Lakewood School District

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Know another language? Receive high school credit

Lakewood School District is offering free World Language Competency testing April 18-19 to students who can fluently speak, write, read, and listen in a language other than English. Students in grades 7-12 can earn up to four high school credits by demonstrating language proficiency on this assessment.

If the language score is high enough, a student can also earn a Seal of Biliteracy added to the high school diploma. You may be interested in having your student take this assessment if they can read, write, speak and listen in another language other than English.

Lakewood is offering the assessment in these languages:

Arabic
Chinese
Japanese
French
German
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional)
Marshallese (writing and speaking only)
Polish
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Russian
Spanish
Tagalog (writing and speaking only)
Ukrainian (writing and speaking only)
Vietnamese (writing and speaking only)

Please complete the following online form so we know who is interested in the test: https://forms.office.com/r/eWAnpJqsxw. School counselors will follow up with those who are interested with a consent form (also available on our website.)

There is no fee for students to take the assessment. The testing will occur on April 18 for grades 9-12 and April 19 for grades 7-8. The assessment will take about two hours and occur during the school day. Middle school students will walk with a staff member to the high school for the test.

Credits earned will automatically be added to the student’s high school transcript with a grade of Pass (P), unless the parent decides to opt out of receiving credit.

Forms are due March 31, 2023.

In accordance with RCW49.60, the Lakewood School District does not discriminate in employment and schools. The Lakewood School District provides Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap/disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, creed, religion, age, veteran or military status, use of a trained dog to guide or service animal by a person with a disability, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and designated youth groups. The district complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations to include, but not limited to, Title IX, Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, RCW 49.60 “The Law Against Discrimination,” and RCW 28A.640 “Sex Equity,” and covers, but is not limited to, all district programs, courses, activities, including extracurricular activities, services, access to facilities, etc. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures should be directed to Lakewood School District, 17110 16th Drive NE, Marysville, WA 98271, Attention: Title IX and Civil Rights Officer, Timothy Haines, 360-652-4500, thaines@lwsd.wednet.edu or ADA Compliance Officer and Section 504 Compliance Officer, Amie Verellen-Grubbs, 360-652-4500, averellen-grubbs@lwsd.wednet.edu.