The CHS World Language Department is proud to announce that 74 Collinsville High School Seniors attained state recognition for excellent performance on the 2026 Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy Exam. 

The Illinois Seal of Biliteracy recognizes a student's ability to effectively communicate in both English and a second (or third) language. All of these students will have a special seal placed on their high school diplomas.

36 students received the Seal of Biliteracy for Spanish this year: 

Vanessa Alcazar

Eden Bañuelos-Alvarado

Cecilia Bautista

Yared Benitez-Salgado

Diana Campos-Melo

Janely Campos-Pacheco

Enrique Carranza

Lizbeth Carrera

Roberto Carrera

Jayden Haire

Roger Castro-Hurtado

Brandon Delrio

Franco Delrio

Marilyn Duque-Benitez

Yudany Flores

Carolina Garcia

Emiliano Gutierrez-Ulloa

Omar Hernandez-Ceballos

Pablo Hurtado-Lopez

Nicole Jaramillo

Veronica Juarez-Rico

Diana Lopez

Yasmin Lopez

Alexa Marquez

Berenice Mauricio

Camila Munoz

Azul Pacheco-Romero

Ayden Perez

Suri Perez-Lopez

Samantha Romero

Raudel Ruiz-Delrio

Conner Sinks

Christian Torres

Zullym Urquizo

Carlos Vite

In addition, 5 students achieved the Seal of Biliteracy in Latin:

Laila Hutchison

Bear Powell

Joseph Reilly

Margot Schusky

The 22 students receiving the Commendation towards Biliteracy in Spanish were: 

Luke Berger

Anadely Castro

Griffin Crask-Weeks

Denise Deloera

Mackenzie Denniston

Riley Duncan

August Kent

Diego Lira

Arlando Lusk

Carter Marlin

Jeremy McDaniel

Aiden Montgomery

Rocio Morales

Alexa Ortiz

Greyson Pollard

Ava Reeves

Hayden Rehg

Norma Rios

Miley Sanchez

William Swip

Kolin Waligorski

The 10 students receiving the Commendation towards Biliteracy in Latin were: 

Alex Besserman

Omar Hernandez

Darrel Lillard

Addyson Muniz

Ella Niemeier

Kylie Noonan

Nora Nugent

Nex (Crystal) Rangel-Cortez

Conrad Woodel

In addition, we have 1 student receiving the Commendation towards Biliteracy in German:

Lamar Rogers

“We are beyond proud of these amazing kids!  Receiving the Seal of Biliteracy or the Commendation towards the Seal is a HUGE accomplishment.  These students will be able to use these test scores to receive credit at the college level, and will make themselves even more marketable in the workforce.  Please join us in congratulating them!!” said Cara Kettler, World Language Department Chair.