Springdale is celebrating 127 multiliterate students who’ve earned the 2025 Arkansas and Global Seals of Biliteracy.
Springdale Public Schools is a leader in the state for Seal of Biliteracy students, with 27 Har-Ber High School students and some 50 students at both Don Tyson School of Innovation and Springdale High School receiving the seal this year.
Some 1,229 students statewide received the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy recognition for 2025 for demonstrating proficiency in English and one or more other languages by high school graduation. The Global Seal of Biliteracy offers free certification in over 100 languages, enabling individuals to demonstrate their language proficiency worldwide.
To date, 7,246 students from 120 high schools have attained the Arkansas certification across forty-three languages other than English since its inception.
The Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy is awarded each spring and fall to students in grades 9-12 and is sponsored by the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association and the Arkansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. The Arkansas Department of Education officially endorsed the Seal in June 2018.
Students were presented with a certificate and a medal at the ceremony to recognize their achievement.
The certificate presents an opportunity for further learning and growth in the workplace as students move forward with applying what they've learned as part of earning the seal.
Students had to score proficient or better in English when taking the ACT, ACT Aspire or ELPA to earn the recognition. For the secondary language, students had to pass the reading, writing, listening and speaking portions of the Spanish, Chinese or Vietnamese language test.
Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy
French: Daniela Jaimez, Mi Reh, Vianca Trejo Corona
Marshallese: Mina Bokmej, Dwardson Capelle, Jezlyann Hemill, Consuela Kabua, Maxine Kumtak, Jamie Taidrik
Portuguese: Mi Reh
Spanish: Liliana Aldaco, Jocelyn Alvarado, Sandy Araujo, Lesly Arevalo-Ordaz, Leonardo Arriaga, Yessenia Barbosa, Miranda Barroso-Barroso, Karol Bravo, Milagros Chaboya, Milagros Chaboya, Elizabeth Colin Rivas, Katriel Cornett, Marilyn Cristobal, Itzel Escobar, Camila Flores-Esparza, Enoch Fowler, Kenya Galvan, William Gandia Castillo, Jesenia Garcia, Yagel Gojara, Ashley Gomez-Jimenez, Joseph Gonzalez, Ximena Gonzalez, Ariana Gutierrez, Carlos Laguna-Razo, Oscar Lima, Karla Lopez Leon, Betsy Lopez-Sandoval, Carlos Martinez, Haydee Martinez, Joselyn Martinez, Alan Mejia, Glenn Noland, Mayra Perez-Barroso, Astrid Ramirez, Genesis Rodriguez, Rojo Caarol, Alondra Salazar, Alexis Saucedo, Cassandra Serrano, Ashley Soto, Nadalia Viveros
Global Seal of Biliteracy
Marshallese: Destiny Baro, Mina Bokmej, Dwardson Capelle, Shumiko Nini Clement, Jezlyann Hemil, Consuela Tomeing, Kabua, Jaime Taidrik, Erika Bina-Elme Tomeing,
Portugese: Mi Reh
Spanish: Elizabeth Araujo Martínez, Evanyela Barroso Perez, Evelyn Becerril, Leydy Benitez, Billy Aldolfo Calderón-Barrientos, Valeria Cordero, Michael Córtez-Martínez, Juan Corvera, Marilyn Cristobal, Raquel de la Torre, Luis De Loera, Aisha Esparza, Tania Figueroa, Camila Flores-Esparza, Troy Joshua García, Melissa Gomez-Barroso, Ashley Gómez-Jiménez, Daniel González Pérez, Brittany González-Hernández, Ariana Gutiérrez, Daphney Jimenez, Denise Leonardo, Heidi Alexandra Lopez, Karla Melina López León, Brian Lozano, Thalia Malagon, Yisela Mancía-Castaneda, Jizzell Martínez-Marín, Jasmin Perez Ramirez, Jasmin Perez Ramirez, Mayra Pérez-Barroso, Astrid Ramírez Oliva, Karianys Ramos, Mi Reh, Juan Antonio Rivas Vera, Genesis Elizabeth Rodríguez, Diego Rosales, Esmeralda Rosales Silva, Alondra Salazar, Fatima Sandoval, Fanny Soto, Ernesto Daniel Torres, Kimberly Torres-Perez, Chelsea Train, Maria Vazquez Araujo, Stephany Vejar Hernández, Gustavo Villagran-Garcia, Nadalia Viveros, Juana Aldaco, Kate Obispo, Katelyn Guerrero