Lee’s Summit R-7 Students Receive Missouri Seal of Biliteracy Awards
The state of Missouri has awarded a total of 121 students with a total of 127 Seals from the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District with the Seal of Biliteracy award, 18 with the added Distinguished distinction.
This is the seventh year the program has been available for LSR7 students. Students who earn the award are recognized for attaining a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, listening and writing one or more world languages in addition to English.
Students may have gained proficiency through any number of methods, as a heritage language learner or as a new language learner. Students who have attained the Seal of Biliteracy have an intermediate level of proficiency and students who have attained the Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy have an advanced level of proficiency. The Seal of Biliteracy is listed on the high school transcript and is a nationally recognized industry credential that can earn college credit and serve as evidence of proficiency when entering the workforce.
Missouri Seal of Biliteracy 2025
LSR7 2025 graduates achieved the necessary proficiency to earn a total of 126 Seals of Biliteracy. Their knowledge spans eleven languages. Each language is listed below with its award recipients by school.
American Sign Language
Emery-Grace Santos, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Julia Washburn, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Dari
Samira Mohammadi, LSHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
French
Addyson Graham, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Alayna McCoy, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Allyssa Hamilton, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Autumn Hubbard, LSHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Kaylee Conrad, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Abbie Scheer, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Ben Knapp, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Emery-Grace Santos, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jaelynn Campbell, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Julia Washburn, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Kate Gerding, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Katie McQueen, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Olivia Fuentes, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Olivia Reis, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Samuel Mazariegos, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Brynn Smith, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Crystal Soto , LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Eliana Nixon, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Emily Abraham, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Emmy Harmon, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Finley Eder, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sadie Kaminski, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sophia Riojas, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
German
Corban Zabroski, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Eleanor Sullivan, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Kylie Binger, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Tenneson Gardenhire, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Wil Young, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Aaditya Jadhav, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sofia Shelton, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Hindi
Aaditya Jadhav, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Italian
Sofia Shelton, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Mandarin
Isabella Armstrong, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
James Hamilton, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Duy Nguyen, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Lucy Horton, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Aliya Rector, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Ethan Wood, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Garrett Anderson, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Scarlett Frace, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Simon Quon, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Portuguese
Aidan Mercer, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Russian
Aliya Rector, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Spanish
Avery Rausch, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Corbin McGuire, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Diego Rios-Rojo, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Eli Hansen, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Graham Elbert, LSHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Grayson McEntire, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Hoang Ngo, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jake Winkler, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jane Meyer, LSHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Janet Garciga, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jungwon Khries, LSHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Kayla Marble, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Lincoln Snyder, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Luke Gallegos, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Tayla Wright, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
William Chuba, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Aaliyah Brown, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Airam Rivera Garcia, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Alexandra Calvillo, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Ariana Visnich, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Avaya Hall, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Brionta Hall, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Derick Funez, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Devan Mathis, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Emma Stafford, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Franki Farmer, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Genesis Jacinto-Lopez, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Jacob Freund, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
James Cam Risner, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jeremy Freund, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Johann Ortiz, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Juanluis Cardoza Zepeda, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Julien Germain, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Kaelyn Bobal, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Katie Bruns, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Kelly Hicks, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Logan Nieznajko, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Mia Grados, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Olivia Fuentes, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Rylee Ekiss, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Rylee Jones, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Samuel Mazariegos, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sebastian Baker, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Solomon Cole, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sophia Ardon, LSNHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Sylvia Hughes, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Tyler Andrade, LSNHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Abby Brown, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Adeline Pool, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Ainsley Hildreth, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Alex Harlow, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Allison Meyer , LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Ally Cross, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Avery Nau, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Brynn Smith, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Caden Bichsel, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Carson Wright, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Charlie Martin, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Crystal Soto, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Deacon Campbell, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Eliza Andrews, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Elliot Graham, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Emma Jacobson , LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Fiona Boucher, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Hannah Borgstadt, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jackson Edington, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jaelyn Roberson, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Jissel Medina, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Kaden Deain, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Kate Matthews, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Leah Kimble, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Lily Eichelkraut, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Logan Henry, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Madalyn Schnebelen, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Marra Morris, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sabina Farmer, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Sophia Kudrna, LSWHS Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy
Sophia Riojas, LSWHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Turkish
Samira Mohammadi, LSHS, Seal of Biliteracy
Students who earned the Seal of Biliteracy were honored at the Academic Achievement Awards at their respective high schools this past April. Students who qualified for a Seal of Biliteracy or Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy with their International Baccalaureate language test score were mailed their awards in August. Congratulations to all of our 2025 award recipients!