More than 160 LSR7 elementary and middle school students earn Pathway Awards

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District recognized 164 students in grades 1, 3, 5 and 8 who earned 182 Seal of Biliteracy Pathway Awards.

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. The students, who represent 16 elementary and all 4 middle LSR7 schools, achieved these awards learning the following 18 languages: Arabic, ASL, Dari, English, Filipino, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu.

23 students are receiving this award for a second year, 13 are receiving it for a third.

8th Grade Pathway to Biliteracy Award Recipients

* Indicates a student is receiving the award for a second time

**Indicates a student is receiving the award for a third time

EAST TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Chinese: Nhi Tran
French: Maddox Klaassen
German: Wyatt Dearinger, Fallyn DeCoursey, Sage Nofsinger, Kai Roach, Olivia Schelp
Spanish: Megan Douglas, Grace Enciso, Makinah Faust, Sabriel Haroldsen, Abby Hevel, Kaylie Kessinger, Ariana Lea*, Lizette Lopez, Jonah Mais, Catelynn Montano, Abby Novogoratz, Ella Pew, Quinn Smith, Clara Swearingen

BERNARD CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL

German: Fiona Dawson, MaKayla Wynia
French: Bailey Brown, Mira Johnson
Spanish: Charlotte Blatt, Anna Hummel, Denise Flores Deaquino, Marley Spears

PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Arabic: Zayd Abdulrahim*, Laila Betrow
Dari: Sahar Ramini
French: Jafeth Corrales Espinal, Meredith Graham, Lillian Smith, Ivy Truong, Zayd Abdulrahim*
German: Kyleigh Campbell, Jacob Hunter
Spanish: Michael Barillas, Brooke Bergquist, Laila Betrow, Emily Burton, Ryan Clifton, Graycen Diehl, Reese Hubbard, Hadley Nelson, Kailey Newton, Sahar Ramini, Samuel Wise
Turkish: Laila Betrow
Urdu: Maryam Khan

SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL

Arabic: Husain Ebrahim
Chinese: Kevin Overhaug, Polina Kurbanova, Austen Pabon
French: Sasha Barrett, Violet Kerr, Avery Ruoff, Myla Webb, Hailey Wilson
German: Stella Akerstrom, Peyton Blevins, Liam Dwyer, Hayden Kaminski*, Emarie Mitchell, Reid Vaughn, RenEn Yang
Spanish: Alaina Bachtel, Brylee Burford, Jenna Dgheim, Alexis McLemore, Austen Pabon, Davion Paige, Eva Wiltfong

Students earning the Elementary Pathway to Biliteracy Awards are:

* 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: Clara Bumgarner (3rd grade), Amelia Seidelman (3rd grade), Elizabeth Beebe (3rd grade), Charlotte Beebe (3rd grade)
Italian: Elizabeth Beebe (3rd grade), Charlotte Beebe (3rd grade)
Spanish: Avery Courney (5th grade), Camden Diehl* (5th grade), Elizabeth Beebe (3rd grade), Charlotte Beebe (3rd grade)
Tagalog: Clara Bumgarner (3rd grade)

GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY

Japanese: Ainsley Valora (1st grade)
Spanish: Ayla Yeager (3rd grade), Mackenzie Stoker* (3rd grade), Nora Moore** (5th grade), Cassidy Stoker* (5th grade), Laney Yeager (1st grade), Rylee Stoker (1st grade), Truman Moore (1st grade)

HAWTHORN HILL ELEMENTARY

Chinese: Stella Pabon* (5th grade)
Spanish: Max Sheptor* (3rd grade), Luke Sheptor (1st grade), Isaac Mitchell (3rd grade), Graham Ganson** (5th grade), Javonnie Freeman (5th grade), Amartya Ashwin (1st grade), Ava Clinton (3rd grade)

HIGHLAND PARK ELEMENTARY

Korean: Asher Cha** (3rd grade)
Russian: Evan Antonets** (5th grade)
Spanish: Ezra Cupp* (3rd grade), Aaron Cupp (1st grade)

LONGVIEW FARM ELEMENTARY

Arabic: Ruhma Awan (1st grade)
ASL: Brooklyn Bliss (3rd grade), Harper Schill** (3rd grade)
Chinese: Harper Schill** (3rd grade)
French: Ivy McClure* (5th grade), Audrey Kraft (5th grade)
German: Dillon Dwerlkotte (3rd grade)
Spanish: Hailey Dyer* (5th grade), Zachary Dyer* (3rd grade), Harper Schill** (3rd grade), Brooklyn Bliss (3rd grade)
Urdu: Ruhma Awan (1st grade)

MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Norwegian: Bennett Fuller** (5th grade)
Spanish: Cora Collier (5th grade), Jaeden Shockley (5th grade), Harrison Fuller* (3rd grade)

MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY

French: Jymeer Walker* (5th grade)
Russian: Agvan Tsydypov (1st grade)
Spanish: Lucas Wohlschlaeger (1st grade), Jaliya Walker (1st grade), Aden Boell (5th grade), Janaya Walker **(3rd grade), Santiago Wohlschlaeger* (3rd grade), Kyleigh Frank (3rd grade), Natalia Flores (3rd grade)

PLEASANT LEA ELEMENTARY

Spanish: Stasha Briseno** (5th grade), Beaux Hendrix (1st grade),

PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY

Arabic: Luna Elkhardra** (3rd grade), Lara Bayazed** (3rd grade), Lina Bayazed* (5th grade)
Spanish: Isadora Lea** (5th grade), Lila Burton (1st grade), Eliza Franco (3rd grade), Iker Franco (5th grade), Aiden Boyce Cooper* (3rd Grade)

RICHARDSON ELEMENTARY

Chinese: Sylvia Li (5th grade), Preston Hastings (1st grade)
Japanese: Kyle Wright* (5th grade)
Spanish: Cecilia Ruiz Peace (1st grade)

SUMMIT POINTE ELEMENTARY

Chinese: Kennedy Whitney (1st grade)
Filipino: Lailani Sardido-Funke (3rd grade)
French: Kaylin Whitney (1st grade), Kennedy Whitney (1st grade)
Korean: Kennedy Whitney (1st grade)
Spanish: Emery Amelunke (1st grade), Shakar Hardy (1st grade), Addison Taft (1st grade), Kaylin Whitney (1st grade), Lailani Sardido-Funke (3rd grade), Kennedy Whitney (1st grade)

SUNSET VALLEY ELEMENTARY

French: Isabelle Michon* (3rd grade)

TRAILRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Italian: Enzo Rehak** (3rd grade)
Spanish: Penelope Vaca (5th grade), Bobby Graham (3rd grade), Lucas Prather* (3rd grade)
Turkish: Zeynep Metin (5th grade)

UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Spanish: Matias Martinez* (3rd grade), Alex Benkert* (5th grade), Mateo Martinez (1st grade)

WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Italian: Lizbeth Guevara (3rd grade)
Japanese: Samuel Guevara (5th grade)
Persian: Zainab Rahimi (3rd grade)
Spanish: Alice Machi Vicente (1st grade), Jostin Palma Flores (1st grade), Lindsay Vargas (3rd grade), Any Salinas Flores (3rd grade), Massiel Nunofio Ramos (3rd grade), Esly Galindo Flores (3rd grade), Elijah Batsell (3rd grade)
Urdu: Ahmed Azam (5th grade)
Ukrainian: Tom Tyvonchuck (3rd grade)

WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Arabic: Aleena Zaben** (3rd grade)
ASL: Broderick Gieselman (1st grade)
English: Varvara Averchenko* (3rd grade)
Spanish: Kellan Braton* (5th grade)