The South Carolina Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by the South Carolina Department of Education to certify that students have attained a level of biliteracy at the time of high school graduation. 

Biliteracy refers to having a functional level of proficiency in two languages. An Intermediate Mid level of language proficiency is needed for learners to function in the workforce, based on the data analyzed by the ACTFL and used to produce their Oral Proficiency Levels in the Workplace document.

Congratulations to the following GCS World Language students for achieving the SC Seal of Biliteracy during the 24-25 school year! 

Bronze Seal= Intermediate Mid Proficiency

Silver Seal= Intermediate High Proficiency

Gold Seal= Advanced Low or higher Proficiency

Carolina High School

Elizabeth  Castellanos-Sanchez  Spanish  Silver Seal

Kassandra Mejia       Spanish  Silver Seal

Andrea  Gonzalez-Martinez         Spanish   Silver Seal

Estrella Diaz     Spanish   Silver Seal

Joselyn Martinez Cruz                 Spanish   Silver Seal

Marilyn Garcia     Spanish  Bronze Seal

Miguel Olivares     Spanish  Bronze Seal

Eastside High School

Evangelea  Blackstone  Spanish  Bronze Seal

Nathan Cloer                  Spanish  Bronze Seal

Henrique  Shiota Timmers Montandon   Spanish  Silver Seal

Clara Torres Spanish  Silver Seal

David Gomez Spanish  Gold Seal

Greenville High School

Jayne Womack French   Bronze Seal

Haven  Ebel French   Silver Seal

Asher Lehde French   Silver Seal

Owen McFadden   French   Silver Seal

Sydney  Smith              French   Silver Seal

Christin Huang             French   Silver Seal

Sarah Meade       French  Bronze Seal

Lane  Palmer   Latin  Silver Seal

Seth Bubb Latin  Silver Seal

Cady Shive Latin  Bronze Seal

Canaan  Byrd   Latin  Silver Seal

Harm Ravenhorst Spanish Bronze Seal

Sarah Meade   Spanish Bronze Seal

Madeleine Greer Spanish Bronze Seal

William  Schumacher Spanish  Silver Seal

Louisa Good Spanish Bronze Seal

Ana Clara de Paiva Spanish Silver Seal

Ana Sofia Tiberia-Lozano Spanish  Gold Seal

Sasha Flores Spanish Silver Seal

Vivian Covington-Kolb Spanish Silver Seal

Jose Requeno-Miralda Spanish Gold Seal

Jacqueline Houston Spanish Bronze Seal

Makayela Sexton     Spanish Bronze Seal

Greer High School

Luis Acuna  Spanish Bronze Seal

Amal Achkar Spanish Bronze Seal

Hillcrest High School

Nicole  Teodoro Portuguese Silver Seal

Kaue Ferrari Barros Portuguese Bronze Seal

Juan Tovar Menecez Spanish Bronze Seal

Tomas Mondragon Fernandez Spanish Gold Seal

Alejandra Zelada Menjivar   Spanish Gold Seal

Matias  Lara     Spanish Silver Seal

Hanna Ochoa Spanish Silver Seal

Gabriela Mondragon Spanish Gold Seal

Daiana  Ramirez  Spanish Silver Seal

Daniela Contreras Spanish Silver Seal

Rafaela Quezada Silva Spanish Bronze Seal

JL Mann High School

Nicolas  Ortiz French  Bronze Seal

Ana Ossa Spanish  Silver Seal

Dana Sofia Camacho Lizarazo  Spanish  Gold Seal

Julia    De Sousa Botto     Spanish  Silver Seal

Keyvin Lopez Camacho Spanish  Silver Seal

Mauldin High School

Callie Luschkowski Spanish  Bronze Seal

Karina Uryasov Spanish  Silver Seal

Valentina Zapata Ramirez  Spanish  Gold Seal

Ali Muguerza Spanish Gold Seal

Salome Gonzalez     Spanish  Gold Seal

Eliades Mora Moraga       Spanish Silver Seal

Valeria Arias Galvis         Spanish Silver Seal

Lorette Flores Reynoso     Spanish Gold Seal

Sierra Glenn       Spanish Silver Seal

Juanita Soto Cardona       Spanish Silver Seal

Luz Lopez Beltran     Spanish Gold Seal

Maryanna Olvera       Spanish Silver Seal

Tanmay Jagtap   Hindi  Silver Seal

Riverside High School

Morgan Kay Spanish Bronze Seal

Andrew Wimmer Spanish Bronze Seal

Emanuela Ribeiro Spanish Gold Seal

Grace Qin Spanish Silver Seal

Jonathan Enriquez Roman   Spanish Silver Seal

Enyonam Toklo Spanish Bronze Seal

Sofia Angela Penaflor   Spanish Silver Seal

Dhriya Patel Spanish Silver Seal

Kathryn Dewey Spanish Bronze Seal

Maria Padilla Spanish Silver Seal

Anne-Lyse Sellier Spanish Silver Seal

Annika Killian     Spanish Silver Seal

Mateo Lozano     Spanish Gold Seal

Kevin Antani     Spanish Gold Seal

Aram Jung       Korean  Gold Seal

Southside High School

Maritza Rangel Spanish  Silver Seal

Salem LaChapell Spanish  Silver Seal

Daniel Norberto Spanish  Silver Seal

Eduardo Cruz Tapia Spanish  Silver Seal

Megan Hernandez Spanish  Silver Seal

Juan Trejo-Chavez Spanish  Silver Seal

Marbella Ceconett Garcia  Spanish  Silver Seal

Travelers Rest High School

Maylin Torres-Torres   Spanish  Silver Seal

Peyton White Spanish  Silver Seal

Roselyn Morales Spanish  Silver Seal

Devin Rogers Spanish  Silver Seal

Henry Mosteller Spanish  Silver Seal

Nancy Vazquez Mercado Spanish  Silver Seal

Alannis Marant     Spanish  Silver Seal

Jose Pelaez       Spanish  Gold Seal

Michael Hawkins Spanish  Silver Seal

Jackson Jarvais Spanish  Silver Seal

Wade Hampton High School

Delia Nichols Spanish  Bronze Seal

Juanita Arboleda Spanish  Gold Seal

Cristhian Molina-Duran Spanish  Silver Seal

Yuridia Solano-Camacho  Spanish  Silver Seal

Natalia Giraldo Spanish  Silver Seal

Thomas Tuberquia Spanish  Silver Seal

Jhoan Bulla Canastero   Spanish  Silver Seal

Woodmont High School

Isabella Harris Spanish  Silver Seal

Livia Alencar Pereira Pinto  Spanish  Silver Seal

Julyanna Barrera-Litell Spanish  Silver Seal

Lizzy Molina Spanish  Silver Seal

Joshua Ibarra Martinez Spanish  Gold Seal

Jerry Gomez Spanish  Silver Seal

High school students in grades eleven or twelve who are currently enrolled in or have completed a Level 4 or higher World Language course.

Seals are awarded to eligible students based on the following qualifications - overall GPA in English coursework and score from state approved language proficiency assessment: 

• Applying and testing for a SC Seal of Biliteracy is not required.

• Students must fill out an application at their high school.  They will be provided this information by their world language teacher. 

• Students must meet both qualifications regardless of the students' first/heritage language:
  
  

  • Qualification 1: demonstrate at least Intermediate Mid proficiency in a language other than English on an approved proficiency assessment.
    
    

    • Most common proficiency assessments: Avant STAMP 4S, ALIRA, Avant STAMP WS

    • Testing must occur during the student's junior or senior year. GCS will pay for students to take a test once during the Junior year, and once during their Senior year.
      
      

  • Qualification 2: demonstrate English language proficiency
    
    

    • by either maintaining a 3.0 or above GPA in ELA,

    • or scoring a composite score of at least 4.0 on the ACCESS 2.0 English Proficiency Test.

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