Bryant High School announced this week that they have 42 students who have earned the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy. This is for students demonstrating proficiency in both English and another language. The certification honors their linguistic skills and also enhances their college applications and career opportunities.
This spring, 1,229 students statewide from 81 high schools earned the Seal of Biliteracy in 34 different languages. See below for the lists… of students in Bryant, as well as how many Arkansas students at which schools are fluent in which languages besides English:
The Bryant High School Recipients of the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish are the following:
11th Grade
- Maite Aguilar
- Stephanie Aldana-Oliva
- Ignacio Arias
- Maria Arroyo Gonzalez
- Chelsea Carrillo Castro
- Sarahi Castillo
- Katherine Domingo Castro
- Lya Galan
- Larry Giron
- Edith Gonzalez
- Litzy Gonzalez
- Diana Guevera
- Daniela Ibarra Ayalav
- Myca Kweekul
- Mary Lara
- Rene Luna
- Angelica Olivo-Rodriguez
- Erick Orellana
- Juanjose Perez
- David Salinas
12th Grade
- Kimberly Aguirre
- Ana Diaz
- Osbaldo Ayala
- Jeremy Barrientos
- Joceline Casasola
- Valeria Chang-Carrizales
- Krislie Espinoza
- Ariadna Flores Isturiz
- Kayla Galan
- Jasmine Hernandez
- Emir Huerta
- Julie Johnson
- Logan Lanier
- Denis Lopez
- Jackson McAlister
- Josue Ordonez
- Elizabeth Porter
- Diana Ramirez
- Valeria Ramirez
- Grecia Rodriguez
- Kamaya Sampson
- Nathaly Yerena
All the student in all the schools:
See in color coded text below, the following outstanding distinctions:
- Eleven new languages were added this season.
- Twelve high schools have first-time recipients this season.
- Southside High School (Fort Smith) had the most languages this season (15 languages in addition to English).
- Springdale Public Schools has the most certified students to date – 1,754 total.
All Languages represented (in addition to English): American Sign Language, Arabic, Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hakha Chin, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Marathi, Malayalam, Marshallese, Nepali, Persian-Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, and Vietnamese.
School | Total | Number of Students + Languages
Alma High School 7 French: 2 French & German: 1 German: 2 Spanish: 2
ASMSA 2 French: 1 Spanish: 1
Batesville High School Charter* 8 Spanish: 8
Benton High School 14 Spanish: 14
Bentonville High School 119 Chinese: 10 French: 2 French & Hindi: 1 French & Spanish: 1 Hindi: 1 Malayalam: 1 Persian-Farsi: 1 Portuguese: 2 Portuguese & Spanish: 1 Spanish: 95 Tamil: 1 Telugu: 1 Turkish: 1 Vietnamese: 1
Bentonville West High School 33 Bengali: 1 Chinese: 2 French: 2 Portuguese: 1 Spanish: 24 Tamil: 3
Brinkley High School* 1 Spanish: 1
Brookland High School 3 Dutch: 1 Spanish: 1 Turkish: 1 Bryant High School 42 Spanish: 42
Cabot High School 39 Japanese: 1 Spanish: 37 Turkish: 1
Carlisle High School 2 Spanish: 2
Centerpoint High School 5 Spanish: 5
Charleston High School 1 Spanish: 1
Clarksville High School 8 Spanish: 8
Conway High School 30 Chinese: 14 French: 2 Spanish: 13 Vietnamese: 1
Cossatot River High School 9 Spanish: 9
Danville High School* 14 Spanish: 14
Dardanelle High School 9 Spanish: 9
De Queen High School 29 Spanish: 29
Dover High School* 1 Spanish: 1
Dumas High School 3 Spanish: 3
El Dorado High School 7 Spanish: 7
Farmington High School* 1 Spanish: 1
Fayetteville High School 25 Chinese: 1 French: 2 German: 2 Spanish: 20
Northside High School 29 Spanish: 29
Southside High School (Fort Smith) 39 Arabic: 2 Chinese: 2 Danish: 1 Dutch: 1 Filipino: 2 French: 2 German: 1 Hebrew: 1 Khmer: 1 Korean: 1 Polish: 1 Portuguese: 1 Portuguese & Spanish: 1 Spanish: 20 Urdu: 1 Vietnamese: 2
Gentry High School 3 Spanish: 3
Gravette High School 6 Hakha Chin: 1 Kmer: 1 Spanish: 4
Green Forest High School 2 Spanish: 2
Greenland High School 1 Spanish: 1
Gurdon High School* 1 Spanish: 1
Harrison High School 2 Spanish: 2
Hope High School* 7 Spanish: 7
Hot Springs World Class High School 17 Japanese & Spanish: 1 Spanish: 14 Vietnamese: 2
Jacksonville High School 3 Czech: 1 German & Spanish: 1 Spanish: 1
The Academies at Jonesboro High School 9 Spanish: 9
Lakeside High School 20 Chinese & Spanish: 1 Filipino: 1 Romanian: 1 Spanish: 17
Walnut Ridge High School* 2 German: 1 Spanish: 1
Lincoln High School 7 Hakha Chin: 3 Spanish: 4
Little Rock Southwest High School 22 Spanish: 22
Lonoke High School 6 Spanish: 6
Malvern High School 3 Spanish: 3
Marion High School 3 Spanish: 2 Vietnamese: 1
Monticello High School 2 Spanish: 2
Morrilton High School 20 Spanish: 20
Mountain Home High School Career Academies* 7 German: 2 Italian: 1 Spanish: 4
Nashville High School 12 Spanish: 12
North Little Rock Center of Excellence 3 Spanish: 3
North Little Rock High School 17 Indonesian: 1 Kazakh & Russian: 1 Portuguese: 1 Romanian: 1 Spanish: 11 Uzbek: 1
Pea Ridge High School 2 Spanish: 2
Pottsville High School* 3 Spanish: 2
Prairie Grove High School 2 Spanish: 2
Joe T. Robinson High School* 2 Spanish: 2
Maumelle High School 4 Spanish: 3 Vietnamese: 1
Sylvan Hills High School 2 Spanish: 2
Riverview High School 3 Spanish: 3
Rogers Heritage High School 119 Chinese: 1 Spanish: 118
Rogers High School 42 Spanish: 42
Rogers New Tech High School 58 Hebrew: 1 Russian: 1 Spanish: 56
Russellville High School 34 Spanish: 34 Searcy Public School 14 Searcy High School 14 French: 3 Spanish: 11
Siloam Springs High School 57 Haitian Creole: 1 Korean: 1 Russian: 1 Spanish: 53 Vietnamese: 1
Don Tyson School of Innovation 50 Marshallese: 1 Spanish: 49
Har-Ber High School 27 Chinese: 5 Chinese & Spanish: 1 French: 3 Spanish: 18
Springdale High School 50 French: 2 French & Portuguese: 1 Marshallese: 6 Spanish: 41
Star City High School 9 German: 1 Hakha Chin: 3 Spanish: 4 Vietnamese: 1
Van Buren High School 24 Spanish: 24
Arkansas Connections Academy 6 Arabic: 1 Spanish: 5
Arkansas Virtual Academy* 3 Spanish: 3
Central Arkansas Christian Schools 7 Spanish: 7
eStem Public Charter High School 1 Spanish: 1
Fountain Lake Charter High School 1 Spanish: 1
Haas Hall Academy -Bentonville 1 Spanish: 1
Haas Hall Academy -Fayetteville 3 Spanish: 3
Haas Hall Academy – Rogers 4 Spanish: 4
Haas Hall Academy -Springdale 2 Spanish: 2
LISA Academy North High School 1 Gujarati: 1
LISA Academy West High School 13 Russian: 1 Spanish: 12
Little Rock Christian Academy 8 Spanish: 8
Pulaski Academy 21 Chinese: 9 Spanish: 12
Thaden School 1 Chinese & Spanish: 1
The award is sponsored by the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association (AFLTA) and the Arkansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ARKTESOL), and it has been officially endorsed by the Arkansas Department of Education since 2018.
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