<p></p><p>Assistant Principal, <b>Ms. Francesca McAuliffe</b> shares that from May 26-May 28, <b>22 of our amazing World Language students</b> did a tremendous job defending their research in order to <b>complete their NYSSB Capstone Projects in French, Mandarin, and Spanish.</b> The topics selected were relevant, worldly, and inspirational.</p><p>Congratulations to the following students for <b>successfully completing their four-part projects for the New York State Seal of Biliteracy.</b></p><p><b>French: Lydia Burke</b> and <b>Oliver Pham</b></p><p><b>Mandarin</b>: <b>Ruoyan Chen, Ziqi Gao, Huona Lai, Lillian Moy, Christopher Poon, Shirley Yang</b> and<b> Cory Weng</b></p><p><b>Spanish: Sebastian Beurnier, Claire De La Roche, Anais Delfau, Lamia Haque, Nicholas Jun, Aixa Lacroix, Alex Lake, Angelina Mustafa, Agatha Nyarko, Zoe Piccirillo, Missal Tabasum, Matylda Urbaniak,</b> and<b> Jiahe Wang</b></p><p>Ms. McAulliffe sends a heartfelt thank you to the amazing teachers who encouraged, instructed, graded, supported, and facilitated the panel discussions. We were all extremely impressed by the students’ research, ideas for moving forward, and their ability to eloquently express yourself in your World Languages of study.</p><p>Many thanks to <b>Mr. Gunder, Mr. Ling. Ms. Montserrat, Ms. Pan, Mr. Ramirez, Ms. Shi,</b> and<b> Ms. Zhou</b></p><p>Best wishes for continued success and global connections to the students.</p>