students who have attained a high level of proficiency in two or more world languages (one of which must be English) by high school graduation.

One senior, Rurika Suzuki, received the Seal in both Japanese and French.

Seal of Biliteracy in French

  • Aaron Buckle
  • Grace Chrapowitzky
  • Zachary Dounane
  • Maxwell Gold
  • Lauren Greaux
  • Sophia Imbriaco
  • Oona Ko Knight
  • Casey Large
  • Sean Meek
  • Cole Miller
  • Isha Narang
  • Rurika Suzuki
  • Norina Zhang

Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish

  • George Abdo
  • Maggie Alderisio
  • Jeremy Calderon
  • Emily Choppy
  • Yuna Chung
  • Nyle Dennin
  • Fernando Febus
  • Ryan Fenlon
  • Katherine Ferreira
  • Tyler Goldberg
  • Luke Hershberg,
  • Eva Ho
  • Mike Mahoney
  • Gabriel Martin
  • Allison Martin
  • Zoey McCarthy
  • Alice Murphy
  • Grady Nautel
  • Spencer Neal
  • Colin NeJame
  • Dhara Patel
  • Kirsten Phang
  • Katherine Qualia
  • Gabriella Raydo
  • Ryan Sood
  • Sabrina Vichaiwattana
  • Zachary Yarwood
  • Emma Zwicklbauer

Seal of Biliteracy in Other Languages

  • Lisa Abdallah – Arabic
  • Surakshitha Lisa Bolleddu – Telugu –
  • Lujia Peter Gao – Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Daniil Kriuchkov – Russian
  • Sule Bera Omeroglu – Turkish 
  • Rurika Suzuki – Japanese

     

Congratulations to these students who have worked diligently and passionately to attain this level of proficiency. We are proud of their accomplishments!