Celebrate Languages Ceremony at PVHS
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, the Celebrate Languages Ceremony will take place at 7:00 PM. Administration, faculty, staff, and families are cordially invited each year. Students will be recognized 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 Valley High School students have earned the NJ DOE Seal of Biliteracy and Global Seal of Biliteracy in Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, and Tagalog.
A candidate to a World Language Honor Society must be a senior at Pascack Valley High School who:
1. has had three years of the respective world language in high school.
2. is currently placed in Level IV, IV Honors, V, or AP.
3. 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, organizes this event along with the advisors.
The advisors of the Honor Societies are:
Ms. Barbara Borghi- Italian Honor Society
Ms. Christine Gorman/Ms. Teresa DelGiudice – French Honor Society
Ms. Courtney Rems- Spanish Honor Society
Mr. O’Neill- Chinese Honor Society
Click here to watch the Celebrate Languages Ceremony livestream.
