Thanks to Chief Sealth International High School teacher Noah Zeichner for the photo and report:

Chief Sealth International High School awarded the Washington State Seal of Biliteracy to 32 students, about 12% of the graduating senior class, at Thursday evening’s Senior Awards Nights. Students can qualify for the Seal of Biliteracy through a language competency test or by earning a score of 4 or higher in an IB language course. Earning the Seal implies that students are not just bilingual (speaking), but biliterate (reading and writing) in at least one language in addition to English. This year, Chief Sealth awarded the Seal of Biliteracy to students who read and write in Spanish, Amharic, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Somali, and Oromo.

Chief Sealth administers world language competency tests each fall in several languages as part of its international programming. The school aims to recognize the diverse linguistic skills that students bring to the school community. Several Chief Sealth Seal of Biliteracy recipients were also recognized at the June 7 Seattle School Board meeting.