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The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District’s Multilingual and Migrant Education Program will celebrate its second annual district-wide Reclassification Celebration recognizing 322 English learner students who have attained proficiency in English.

The celebration will include performances from Righetti and Santa Maria High School Ballet Folklorico Groups and a special keynote address by author, Reyna Grande. Her award-winning memoir, A Distance Between Us, provides a personal testimonial as an undocumented immigrant who went on to become the first person in her family to graduate from college.

Students who speak another language at home besides English are given an English Language Development test once a year. They are expected to progress one level each year until they reach the Advanced level. This year, we celebrate the accomplishments and hard work of English learners by presenting them with certificates.

The celebration will be held on Tuesday, March 22nd at 6:00PM at the Santa Maria Fairgrounds’ Convention Center located at 937 South Thornburg Street. All reclassified students and their families are invited to participate.

SMJUHSD Director of Multilingual and Migrant Education Programs Maria Larios-Horton: “Our district is so incredibly proud of our students who have attained proficiency in English and who now join a small percentage of our population who call themselves multilingual; a skill that has both cognitive and social benefits in an increasingly global society. This celebration honors them and the educators and families that helped them get to this point.”

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY: The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District is committed to ensuring equal, fair, and meaningful access to employment and education services. The SMJUHSD does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, ethnic group identifications, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital, family or parental status, medical condition, military or veteran status, nationality, national origin, immigration status, political affiliation, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, retaliation, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws respectively. Not all bases of discrimination will apply to both education services and employment. If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, immediately contact the District’s Discrimination, Equity and Title IX Compliance Officer Mr. Kevin R. Platt at 2560 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93455, (805) 922-4573 or kplatt@smjuhsd.org. You may request a copy of SMJUHSD’s Uniform Complaint Procedures, Non-Discrimination Policies, Sexual Harassment Policies or click here.