Seal of Biliteracy

The Seal of Biliteracy is a state of Illinois recognition given to graduating Seniors who demonstrate high levels of proficiency in English and other languages. This is recognized on student transcripts and diplomas and is available to any student at Argo Community High School who has qualifying scores in English and another language. Students who earn the Seal of Biliteracy and attend Illinois state universities can get two years of foreign language credit. Please see below for information on qualifying scores.

Registration for Illinois Seal of Biliteracy testing on March 6th is now open for current juniors and seniors. Please click here for the registration form.

Congrats to the Class of 2023 Illinois Commendation Towards Biliteracy and

Illinois Seal of Biliteracy recipients!

NAME:	LANGUAGE:	SEAL or COMMENDATION:
Marah Aqel	Arabic	Commendation
Fransisco Andres Figueroa	Spanish	Commendation
Israel Galeno	Spanish	Commendation
Fernando Guadarrama	Spanish	Commendation
Danna P. Guerra	Spanish	Commendation
Raian Hammad	Arabic	Commendation
Wadi Hasan	Arabic	Commendation
Alexis Hernandez	Spanish	Commendation
Michelle Kioltyka Heredia	Spanish	Commendation
Hubert Marszalik	Spanish	Commendation
Erik Antony Rodriguez	Spanish	Commendation
Samuel Shinsato	Spanish	Commendation
Gerardo Yanes	Spanish	Commendation
Ximena Aguilar-Delgado	Spanish	Seal
Khaled Alkelane	Arabic	Seal
Batool Alnsour	Arabic	Seal
Emily Benitez	Spanish	Seal
Leonel Benitez	Spanish	Seal
Martyna Blusiewic	Polish	Seal
Mikolaj Bobak	Polish	Seal
Doreccy Cardenas	Spanish	Seal
Emmanuel Casales	Spanish	Seal
Karen Castro	Spanish	Seal
Yuliana Castro	Spanish	Seal
Aysty Castro-Hernandez	Spanish	Seal
Gabriel Chaidez	Spanish	Seal
Sara Cruz	Spanish	Seal
Ewelina Dabrowski	Polish	Seal
Jennifer DeBlecourt	Spanish	Seal
Joanna Dziubek	Polish	Seal
Edgar Flores	Spanish	Seal
Karen Flores	Spanish	Seal
Sara Flynn	Polish	Seal
Andres Fonseca	Spanish	Seal
Isabel Fuentes	Spanish	Seal
Alondra Garcia Escot	Spanish	Seal
Kacper Gogola	Polish	Seal
Andrea Gomez	Spanish	Seal
Michelle Gomez	Spanish	Seal
Laura Monika Gonzalez	Spanish	Seal
Dayanara Gutierrez	Spanish	Seal
Yara Hajeissa	Spanish	Seal
Yara Hajeissa	Portuguese	Seal
Kamil Halupka	Polish	Seal
Mario Hernandez	Spanish	Seal
Leonardo Jimenez-Rodriguez	Spanish	Seal
Guadalupe Juarez	Spanish	Seal
Gerard Kleczewski	Polish	Seal
Jakub Krol	Polish	Seal
Aaron Lopez	Spanish	Seal
Sirley Lozano	Spanish	Seal
Rubi Manzo	Spanish	Seal
Hubert Marszalik	Polish	Seal
Nancy Martinez	Spanish	Seal
Nicole Mirecki	Polish	Seal
Robert Miros	Polish	Seal
Citlali Munoz	Spanish	Seal
Isabella Munoz	Spanish	Seal
Alondra Munoz-Escoto	Spanish	Seal
Leonardo Munoz-Sanchez	Spanish	Seal
Mustafa Mustafa	Spanish	Seal
Maja Nawrocka	Polish	Seal
Bartek Obrochta	Polish	Seal
Martin Olszewski	Polish	Seal
Jasmin Orozco-Placencia	Spanish	Seal
Jose De Jesus Orozco Jr.	Spanish	Seal
Osiel Orozco	Spanish	Seal
Alondra Padilla	Spanish	Seal
Samantha Pantoja	Spanish	Seal
Joanna Recendiz-Herrera	Spanish	Seal
Daniel Reyes	Tagalog	Seal
Madison Robles	Spanish	Seal
Yadira Ruvalcaba-Burgueno	Spanish	Seal
Gisselle Salto	Spanish	Seal
Viridiana Sanchez	Spanish	Seal
David Soria	Spanish	Seal
Victoria Styrczula	Polish	Seal
Paulina Szczypta	Polish	Seal
Christian Szeliga	Polish	Seal
Armando Treto	Spanish	Seal
Jorge Treto	Spanish	Seal
Ashley Vargas	Spanish	Seal
Joel Vargas-Cortes	Spanish	Seal
Michel Vargas-Estrada	Spanish	Seal
Jacqueline Vela-Hurtado	Spanish	Seal
Carlos Villanueva	Spanish	Seal
Natalia Witek	Polish	Seal
Natalia Witek	Spanish	Seal
Aleksandra Wozniak	Polish	Seal
Aleksandra Wozniak	French	Seal
Oscar Zeglin	Polish	Seal
Oscar Zeglin	Spanish	Seal

Requirements for Earning the Seal of Biliteracy

English Language – ONE of the following

ACT Score composite of 21 or 18 on the English Subject Area Test

SAT Score of 480 in English Language Arts (EBRW)
ACCESS Score of 4.8 Overall
AP English Language and Composition score of 5
AAPPL Test Score of Intermediate 5 or Advanced in all 4 domains
STAMP 4s Test Score of Intermediate High on all 4 domains

Foreign Language – ONE of the following

4 or 5 on an AP Language and Culture Exam

AAPPL Test Score of Intermediate-5 or Advanced in all 4 domains
STAMP 4s Test Score of Intermediate High on all 4 domains
Portfolio consisting of all 4 domains for a language in which a state approved test does not exist

Requirements for Earning the Commendation Towards Biliteracy

English Language – ONE of the following:

ACT Score composite of 21 or 18 on the English Subject Area Test

SAT Score of 480 in English Language Arts (EBRW)
ACCESS Literacy Score of 3.5 or above
AP English Language and Composition score of 4
AAPPL Test Score between Intermediate-1 and Intermediate-4 in all 4 domains
STAMP 4s Test Score of Intermediate Low on all 4 domains

Foreign Language – ONE of the following:

3 on an AP Language and Culture Exam

AAPPL Test score between Intermediate 1 and 4 in all 4 domains
STAMP 4s test score of Intermediate Low on all 4 domains
Portfolio consisting of all 4 domains for a language in which a state approved test does not exist

For more information on testing, visit https://www.isbe.net/Documents/language-proficiency-assessment-list.pdf