Seal of Biliteracy

MHHS partners with the San Joaquin County Office of Education and the State of California to offer the "Seal of Biliteracy" as a special recognition on our seniors' diplomas.  It is time to apply for this honor! The link to apply is listed below and the deadline is 2/19/2021 at 5:00pm.

Listed here are the criteria for receiving this seal on your diploma:

1. Students must have completed all English-language arts (ELA) requirements for graduation with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or above in those classes.

2. Students must demonstrate proficiency in one or more languages other than English through one of the following methods:

a) Pass a foreign language Advanced Placement (AP) exam with a score of three or higher.

b) Pass an International Baccalaureate (IB) examination with a score of four or higher.

c)If AP does not offer the world language AP exam you need, to pass the National Examinations in World Languages (NEWL)

d) Successfully complete a four-year high school course of study in a foreign language and attain an overall grade point average of 3.0 or above in that course of study, and demonstrate oral proficiency in the language comparable to that required to pass an AP or IB examination.

e) If no AP examination or off-the-shelf language test exists and the district uses its own language examination, a student seeks to qualify for the SSB through a language that is not characterized by listening, speaking, or reading, or for which there is no written system, the student must pass an assessment on the modalities that characterize communication in that language at the proficient level or higher.

f) Pass the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) II foreign language exam with a score of 600 or higher.

3. If English was not your primary language: 

a) Attain the level demonstrating English language proficiency on the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC), or any successor English language proficiency assessment, in transitional kindergarten or kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive.

b) Meet the academic requirements 1 and 2 as stated above. 

Here is the link to apply for the seal of biliteracy on your diploma: Seal of Biliteracy