Plainfield School District 202 students earn Illinois Seal of Biliteracy

The state of Illinois Seal of Biliteracy has been awarded to 42 Plainfield School District 202 students for demonstrating high proficiency in English and in reading, writing, listening and speaking another language.

Local school districts give the state Seal of Biliteracy to encourage students to pursue biliteracy and honor students’ mastery of two or more languages. To earn this distinction, students must pass a foreign language Advanced Placement exam with a score of 3 or higher.

The 2024 District 202 recipients of the Seal of Biliteracy are:

Plainfield Central

• Rebecca Cameron, American Sign Language
• Allen Navarrete, Spanish
• Orlando Ortega, Spanish
• Jasmine Shaw, Spanish
• Anthony Tamayo, Spanish
• Alexandra Valadez, Spanish

Plainfield South

• Olivia Dziarek, Polish
• Emely Guardado, Spanish
• Farooq Hamza, Spanish
• Anel Herrera, Spanish
• Grace Kaizer, French
• Julia Rozalowski, Polish
• Jade Tirado, Spanish

Plainfield North

• Arpita Acharya, Spanish
• Anna Aler, Spanish
• Joshua Contreras, Spanish
• Adam Czernik, Polish
• Angela Espinosa, Spanish
• Alexa Hogate, American Sign Language
• Teagan Kiger, American Sign Language
• Aliyah Mesich, American Sign Language
• Kelechi Oji, Spanish
• Mahitha Pamulapati, Spanish
• Alexander Petrov, Spanish
• Mila Skibinski, Russian
• Marissa Steben, American Sign Language
• Martha Viramontes, Spanish
• Kimberly Werynski, Spanish
• Giana Winge, Spanish

Plainfield East

• James Durham, Spanish
• Yamilexy Flores, Spanish
• Braxton Francis, Spanish
• Francisco Gonzalez, Spanish
• Mia Graske, Spanish
• Jacqueline Ibarra, American Sign Language
• Elizabeth Knoepfle, Spanish
• Isabella Rivera, Spanish
• Josue Ruiz, Spanish
• Josh Salazar, Spanish
• Andres Vega, Spanish
• Marcel Zaleski, Polish
• Olivia Zaleski, Polish