Language & Learning: Celebrating Our 2026 State Seal of Biliteracy Earners!
On May 13, Visions students and their families gathered at our main office for our first-ever Visions-only State Seal of Biliteracy awards ceremony. In addition to the Sacramento County Office of Education’s annual ceremony, this dedicated event gave us the opportunity to take time to recognize and honor our Visions Seal recipients.
This year marked continued growth in our State Seal of Biliteracy program across multiple areas, including the number of recipients, the variety of languages represented, and the number of students earning multiple seals. Overall, we are proud to share a 132% increase in students earning the Seal compared to just four years ago – a testament to our students’ hard work, dedication, and commitment to bilingualism and biliteracy.
“The increase we have seen over the past four years in the number of students earning Seals means our 1% Better efforts, led by Silvia Covarrubias with the support of parents, teachers, counselors and principals, are paying off,” stated David Villegas, Visions’ Assessment and Evaluation Manager. “We are also proud to see our language representation grow from 5 to 14 languages, which is a powerful reflection of the diversity that defines Visions In Education.”
Congratulations, Students!
Visions In Education would like to recognize each of our Seal earners for this outstanding achievement – congratulations students!
Spanish: Amelia Mendez, Ashley Hernandez-Morales, Gustabo Martinez, Isai Becerra, Jasmine Barroso Garcia, Kaleb Barrera, Lesly Segura, Lizbeth Arias Mora, Maria Cabrera, Maria Pacheco, Melany Gonzales Solorio, Britza Diaz Rodriguez, Rosemary Raya Valencia, Maria Silvestre, Nathanael Henry, Jesselle Limones, Faith Villafana-Smith, Kylie Xiong, Alondra Licea, Jahshua Olmeda Diaz, Sanjalina Kumar, Antonio Campbell
Russian: Alina Kozlov, Andrii Sharipov, Cathryn Yeshenko, Christine Dolinskiy, Diana Adamenko, Ekaterina Dorozhkina, Elijah Tofan, Elina Markova, Jasmina Gritzan, Julia Tsybaylo, Katarina Zaikin, Kiryl Salauyou, Kristina Solozhuk, Kristina Yakhnytsa, Rusalina Abdiusheva, Taisiya Topov, Yan Ravlo, Tanya Ivanova, Korneliia Potomkina, Sofiia Dorozhkina, Iaroslav Lebedev, Maxim Voytukhov, Mark Yakimtsev
Ukrainian: Lev Muzychko, Nastia Kukharets, Rimma Mishchuk
Russian/Ukrainian: Angelina Kravchuk, Anna Andriienko, Daniel Mamchich, Daria Grynishyna, Elina Sidorchuk, Jessica Kravchenko, Vadym Havrylov, Anastasiia Datsenko, Mykhailo Iotko
Arabic: Sarah Elakrat, Dania Nasser, Rania Nasser
Armenian: Anzhelika Harutyunyan, Mari Muradyan, Hasmik Ladoyan
Other: Erlyn Gee Sana (Tagalog), Jawairiyah Bath (Urdu), Doris Lupsa (Romanian), Francesca Arona (Italian), Saanvi Raniga (Hindi), Mia Pumphrey (German), Ezra Price (French), Clara Catolico (ASL), Aurelio Gjoni (Albanian/Italian)