Richland One has highest-ever number of students earn Seal of Biliteracy
May 28, 2025
Dreher Senior Earns Most Seals in Recent History
Again this school year, Richland One has broken the district’s previous record for the most students who earned the South Carolina Seal of Biliteracy.
The Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have achieved a certain level of proficiency in English and at least one additional world language by graduation. During the 2024-2025 school year, 113 Richland One students earned 122 Seals of Biliteracy, surpassing the last year’s total of 87 students.
There are three tiers to the Seal of Biliteracy a student can earn: Bronze, Silver or Gold. The requirements for each tier are as follows:
- To be eligible for the Bronze Seal, a student must have achieved a minimum of an Intermediate Mid score on a proficiency-based exam. They must also either have a GPA of 3.0 or above in all English language arts requirements for graduation (or all requirements to date at the time of application for students applying in their junior year) or multilingual learners served from grade 6-12 may demonstrate proficiency by attaining a minimum of an overall composite score of 4.0 on the ACCESS 2.0 English Proficiency Test.
- To be eligible for the Silver Seal, a student must have achieved a minimum of an Intermediate High score on a proficiency-based exam. They must also either have a GPA of 3.0 or above in all English language arts requirements for graduation (or all requirements to date at the time of application for students applying in their junior year) or multilingual learners served from grade 6-12 may demonstrate proficiency by attaining a minimum of an overall composite score of 4.4 on the ACCESS 2.0 English Proficiency Test.
- To be eligible for the Gold Seal, a student must have achieved a minimum of an Advanced Low score on a proficiency-based exam. They must also either have a GPA of 3.0 or above in all English language arts requirements for graduation (or all requirements to date at the time of application for students applying in their junior year) or multilingual learners served from grade 6-12 may demonstrate proficiency by meeting SC exit criteria on the ACCESS 2.0 English Proficiency Test (4.4 or higher composite on ACCESS 2.0 with at least a 4.0 in each language domain).
Dreher High School senior Abigail Boyes earned five seals of biliteracy, the most Seals of Biliteracy earned by a Richland One student in the district’s recent history. She earned a Gold Seal for Portuguese; three Silver Seals for Latin, Portuguese and Spanish; and a Bronze Seal for German.
Eight other Richland One students earned more than one Seal of Biliteracy. Those students are:
- Aurora Checchi (A.C. Flora High School) – Italian (Gold) and Spanish (Silver)
- Sofia Edwards (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish (Bronze) and Portuguese (Silver)
- Yvensia Francois (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish (Bronze) and French (Bronze)
- Marlowe Stewart-Palome (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish (Silver) and German (Bronze)
- Paula Teixeira (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish (Silver) and Portuguese (Gold)
- Felipe Williams (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish (Silver) and Portuguese (Bronze)
- Jonathan Ye (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish (Silver) and Japanese (Silver)
- Willa Zug (Dreher) – Spanish (Silver) and Chinese (Silver)
Fourteen Richland One students earned Gold Seals of Biliteracy. Those students are:
- Isaac Alas Coreas (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish
- Mikel Blanco Gutierrez (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish
- Juan Castillo-Salon (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish
- Aurora Checchi (A.C. Flora High School) – Italian
- Celeste Marquez Pruett (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish
- Anna McCain (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish
- Yukiho Nishi (A.C. Flora High School) – Japanese
- Luis Sorondo (A.C. Flora High School) – Spanish
- Paula Teixeira (A.C. Flora High School) – Portuguese
- Abigail Boyes (Dreher High School) – Portuguese
- Mikael Haddad (Dreher High School) – French
- Courtney Jolly (Dreher High School) – Latin
- Olivia Mikes (Dreher High School) – Latin
- Dulce Silva-Salinas (Dreher High School) – Spanish
The following students earned Seals of Biliteracy for the 2024-2025 school year:
| Student | School | Language | Seal |
| Isaac Alas Coreas | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Johanna Anderson | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Ricardo Araujo Torres | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Millisa Bates | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| William Beasley | A.C. Flora High School | French | Silver |
| Nicholas Beitz | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Walker Bell | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Lucas Biel | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Mikel Blanco Gutierrez | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Ashlynn Capell | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Juan Castillo-Salon | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Aurora Checchi | A.C. Flora High School | Italian | Gold |
| Aurora Checchi | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Culver Choate III | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Matthew Christian | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Adelina Coffer | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Patricia Colon-Valentin | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Hannah Crow | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Jacob Culp | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Daniel Daves | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Samuel Davies | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Ethan Day | A.C. Flora High School | French | Silver |
| Charles Durham | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Sofia Edwards | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Sofia Edwards | A.C. Flora High School | Portuguese | Silver |
| Yvensia Francois | A.C. Flora High School | French | Bronze |
| Yvensia Francois | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Pippa Garris | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Kennedy George | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Trinity Goodman | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Ann Griffin | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Eden Hall | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Frances Hane | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Caroline Herpel | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Morgan Herrington-Garrett | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Anna Homewood | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Campbell Hutchison | A.C. Flora High School | French | Silver |
| Lyndsay Johnson | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Annalee Jordan | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Madilyn Jungclaus | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Allison Lichty | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Claytor Lockhart | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Laith Madden | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Walker Mancini | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Hope Mangus | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Celeste Marquez Pruett | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Anna McCain | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Isabella McCarley | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Julia McCrae | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Julius Melder | A.C. Flora High School | German | Bronze |
| Stanley Mesumard | A.C. Flora High School | French | Bronze |
| Helen Miller | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Yukiho Nishi | A.C. Flora High School | Japanese | Gold |
| Luz Ojeda Flores | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Amelia Owens | A.C. Flora High School | German | Bronze |
| Barbara Penninger | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Campbel Quattlebaum | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Brooks Ransom | A.C. Flora High School | French | Silver |
| Hayden Rowe | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Matthew Scott | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Luke Shalkham | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| James Smyth | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Luis Sorondo | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Marlowe Stewart-Palome | A.C. Flora High School | German | Bronze |
| Marlowe Stewart-Palome | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Paula Teixeira | A.C. Flora High School | Portuguese | Gold |
| Paula Teixeira | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Lola Thompson | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Emma Valdes | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Elizabeth Walsh | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Felipe Williams | A.C. Flora High School | Portuguese | Bronze |
| Felipe Williams | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Camila Xithe Capula | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Jonathan Ye | A.C. Flora High School | Japanese | Silver |
| Jonathan Ye | A.C. Flora High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Samantha Morales | C.A. Johnson High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Jennylis Sanchez-Martinez | C.A. Johnson High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Gabriel Arnaez Rojas | Columbia High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Roberto Roman-Soto | Columbia High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Nathaniel Anderson, Jr. | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Jaxin Black | Dreher High School | Latin | Bronze |
| Abigail Boyes | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Abigail Boyes | Dreher High School | Portuguese | Gold |
| Emily Byrd | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Carolyn Coffey | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Kamdyn Cushman | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Ashton Cutler | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Isabella Delgado Matavanchoy | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Micah Doberne-Schor | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Kimberly Flores Ojeda | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Sophia Francis | Dreher High School | German | Bronze |
| Alexander Greytak | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Mikael Haddad | Dreher High School | French | Gold |
| Luke Hering | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Matthew Hoy | Dreher High School | German | Bronze |
| Victor Paul Jenkinson, Jr. | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Shaqwana Johnson | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Courtney Jolly | Dreher High School | Latin | Gold |
| Jiale Liu | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Kyle Livingston | Dreher High School | Chinese (Mandarin) | Bronze |
| Bella Lucci | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Oscar Merced | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Olivia Mikes | Dreher High School | Latin | Gold |
| Keylin Orellana Trochez | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Mariela Penso | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Anna Perez de Dios | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Kajeanna Presley | Dreher High School | Latin | Silver |
| Luis Rodriguez Espango | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Aldrin Serrano-Martinez | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Dulce Silva-Salinas | Dreher High School | Spanish | Gold |
| Connor Smith | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Isla Struhar | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Abby Valerio Lopez | Dreher High School | Spanish | Bronze |
| Gustavo Zamora-Moreno | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Willa Zug | Dreher High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Willa Zug | Dreher High School | Chinese (Mandarin) | Silver |
| Martiza Morales-Velasquez | Eau Claire High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Oscar Salazar-Martinez | Eau Claire High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Vanessa Contrera-Amador | Lower Richland High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Marely Quistian-Carrizales | W.J. Keenan High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Elsa Rodriguez Hernandez | W.J. Keenan High School | Spanish | Silver |
| Carhi Wilson | W.J. Keenan High School | Spanish | Bronze |
