2024 Global Seal of Biliteracy Recipients

In celebration of passion and promise in language study, the Global Languages Department is proud to celebrate 12 outstanding Sandy Spring Friends School language learners whose respective results on the May 2024 AP French Language & Culture and AP Spanish Language & Culture exams qualify them for Global Seal of Biliteracy certification:

• AP French Language & Culture:
  • Grace Christerson '25
  • Nayima Fangou '24
  • Ella Gilbert '24
  • Daryan Tchoubineh '24
  • Rohan Thomas '26
     
• AP Spanish Language & Culture:
  • Jason Chih '24
  • Sam Deichman-Caswell '24
  • Isabella Dumenigo '24
  • Theo Kaster '24
  • Gus Romanow '24
  • Natasha Villa Bass '25
  • Diego Zein '25

Requiring skills in two or more languages, qualified applicants are awarded certification that can be used as a credential for academic and employment purposes. Skills are distinguished in three levels of fluency: Functional, Working, and Professional.

In addition to this year’s recipients, the Global Languages Department congratulates all our language aficionados whose linguistic aspirations echo Charlemagne’s belief that “to have another language is to possess a second soul.”

To learn more, see Introducing the Global Seal of Biliteracy.