On Wednesday, December 8, 2020, Pascack Hills High School held the annual Celebrate Languages Ceremony at 7:00 PM virtually on Zoom to recognize students for earning the NJ DOE Seal of Biliteracy in one or more languages and/or being inducted into the Chinese, French, Italian, or Spanish National Honor Societies.
This year, Pascack Hills High School students have earned the NJ DOE Seal of Biliteracy and Global Seal of Biliteracy in Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Armenian, and Russian.
A candidate to a World Language Honor Society must be a senior at Pascack Valley High School who:
-has had three years of the respective world language in high school.
-is currently placed in Level IV, IV Honors, V or AP.
-has maintained at least a 3.7 GPA in the world language.
Members of the honor societies provide ongoing peer tutoring, free of charge, as part of their membership in this organization. Other honor society activities include a Thanksgiving Food Drive, community volunteering, collecting donations, and fundraising events. Members of each honor society receive a cord from the national chapter of the respective honor society to wear with their caps and gowns at graduation.
World Language Supervisor, Noemi Rodriguez, organized the event along with the advisors.
The advisors of the Honor Societies are:
Mrs. Guardabascio - Italian Honor Society
Mrs. Conboy and Mrs. Gorman – French Honor Society
Ms. Sularz- Spanish Honor Society
Mrs. Yao- Chinese Honor Society
Click here to view the PDF of Pascack Hills students who were inducted into the Chinese, French, Italian, or Spanish National Honor Societies:
hills nhs - Sheet1.pdf
Click here to view the PDF of the Pascack Hills students who were recognized for earning the NJ DOE Seal of Biliteracy in one or more languages:
hills biliteracy - Sheet1.pdf
Congratulations to all of the students recognized on December 8, and thank you to everyone who joined us virtually for the special evening.