DPS Seal of Biliteracy program reaches new heights

DENVER — Denver Public Schools has more than 35,000 multilingual learners with home languages other than English, with more than 200 languages spoken across the district.

According to the Colorado Department of Education, a seal of biliteracy is a credential given by a Colorado school or district recognizing students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation. A seal of biliteracy encourages students to pursue biliteracy skills that are attractive to future employers and college admissions offices.

“I think that I learned some about Egypt, even though I’m an Arab, that I didn’t even know before,” Al Mohamad said. “I always like to experience new stuff and I like to challenge myself, so I think that test was kind of like a challenge for me."Al Mohamad will be graduating in May and speaks Turkish, Arabic and English. She said learning different languages helped her fit in.

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