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164 students earn Seal of Biliteracy Pathway Award

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District students are achieving goals and learning new languages as early as first grade.

164 students in 1st, 3rd, 5th and 8th grade for completing the requirements in English and another language for the Seal of Biliteracy Pathway Award. 26 students are second year recipients of this award and seven students are third year recipients. The Pathway Awards recognize elementary and middle school students who have sought out second language acquisition opportunities in their communities or who have worked to maintain the native language spoken in the home.  These students were required to demonstrate this second language acquisition or learning to meet district and state standards.   

The students, who represent 17 elementary and all four middle schools, achieved these awards learning the following 18 languages:  Arabic, ASL, Dutch, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Urdu and Vietnamese.   

The following 8th grade students earned the Pathway to Biliteracy Award:
[* Indicates a student is receiving the award for a second time, **Indicates a student is receiving the award for a third time]

BERNARD CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL 

  • German:  Ryder Benn, Kjerstin Bredesen, Bracken Goodman, Reagan Hill, Isabella Wray, Shiloh Zabroski
  • Spanish: Jacob Foote, Om Patel, Keighli Paull

EAST TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL

  • French:  Janiyah Burns, Elizobette Cobler, Emrik Durham**, Avery Graham, Mika Heinz*, Bianca Martin, Kaelyn Mills, Jillian Spieth
  • German: Teagan Cronin, Zack Gillette, Alex Holcomb, Amelia Hughes, Laina Landgren, Jett Zimmermann
  • Hindi:  Aashi Singh*
  • Spanish:  Jadon Davis, Cecilia McCauley, Weston Reed

PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE SCHOOL

  • German:  Mia Appelbaum**, Mikala Hill, Kathryn Hughes, Lily Wang
  • Spanish: Veronica Brizuela*, Mackenzie Nickell, Jonah Park, Amerika Ruiz Gonzalez*, Charlie Schlotzhauer, Skye Watson, Garrison Weller, Ariella Woods
  • Urdu:  Imaan Bhatti*

SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL

  • Chinese: Colin Chai, Shiloh Hardy, Bee Stout
  • Dutch:  Victoria Blum
  • French:  Charlotte Allen, Maya Mettlach**, Evelyn Rizo, Leia Smith, Emery Stawarz
  • German: Timothy Atwell, Claire Gibson, Colin Harrell, Evan Miller, Bricen Rey, Grace Romi, Kyle Schooley
  • Italian:  Valentino Guidolin**
  • Japanese:  Ken Mettlach**, Maya Mettlach**
  • Spanish: Michelle Akinola, Harrison Boucher, Fiona Bustos, Delaney Cannon, Sara Dominguez , Wyatt Dwyer, Chloe Evans, Violet Folsom, Charlotte Fosnow, Valentino Guidolin**, Mya Heier, Sa Naa Hunter, Corinna Loesch, Julianna MacEwen,  Ken Mettlach**, Maya Mettlach**, Aubrey Phillips, Mia Prather**, Alison Robinson, Will Schlicht, Abbi Woodruff

The following students earned the Elementary Pathway to Biliteracy Award:
[* Indicates a student is receiving the award for a second time, **Indicates a student is receiving the award for a third time]

CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY

  • French: Amelia Leonor Bumgarner (1st grade)
  • German:  Arthur Benson (1st grade) 
  • Japanese:  Nathan Dryer (5th grade)
  • Spanish:  Finnegan Diehl* (3rd grade), Avery Freund** (5th grade), Kilynn Freund (3rd grade), Hallie Hall (3rd grade), Hensley Hall (1st grade), Cristiano Martin (3rd grade), Charlie Reed (5th grade), Lanie Reed (3rd grade) 

GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY

  • French & Spanish: Cari'Elle Taylor Seal (1st grade)

HAZEL GROVE ELEMENTARY 

  • Spanish:  Xavier Spears (5th grade)

HAWTHORN HILL ELEMENTARY

  • Korean: Eli Park (1st grade), Ethan Park (3rd grade)
  • Portuguese:  Alice Pursley (1st grade)
  • Russian:  Timour Rector (5th grade)
  • Spanish:  Elizabeth Marold (3rd grade), Victoria Nava Garza (1st grade), Cora Sallee (5th grade), Jace Stark (1st grade)

HIGHLAND PARK ELEMENTARY

  • French:  Fahren Hounnoukpe (1st grade)
  • Gujarati, Hindi, & Swahili: Prisha Signh* (3rd grade) 
  • Russian:  Angelina Antonets (1st grade)
  • Spanish:  Cade Mathews* (5th grade)

LONGVIEW FARM ELEMENTARY

  • Arabic:  Omar Abdulrahim (5th grade) 
  • Chinese:  Emmett Bross* (3rd grade), Henry Bross (1st grade)
  • Spanish:  Jude Lange (3rd grade), Truett Lange (1st grade)

LEES SUMMIT ELEMENTARY

  • ASL:  Milo Basey* (3rd grade), Skylar Duncan (5th grade)
  • French:  Skylar Duncan (5th grade)
  • Spanish:   Milo Basey* (3rd grade), Skylar Duncan (5th grade), Ignacio Salazar (3rd grade)

MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  • Arabic: Janna Yacub (1st grade), Yousef Yacub* (3rd grade)
  • French: Sakhyna Noumou-Kouassi (3rd grade)
  • Spanish: Andel Bright (5th grade), Jack Bright (5th grade), Vivian Brush (5th grade), Gianna Olson* (5th grade), Luca Olson* (3rd grade), Annali Wickstrom* (3rd grade)

MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY

  • Spanish: Alessandra Flores (1st grade), Elizabeth Hanna* (3rd grade), Henry Melanson* (3rd grade), Gavin Melanson (1st grade)

PLEASANT LEA ELEMENTARY

  • French: Alex Hendrix* (3rd grade)
  • German: Lucy Appelbaum (3rd grade), Max Hendrix** (5th grade)

PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY

  • ASL: Kathryn Clark (3rd grade) 
  • German: William Harness (5th grade)
  • Portuguese: Jocelynn Douglas (5th grade)  
  • Spanish: Maggie Nance (3rd grade) 

RICHARDSON ELEMENTARY

  • Arabic: Taim Thawabi (1st grade)
  • ASL & Spanish: Nora Welch* (3rd grade)
  • Chinese: Carter Hastings* (3rd grade)
  • French: Hayes Hevlow* (5th grade)

SUMMIT POINTE ELEMENTARY

  • ASL: Ella Stansbury (5th grade)
  • German: Isla Sersch (5th grade)
  • Spanish: Owen Debray* (3rd grade), Rose Moreno (5th grade), Caroline Ossa (1st grade) Victor Nix (3rd grade)
  • Vietnamese: Victoria Nix (5th grade)

SUNSET VALLEY ELEMENTARY

  • Arabic: Sanad Hatamla* (3rd grade)

TRAILRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  • Arabic: Taleen Khalil (5th grade)
  • Chinese: Lorraine Chesnut (3rd grade)  
  • Gujarati: Chesta Patel (1st grade)
  • Italian:  Liam Rehak** (5th grade)
  • Spanish: Oliver Duke (3rd grade), Emmie Graham (3rd grade), Sienna Paige (3rd grade),  Harrison Von Elling (3rd grade)

UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  • Spanish: Holden Dampier (3rd grade), Lexi Donaldson (3rd grade), Owen Donaldson (1st grade), Hattie McClendon* (3rd grade)
  • Tagalog: Lyla Arribas (1st grade)

WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  • Spanish: Camila Hernandez (1st grade), Izzy Whitehead (1st grade), Armando Pacheco Tobar (5th grade), Cooper Schmidt Limbach (5th grade), Luciana Fresia-Lovelace (3rd grade)
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