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Urbana students earn Seal of Biliteracy; district spotlights arts and peer‑tutoring achievements
Summary
Urbana SD 116 recognized about 40 students who earned the Illinois Seal of Biliteracy or Commendations and showcased elementary artwork, middle‑school track successes and a peer‑tutoring pilot that paired high‑school volunteers with middle‑school students.
District staff used the May board meeting to honor student academic and extracurricular achievements and to explain the state Seal of Biliteracy process used to recognize multilingual graduates.
Joe Wielt, director of secondary multilingual programs and alternative education, described the Seal of Biliteracy and Commendation pathways and the assessments Urbana uses to qualify students (AP exams, STAMP 4S and the SAT for English). "The seal then…
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