June 9, 2015

Textbook Ceremony

Sr. Julio Cesar Martinez

Deputy Consul of Mexico

Welcome

Michael Goar,

Interim Superintendent

Susanne Griffin

Chief Academic Officer

Proficiency Certificate and Bilingual Seals

Ayumi Stockman

World Languages Content Specialist

Current Criteria for languages other than English

2015 Education Omnibus Bill

None

ACTFL Advanced Low • Listening and speaking • reading and writing

Platinum Bilingual/Multilingual Seal (English proficiency required)

World Language Proficiency High Achievement Certificate

ACTFL Intermediate High • Listening and speaking • reading and writing

Gold Bilingual/Multilingual Seal (English proficiency required)

World Language Proficiency Certificate

ACTFL Intermediate Low • Listening and speaking • reading and writing

World Language Proficiency Certificate

College credit is not associated.

MnSCU will grant college credit for the seals.

MnSCU --- Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Specific information will be available after August 1.

Awarding the Certificates

Arabic, German, French

Kim Ellison

Director, Board of Education

Arabic

South High School

Abdifatah Awali

Nafiisa Tohu

Caledonia Wilson

French South High School

Ingrid Zoll Simon Burgess Mohamed Mohamed Cole Nicholls Wendy Unger Miracle Adebanjo Hollis Britton Emma Larson Klevis Deva Xuan Mai Nguyen Jane Oas

Katherine Harriss Salima Gul Isabel Rousmaniere Ella Barnhill Brandon Castro-Venancio Theodore Wilson Laura Ingberg Emma Pederson Jessica Loja Stella Schaefer-Brown

French, High Achievement

South High School

Noura Abukhadra

Fatimzahra Ajaraam

Betty Mfalingundi

Townsend Nelson

Emmanuel Castellanos

Kalil Toure

Kendra Roedl

Daniel Tondra

Elise Gumm

Ciara Cagemoe

Soline Van de Moortele

German

South High School

David Knep

Sophia Faacks

Lauren Schluter

Tika Salsabila

Erik Hahn

Awarding the Certificates

Somali

Siad Ali

Director, Board of Education

Hmong

Blong Yang

Minneapolis City Council

Hmong

Henry High School

Pahoua Chang

Tao Chang

Ploua Thao

Pa Houa Her

Somali

South High School

Hamdi Jama Samia Kewden

Anas Farah Faduma Dalfa Safia Moalin

Awarding the Certificates

Spanish

Silvia Ontaneda

Consul of Ecuador

Spanish Edison High School

Jennifer Astudillo

Henry High School

Gabriela Lazo-Peñafiel

Loring Nicollet

Tomas de la Cruz

Roosevelt High School

Brandon A. Enriquez

Diana Romero

Uriel Javana

Yareli Cortes

South High School

Addie Welch

Adia Froehle-Baker

Anna Mulhern

Annika Mikk

Antonia Ritter

Arthur Campbell

Beatrix Del Carmen

Benjamín Arcoren

Camille Blanchette

Christopher Mann

Clare McDonald

Darla Dennis

Drew Hemer

Eleanor Newhouse

Ernesto Barrera-Tapia

Ethan Davenport

Felix Ronkainen

Finley Makila

Francesca Cannon

Isaac Duncan

Isabel Hansen

Ivan Quintero

Jack Schulstad

John Groos

Joseph Hunt

Kai Alton

Kalia Lee

Kathleen Kaelin

Kieran Hegarty

Nora Lahm

Linnea Keire

Lino Aguilar

Madeline Tennant

Mairead Howley

Mary Miranda

Mauricimo D. Sánchez-Hohenstein

Meredith Bomster

Nadia Ravensborg

Noah Adriany

Noah Pearson-Schmitt

Noemi Vega

Oluwatosin Odumuye

Russell Kingsbury

Saara Navab

Samuel Haney

Samuel Kleven

Simon Keepers

Sonja Swanson

Sophia Belden

Stephanie Krause

Veronica Hayes

Wil Kotnik

Zack Anderson

Southwest High School

Ian Wood

Karla Pineda-Gallegos

Wellstone High School

Belquis Solis Cazhco

Byron Guaillazaca Aguilar

Christian Zhagui Sanisaca

Diego Fernández Rojas

Digna Nugra Pillco

Josué Velásquez Morales

Karen Chacón Vásquez

Leticia López Hernández

Luis Choro Zamora

Martina Martínez Díaz

Moisés González Pérez

Spanish (Cont’d) Washburn High School

Abigail Brauer

Abigail Oake

Aidan Schwob

Alena Schwob

Alex Batt

Alexandra Evenson

Allegra Abrams

Alma Engebretson

Andrew Crider

Anisa Carlson

Anna Christian

Anna Polacek

Audrey Mitchell

Ben Perry

Cailyn Coskran

Cameron Bleskachek

Carmen Wagener

Charlotte Devaughn

Claire McCarron

Claire Nelson

Claire Reckow-McKee

Cullen Anderson

Damaris C. Cortez-Aragón

Dani Todd

Dennis Emanuel Sibri

Donovan Peterson

Dylan Hiebel

Eleanor Konz

Eliana Fergus

Elinor Mewes

Ella Conover

Ella Mullin

Ellie Colbert

Elvis Richard Pesantez

Emily Peterson

Emily Worman

Emma Beddoe

Emma Syring

Eric Cota

Ethan Brookner

Farrington Asberry-Lindquist

Frances Madison

Gabriel Hossick Schott

Gabriel Mersy

Garrett Lieb

Georgia Christman

Greta Farley

Guadalupe Lozano-Ríos

Halle Peterson

Hannah Gordon

Hannah Soholt

Henry Saarinen

Ilsa Lee

Isabel Berg

Isaura Ruiz-Herrera

Ivan Marrón González

Ivonne Hernández Hernández

Jack Erickson

Jack Pham

Jackson Beazley

Jacob Anderson

James Sorenson

James Butler

Jessica Alberts

Joey Marxhausen

John Ario

Julia Heskin

Julia Larson

Julia Morse

Kaitlyn Villars

Katherine Steiner

Kiera Mulvehill

Kirra Tjeltveit

Laura Arneson

Lauren Heskin

Lauren Smith

Leah Harman

Lily Endo

Lindsey Shaw

Lourdes Dominguez Lopez

Lukas Meyer

Margaret Walker

Matt Ruff

Max Dodge

Maya Rajacich

Melanie Flint

Melissa Parra-Huizar

Miguel Angel Martinez Huerta

Miko Dyer

Milan Stolpman

Nathan Bennett

Ninsi Cruz

Nuria Morales-Coskran

Oscar Shulman

Otokani Dominguez Lopez

Peyton Krause

Quinn Siebers

Rachel Irmiger

Rafael Malewics

Sage Rozycki

Samantha Wheeler

Samiyo Mohamed

Samuel Reisch

Sarah Byrn

Saul Lara Martínez

Selena Albino Díaz

Sergio Tapia-Lezama

Shaela Castro

Shannon Saari

Sienna Coskran

Simon Midtbo

Sivan Sartin

Sonja Beddoe

Sophia Schott

Summer Bordon

Tamiya Walton

Thomas Leicester

Tionna Rose Lovell

Tyler Larson

Vanessa Gomez-Martínez

Walter Svendaal

Wil Christensen

Wyatt Deyoung

Zoe Quinn

Spanish, High Achievement Broadway

Ana Martinez-Pavón

Edison High School

Alberto Zangano

Jonathan Cabrera

Luis M. Llauca-Astudillo

Henry High School

Gabriela Rios Mendoza

Guadalupe Castillo Mata

Nohemi Villa

Samantha Ruiz Zavala

South High School

Anna Kleven

Audrey Goodnight

Bernabel Aguilar

Brenda Gutierrez-Rosas

Johan Cavert

Josiah Ferguson

Kaitlyn Mulhern

Maxwell Baker

Nicolas Mercadel

Peter Gustafson

Rebecca Krasky

Southwest High School

Hillary Cumbe

Mario Diaz-Gutierr

Victor Nieto Vides

Zaira Vazquez-Aguilar

Washburn High School

Samantha Compean

Amy Mexquititla Perez

Blas Del Villar Garcia

Dibani Domingues Sifuentes

Erik Chavez Molina

Erika Hernandez

Fernando L Marquez Garcia

Gabriela Ruiz Kuehn

Jamie M Llapa Puma

Jennifer Aucapina Arroyo

Kevin Rubio-Mendoza

Mayted Lucero Leon-Ortiz

Paola Estrada Andrade

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Wellstone High School

Adriana Alarcón Parra

Anahí Terrones Bernal

Anggy Pinos Reinoso

Brian Meza Álvarez

Carlos Pérez González

Fanny Pallchizaca

Griselda Castillo Cortez

Jonathan Celis

José Meza Palacios

Karla Olivares Bravo

Luis Ángel Santos Henríquez

Marco Xavier Lema Sibre

María de Jesús Ojeda Hernández

María Gabriela Figueroa Robles

Mirtha Quevedo Gana

Nathaly Carchi Gualpa

Óscar Aníbal Chiqui Veletanga

Salma Valencia Falcón

Tannya Cedillo Pérez

Zulma Valencia Falcón

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Jan McFall

Dean of Fine Arts, Language and Communication, North Hennepin

Community College, MnSCU

Closing Remarks

Jana Hilleren

Executive Director

Multilingual Department

Thank you!

Senator Carla Nelson

Representative Kim Norton

Representative Carlos Mariani

Senator Patricia Torres Rey

Lisa Larson, Legislative Analyst

Please join us for a reception in the cafeteria.

Students 1. Please join us for a photo when we call you

by language group.

2. Please turn in the survey that you were given.

Thank you!