CANTON — Superintendent Derek Folan and World Languages Coordinator Heidi Olson are pleased to report that the Canton Public Schools held its annual World Languages Department student recognition night recently, honoring students from both the Galvin Middle School and Canton High School.
The event was held Thursday, May 19 at the Canton High School auditorium.
The event began with opening remarks from Superintendent Folan, Canton School Committee member Laura Arboleda, Canton High School Principal Jeffrey Sperling and Interim Galvin Middle School Principal Dr. Michael Green.
“The students honored as part of our annual world language student recognition night have worked incredibly hard to achieve academic success and a deep understanding of their respective languages,” Coordinator Olson said. “It is great to be able to come together in person and recognize these middle school and high school students for all they have achieved, and also to acknowledge the work of all of their teachers and family members for helping each student get to where they are.”
As part of the event, a total of 15 members of the Canton High School Class of 2022 were recognized for earning the Seal of Biliteracy from the Massachusetts Department of Education at the event. These students included:
- Warda Ahmed (Spanish)
- Corinne Campbell (Spanish)
- Laura Correal (Spanish, with distinction)
- Andrew DiBiasio (Spanish)
- Mia Galvin (Spanish)
- Yurii Leskiv (Ukrainian)
- Clara Lipson (Spanish)
- Kelly MacDonald (Spanish)
- Payton McDonough (Spanish)
- Suraj Ramanathan (Spanish)
- Andrea Salazar (Spanish)
- Jacob Solomon (Spanish)
- Graham Stemm (Spanish, with distinction)
- Leila Turet (Spanish)
- Alana Broderick (Spanish)
The Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy is an award provided by state-approved districts that recognizes high school graduates who attain high functional and academic levels of proficiency in English and a world language in recognition of having studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation. The award takes the form of a seal that appears on the transcript or diploma of the graduating senior and is a statement of accomplishment for future employers and for college admissions.
Students who earn the Seal of Biliteracy were awarded a voucher to take a Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL) at no cost, encouraging them to use their advanced skills to pursue a career in education. The award can be used toward either the Communication and Literacy MTEL or the Bilingual Education MTEL.
In addition to recognizing students for earning the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy, the World Languages Department student recognition night also highlighted Galvin Middle School and Canton High School students for achieving a wide range of language-related awards and recognitions. These included:
Academic Excellence
GMS French
Tim Tseng, Lauren De Vito, Soley Rodriguez Martinez, Caitlyn Reynolds, Madelyn Smith, and Dahlia Nguyen
GMS Spanish
Nora McLean, Bridget Rowland, Arnish Tripathi, Joshua Goon, Braeden Ayers, Prakrit Iyer, Amelia Chambon, Vivian Roache, and Markus Serjani
CHS French
Kelly Schiavo, Sophie Mak, Leah Condon, Madison Zimmerman-Kelly, Jad Antoun, Emily Kelley, and Malina Ngan
CHS German
James Cordeiro, Joemaelle Celestin, Blair Resil, and Cameron Farris
CHS Spanish
Isaiah McKinney, Camryn Mendlowitz, Ava McCoole, Klara Redquest, Kareem Chaplin II, Md Saaim Talukder Abir, Tamara Pierre, Naylanni Baez, Anthony Wang, Caroline Ye, Caitlin Farrington, Nicholas Flaherty, and Maksim Alves
Academic Growth
GMS French
Gabriell Pognon
GMS Spanish
Charly Touzos and Tim O’Mara
CHS World Languages
Briah Bazane, Anna Persson, Maxwell Mateo, and Conor Savoie
Leadership and Service (CHS department award)
Emily Kelley, Atlas Curran-Barker, Liya Joseph, Christopher Pho, Amanda Loughran, and Ifelayo Ajanaku
National German Exam
Sofia Bonfa, Atlas Curran-Barker, Johanna Bouwmeester, and Sidney Jabbour
AAPPL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Language (Novice Mid/N3, Grade 8)
Spanish 8, N-3
Soraya Azar, Ava Baizen, Marissa Brooks, Gabriella Coletti, Christina Curran, Samantha George, Emma Harris, Ryan Hart, James Howard, Faris Kayali, Kayleigh Koen, Alex Krasylnykov, Kevin McCabe, Declan Monahan, Carolyn Schiavo, Teddy Shuman, Luran Slotnick, Mason Wachtendonk, Mikaela Chin, Jahaan Gildenberg, Zoya Gildenberg, Jillian Grady, Miranda Grady, Riya Joseph, Katherine Gweth, Avery Lebowitz, Justin Lesser, Kayla Michaelson, Joseph O’Sullivan, Athena To, Yasmina Chennar, Nicholas Chiulli, Ryan DeLello, Isabel Farrow, Vladimir Francoeur, Ashton Joyce;
Callie Martell, Olivia McCabe, Mickaelle Pierre, Owen Sassin, Julia VanOsdol, Thomas Walsh, Benjamin Weaver, Eli Weaver, Eva Jones, Brian MacGillivray, Mackenzie Mullin, Giovanni Bastos Castellano, Kevin Hernon, Alyssa Wong, Nadaley Valdez, Courtney Farrington, Kelly Mac, Allison Bousquet, Chanyn Carbone, Robert Dickson, Melanie McDonough, Hannah McInnes, Sarah Won, Ana Reis, Connor Wright, Dylan Wright, Isabelle Baron, Gavin Davis, Michaela Dickie, Tristan Elias, Jack Fitzpatrick, Andrew Gillis, Ryan Hickey, Emerson Martin, Elias Palacios, Alexa Piazza, Tanzil Sharma, Jacob Smith, Abigail Stock, Dalton Wong, Shannon Dervan, Alyssa Ho, John Masciarelli;
Aidan McClosckey, Charlotte Powers, Katherine Powers, Benjamin Secord, Sotiris Stamatos, Victoria Vinh, Morgan Warburton, Daphne Bui, Bailey Devine, Karina Ericson, Aleyda Hernandez, Maggie Sullivan, Gavin Thompson, Jaylin Yu, Stacey Pierre, Sophia Pankevych, Anchelot Cherizar Alexandre, Thea Thompson, David Carlson, Alexandra Cirtica, Rhancy Jean Baptiste, Isabella Sanchez, Viviana Truglia, Emily Vogel
Language Opportunity Coalition (LOC) Biliteracy Pathway Awards
LOC Bilingual Participation Award (Novice High, N-4)
French 8
Paola Garcia Zambrano, Veronica Lykov, Zachary Raymond, Alvis Huang, and Sadie Gugliotta
Spanish 8
James Keith, Elissa Brown, MaryJane Robbins, Madeleine Driscoll, Maicey Greitzer, Ashish Kommareddy, Bharat Ramanathan, Gavin Durand, Evan Martignetti, Kendall Robinson, Leilani Venegas-Garcia, Karen Wu, Kayley Furbush, Robert Blochstein, Erin Bingham, Isabela Corporan, Jessica Wahba, Deborah Charles, Andrew Kurchak, Riley Swearingen
LOC Biliteracy Attainment Award Intermediate Low, I-1
French 8
Dea Zeraj and Tony Sfeir
LOC Biliteracy Attainment Award Intermediate Mid, I-3
CHS French
Emily Kelley, Elise Kleinbauer, Nathan Colson, Hailey Lennon, Carly LaFrance
CHS Spanish
Vanessa Crowley, Hannah Isaac, Lucas Massih, Disha Nayak
LOC Biliteracy Attainment Award Intermediate Mid, I-4
CHS French
Olivia Maloney, Hannah Wang, Maria Davey, Michael Davey, Claude Petit Frère
CHS Spanish
Alondra Gómez García, Sarah López, Sofiia Syneiko, Gavin Demanche, Aadya Deshmukh, Harrison Feldman, Tara Geoghan, Aya Kayali, Brian Le-Nguyen, Katherine Oliver, Bradley Perlman, Rachel Pirrera, Fatima Sidibay, Diana Zahaiko, Jessica Brathwaite, Zoe Yu, Kelli Woodworth, Jad Salem, Sierra Abbott, Lily Duhaime, Carolyn Durand, Rose Giglio, Makayla Gomes, Julia Gugliotta, Keith Hannon Jr., Shauna Harney, Liya Joseph, Mahdis Kazemiasfeh, Kristina Keefe, Audrey Koen, Ryan Kovner, Francesca Lamparelli, Matthew Lesser, Allison Long, Abigail Martin, Ryan McLean, Raegan Norton, Diego Leyva Ledesma, Amanda Pagel, Andrew Butler, Avery Piantedosi, Edwin Gillis, Ellie Ashcraft, Jay Kelleher, Jessica Vo, Maeve Morrissey, Maryann Darling, Matt Quan, Olivia Sullivan, Caroline Wong
Underclassmen with Qualifying Partner Language Examinations for the Seal of Biliteracy – Intermediate High, I-5 Proficiency
Russian I-5
Dan Krasylnykov (sophomore) and Iva Morozova (junior)
Spanish I-5
Nicolas Brooks (junior), David Chapin (junior), and Alvaro Cezon (junior)
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association Awards
MaFLA Academic Awards
Sophia Pankevych, French 8; Evan Martignetti, Spanish 8; Suraj Ramanathan, AP Spanish / grade 12; Hannah Wang, AP French / grade 12; Tobias Lipson, German 4/grade 12
MaFLA Leadership Award
Warda Ahmed, AP Spanish/Human Rights Club
“On behalf of the entire Canton Public Schools, I want to acknowledge each of the students honored during world language student recognition night,” Superintendent Folan said. “We are extremely fortunate to have a robust World Language Department here in Canton that helps prepare students for the next stages of their education, and the list of students we honored this year shows how our district values language education at both the middle school and high school levels.”
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