Hello,

We are pleased to inform you that HHS will participate in the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy for the 2024-2025 School Year. The Seal of Biliteracy is for any student who demonstrates proficiency in English and any other language, whether they speak the non-English language at home, learned it at school, or in the community.

The exam will be administered on Tuesday, March 4th, or Thursday, March 6th, from 8:10 am to 11:40 am at Holliston High School. Students must register by filling out this Google form.

The State Seal of Biliteracy aims to:
 

• Encourage students to study and master languages;
• Certify attainment of biliteracy skills;
• Recognize the value of language diversity;
• Provide employers with a method of identifying people with language and biliteracy skills;
• Provide universities with a method to recognize and give credit to applicants for attainment of high-level skills in languages;
• Prepare students with skills that will benefit them in the labor market and the global society; and
• Strengthen intergroup communication and honor a community's multiple cultures and languages.

For more information about the Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy, please visit this website.
 

If you have any further questions, please reach out.
 

Best regards,
 

Karin Portocarrero-Heisler
portocarrero-heislerk@holliston.k12.ma.us
World Languages Teacher
Holliston High School

 

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